ANDERSON’S BRIDGE METHOD

PRESENTED BY:
 NAGASHREE

 PUNITHA

 CHITHRAJ

 SAGAR

 NAGARAJ

 ANUSHA

 SHREYA

 NITHYA POORNA
Introduction:
Anderson’s bridge is similar as wheatstone bridge.
It is a bridge circuit used to measure the self inductance of the coil.

Aim of the experiment:

To determine the self inductance of a given coil as well as determine unknown capacitance by Anderson’s bridge method

Appartus:
Resistance boxes 0-5000 ohm, capacitor,DC power supply, Audio oscillator, head phone,galvanometer,inductance coil etc.
Theory:
consider the circuit given in the above figure. Let i1,i2,i3 be the instantaneous currents through P,C,R respectively. When the bridge is
balanced,current through the head-phone is zero.
Then we have ,
i1P+(i2+i1)Q=i3(R+S+jwL)…… (1)
i1P=i2(r+1/jwC)……… (2)
and i2/jwC=i3R…….(3)
where S is the total resistance in the arm ED,w=2
f being the frequency of the oscillator and j=
from these equations ,we get
L=C[RQ+r(R+S)]……..(4)
where S=RQ/P……..(5)
DIAGRAM:
Procedure:
i) To Find S:
connections are made as shown in figure. Since the
capacitances offers infinite resistance for direct current,
the circuit works as wheatstone’s network.
Initially resistance in r and S’ are made zero. Q is set at ,
say 50 ohm and P=50 ohm the resistance in R is adjusted to get correct D.C. balance. The experiment is repeated
for another value of P, say 100 ohm. Different set of values
are obtained by keeping S=50 ohm, 100 ohm etc. The
resistance in Q,R,S for DC balance are found.
In each trial the resistance of the fourth branch of the network S is calculated using the relation.
S=RQ. S includes the resistances in S’ as well as the resistance of the coil.
To Find r:
The circuit is made as in figure. The galvanometer
is replaced by a head phone, and the battery by an oscillator . One set of values in P,Q,R,S for which the bridge was balanced in chosen. The resistance in r is
adjusted so
that sound heard in the head phone is minimum.
The inductance L of the coil is calculated using eq(4).
The experiment is repeated for different sets of values
obtained in t

calculated

he first part of the experiment .The mean value for L is

Tabulation :To find L
Capacitance C= µF

Resistance in ohm
Resisitance in ohm
Trial P Q R S’ r(ohm) L(henry
no. S=RQ/P )
1 10 10 50 41 50 591 0.0596
2
3
4
5
6
Self inductance,L=C[RQ+r(R+S)]

Tabulation: To find unknown capacitance C’

Resistance in ohm
Trial P Q R S’ S r(ohm) C’(µf)
no.
1 10 10 50 41 50 1150 0.523
2
3
4
5
6
Unknown capacitance C=L/RQ+r(R+S)
= µf

Result:
Self inductance of the coil= mh
unknown capacitance = µF
VIVA :
1. What is self inductance ? Name its unit and difine it
2.Can this method be used to measure the self inductance of an iron cored coil?
3.When Anderson’s bridge is more sensitive?
4.Can you name any other method of determining self inductance of a coil?
5.What is capacitive reactance ?
6.What is the source used here?
7.How does self inductance vary with current?
8.How do you increase self inductance?
9.Why does capacitor blocks DC?
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YOU