Experimental Report 3

INDUCTOR AND FREE OSCILLATION IN RLC CIRCUIT

Group: 4

Name: Lê Minh Hoàng

Student ID: 20213667

I. Experiment Motivations

- Understanding the current across an inductor-resistor and RLC circuit.

II. Experimental result

a. Without core
 Us = 1.00 (V)
I0 = 0.09 (A)
Slope S = 1289.95239

The resistance of the coil:

Coil inductance :
US 1.00 −3
LW /O = = =9 ×10 (H )
I O × S 0.09 ×1289.85239

b. With core

Us = 1.00 (V)
I0 = 0.09 (A)
Slope S = 277.25686
 The resistance of the coil :
U S 1.00
R L= = =11.11(Ω)
I O 0.09

Coil inductance :
US 1.00
LW /O = = =4 ×10−2(H )
I O × S 0. 09 ×277.25686

Explain: After putting the core inside the coil, the coil’s inductance is significantly increase.
This phenomenon occurred because the core has higher permeability than the air, so
magnetic field can be transferred through the core easier, thus the coil inductance
increase.

Part 2: Free oscillation of the RLC circuit

a. Frequency
The current in RLC circuit:

T = 1.8 ×10−3 (s)

C = 10 x 10-6 (F)

The frequency based on the graph:

1 1
f measured = = =555.6 ( Hz)
T 1.8 × 10−3

The frequency based on theoretical calculation:

1 1
f prediction= = =530.5( Hz)
2 π √ LC 2 π √ 9 ×10 ×10 ×10
−3 −6

Comparison:

Δ f =f measured −f prediction=555. 6−530.5=25.1(Hz)

b. Energy
 The total energy in RLC circuit:

1 2 1 2
U =U c + U L = C V + L I
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 i 2 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 ).