LAB ACTIVITY 1: SOURCE

FREE SERIES RLC CIRCUIT

BY: RODOLFO T. OBRE JR.
METHODOLOGY:

• This Lab activity uses the

following components:
• 50 Ω Resistor (R1)
• 100, 200, 500, 1000,
and 10k Ω Resistors
(R2)
• 10 µF Capacitor (C1)
• 1 H Inductor (L1)
• The Circuit is then
replicated and simulated in
Ltspice
• The waveforms for nodes
n003, n004, n005, and n006
are plotted.
RESULTS:

• As we can see from the

waveform for node
V(n006), when 0 < t < 10
ms the Capacitor C1 has a
voltage of 9 V. This is
because during this stage of
the simulation, the entire
right side of the circuit is
dangling and at t = 0-
Resistor R1 is dangling
therefore Capacitor C1 is in
parallel with the 9 V voltage
source.
• The output waveform shows
that the circuit is
underdamped.
RESULTS:

• At t = 10 ms S1 is opened and then

after another 10 ms S2 is closed.

This is to ensure that the right-side

circuit is completely isolated from

the left-side circuit.

• As we can see from the waveform of

node V(n003), at t = 20 ms the

Capacitor C1 immediately

discharges its stored voltage. That is

why it suddenly peaks to 9 V and

then immediately drops down and

slowly stabilizes to a value of 0 V.

The waveform shows an

RESULTS:

• This is the plot for nodes V(n004) and V(n005)

which are the nodes connected to the positive

terminal of S1 and S2 respectively.

• Voltage sources V2 and V3 are there to power

the switches. They pulsate between 0 and 5 V

with a set time interval: 10 ms for V2 and 20 ms

for V3.

• V2 is immediately turned on for 10 ms

while V3 is delayed by 20 ms to account

for the 10 ms V2 is on and the

additional 10 ms in between to ensure

isolation.

• As we can observe from the waveform, V(n004)

immediately spikes up to 5V and after 10 ms

immediately drops down to 0 V for the rest of

the simulation.

• On the other hand, V(n005) starts off at 0 V and

RESULTS:

• Replacing the 100 Ω Resistor

R2 with a 200 Ω Resistor

yields the following waveform.

• As we observe the waveform

for node V(n006), we can see

that the wave still peaks at 9 V

from 0 < t < 10 ms. However, it

stabilizes to 0 V faster than

using a 100 Ω Resistor.

• This seems to be a trend as we

increase the value for the

RESULTS:

• Replacing the 100 Ω Resistor R2

with a 200 Ω Resistor yields the

following waveform.

• Observing the waveform for node

V(n003) we see the same pattern

from before.

• The wave peaks at 9 V immediately

at t = 20 ms and then discharges and

immediately drops down and

stabilizes to 0 V.

• However, this time the wave

stabilizes much faster.

RESULTS: REPLACING R2 WITH 500, 1 K, AND
10 K Ω RESISTOR

V(N006) : 500 Ω

V(N003) : 500 Ω
RESULTS: REPLACING R2 WITH 500, 1 K, AND
10 K Ω RESISTOR

V(N006) : 1000 Ω

V(N003) : 1000 Ω
RESULTS: REPLACING R2 WITH 500, 1 K, AND
10 K Ω RESISTOR

V(N006) : 10K Ω

V(N003) : 10K Ω
RESULTS: REPLACING R2 WITH 500, 1 K, AND
10 K Ω RESISTOR

• It seems that increasing the value for R2 changes its damping response.
• From the original circuit with a 100 Ω resistor the response was
underdamped, when it was increased to 200 Ω it was still underdamped.
• When R2 was increased to 500 Ω, 1000 Ω, and 10k Ω the response changed
to critically damped.
DIFFERENTIAL AND CHARACTERISTIC
EQUATION

•Differential
  eqn:

Characteristic eqn:

Roots: (Quadratic Formula)