Experimental Report 3

INDUCTOR AND FREE OSCILLATION IN RLC CIRCUIT

Verification of the instructors

Name : Nguyễn Đình Trường

Student ID : 20215769
Group :6
Class : 723663

I. Experiment Motivations

- Understanding the current across an

inductor-resistor and RLC circuit.
- Calculating the energy of the oscillation RLC circuit.

II. Experimental result

Part 1: Resistance and Inductance of the coil

a) Without core
 VS = 0.742 (V)
I0 = 0.13 (A)
Slope S = 978
The resistance of the coil:
V S 0.742
R L= = =5.71( Ω)
I O 0.13

Coil inductance :
VS 0.742
LW /O = = =5.8 × 10−3 ( H )
I O × S 0.13 ×978

Part 2: Free oscillation of the RLC circuit

a. Frequency
The current in RLC circuit:
T = 0.0018 (s)

Lw/o = 5.8 x 10-3 (H)

C = 10 x 10-6 (F)

The frequency based on the graph:

1 1
f measured = = =588.2( Hz)
T 0.0017

The frequency based on theoretical calculation:

1 1
f prediction= = =660.8( Hz)
2 π √ LC 2 π √ 5.8× 10 ×10 ×10
−3 −6

Comparison:

Δ f =f measured −f prediction=660.8−588.2=72.6(Hz)
b. Energy

The total energy in RLC circuit:

1 1
U =U c + U L = C V 2 + L I 2
2 2

Comment:

- After stopping the electric power, the energy of the circuit does not decrease rapidly to
zero, it reduces to zero over a short period of time.

- The energy of oscillations of the coil and the capacitor are damped oscillations.

Explain:

The energy of the circuit loses by the heat of the resistor at rate i2 R

The graph of total energy is steepest at the time that the magnetic energy reaches a local
maximum because in these times, the current through the coil is highest, and the loss of
energy is mainly due to the resistance of the coil ( ΔQ=i 2 R ).