The Physics Teacher -- March 2011 -- Volume 49, Issue 3, pp. 168

Demonstrations with an LCR Circuit

Yaakov Kraftmakher

Bar‐Ilan University, Ramat‐Gan 52900, Israel

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The LCR circuit is an important topic in the course of electricity and magnetism. Papers in this field consider mainly the forced oscillations and resonance.1–5 Our aim is to show how to demonstrate the free and self‐excited oscillations in an LCR circuit.

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KEYWORDS and PACS

PACS

  • 01.50.Pa

    Laboratory experiments and apparatus

History
Online Feb 2011

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0031-921X (print)  

ARTICLE DATA


  1. G. Chadha, “Using an X-Y plotter to illustrate electrical resonance in an LCR series circuit,” Phys. Educ. 21, 187–188 (1986).
  2. V. Ramachandran, “Revisiting the LCR circuit,” Phys. Educ. 26, 318–321 (1991).
  3. Se-yuen Mak, “The RLC circuit and the determination of inductance,” Phys. Educ. 29, 94–97 (1994).
  4. Philip Backman, Chester Murley, and P. J. Williams, “The driven RLC circuit experiment,” Phys. Teach. 37, 424–425 (Oct.1999)PHTEAH000037000007000424000001.
  5. Robert A. Morse, “Conceptualizing ideal circuit elements in the AP Physics C syllabus,” Phys. Teach. 43, 540–543 (Dec. 2005)PHTEAH000043000008000540000001.
  6. Yaakov Kraftmakher, “Eddy currents: Contactless measurement of electrical resistivity,” Am. J. Phys. 68, 375–379 (April2000)AJPIAS000068000004000375000001.
  7. Yaakov Kraftmakher, “Contactless measurement of resistivity with DataStudio,” Am. J. Phys. 77, 953–955 (Oct. 2009)AJPIAS000077000010000953000001.
  8. Yaakov Kraftmakher, “Metal detection and the Theremin in the classroom,” Phys. Educ. 40, 167–171 (2005).


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