Characteristics of Alternating Currents
 

Characteristics of Alternating Currents problem 14


  • By reference to heating effect, explain what is meant by the root-mean-square (r.m.s.) value of an alternating current.


  • The variations with time of two currents and are shown in graph I and graph II below.




    • Use graph I to determine the peak value and the r.m.s. value of the current .


    • Use graph II to determine the peak value and the r.m.s. value of the current .


  • The variation with time of the supply voltage to a house is given by the expression




    where is in volts, is in seconds and is a constant with unit .


    • The frequency of the supply voltage is . Determine to two significant figures.


    • The supply voltage is applied to a heater. The mean power of the heater is . Calculate the resistance of the heater.


 

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