A device X is connected across an ac source of voltage V = V₀ sin ωt. The current through X is given as I = I₀sin(ωt +π/2).
(a) Identify the device X and write the expression for its reactance.
(b) Draw graphs showing variation of voltage and current with time over one cycle of ac, for X.
(c) How does the reactance of the device X vary with frequency of the ac ? Show this variation graphically.
(d) Draw the phasor diagram for the device X.
(a) Identify the device X and write the expression for its reactance.
(b) Draw graphs showing variation of voltage and current with time over one cycle of ac, for X.
(c) How does the reactance of the device X vary with frequency of the ac ? Show this variation graphically.
(d) Draw the phasor diagram for the device X.
A source of ac voltage V = V₀ sin ωt is connected to a series combination of a resistor ‘R’ and a capacitor ‘C’. Draw the phasor diagram and use it to obtain the expression for
(i) impedance of the circuit and
(ii) phase angle.
A voltage V = V₀ sin ωt is applied to a series LCR circuit. Derive the expression for the average power dissipate over a cycle.Under what conditions is
(i) no power dissipated even though the current flows through the circuit,
(ii)maximum power dissipated in the circuit ?
A source of ac voltage V = V₀ sin ωt, is connected across a pure inductor of inductance L. Derive the expressions for the instantaneous current in the circuit. Show that average power dissipated in the circuit is zero.
A device ‘X’ is connected to an ac source V = V₀ sin(ωt). The variation of voltage, current and power in one complete cycle is shown in the following figure.
(i) Which curve shows power consumption over a full cycle?
(ii) Identify the device ‘X’.
A small signal voltage V(t) = V₀ sin(ωt) is applied across an ideal capacitor C
(a) Current I(t) is in phase with voltage V(t).
(b) Current I(t) leads voltage V(t) by 180°.
(c) Current I(t), lags voltage V(t) by 90°.
(d) Over a full cycle the capacitor C does not consume any energy from the voltage source
(i) When an ac source is connected to an ideal inductor shows that the average power supplied by the source over a complete cycle is zero.
(ii) A lamp is connected in series with an inductor and an ac source. What happens to the brightness of the lamp when the key is plugged in and an iron rod is inserted inside the inductor ? Explain.
The figure shows a series LCR circuit with L = 5.0 H, C = 80 µF, R = 40 Ω connected to a variable frequency of 240 V source. Calculate
A device ‘X’ is connected to an ac source V = The variation of voltage, current and power in one cycle is shown in the following graph :
A device X is connected across an ac source of voltage V = V₀ sin ωt. The current through X is given as I = I₀sin(ωt +π/2).
(a) Identify the device X and write the expression for its reactance.
(b) Draw graphs showing variation of voltage and current with time over one cycle of ac, for X.
(c) How does the reactance of the device X vary with frequency of the ac ? Show this variation graphically.
(d) Draw the phasor diagram for the device X.
(i) An ac source generating a voltage V = V₀ sin ωt is connected to a capacitor of capacitance C. Find the expression of the current I flowing through it.Plot a graph of V and I versus ωt to show that the current is π/2 ahead of the voltage.
(ii) A resistor of 200Ω and a capacitor of 15 µF are connected in series to a 220 V, 50 Hz ac source.Calculate the current in the circuit and the rms
voltage across the resistor and the capacitor. Why the algebraic sum of these voltages is more than the source voltage ?
(a) Draw graphs showing the variations of inductive reactance and capacitive reactance with frequency of the applied ac source.
(b) Draw the phasor diagram for a series RC circuit connected to an ac source.
(c) An alternating voltage of 220 V is applied across a device X, a current of 0.25 A flows, which lag behind the applied voltage in phase by π/2 radian.If the same voltage is applied across another device Y, the same current flows but now it is in phase with the applied voltage.
(i) Name the devices X and Y.
(ii) Calculate the current flowing in the circuit when the same voltage is applied across the series combination of X and Y.
Derive an expression for potential due to a dipole for distances large compared to the size of the dipole. How is the potential due to dipole different from that due to single charge ?
Two point charges q and –q are located at points (0, 0, – a) and (0, 0, a) respectively.
(i) Find the electrostatic potential at (0, 0, z) and (x, y, 0).
(ii) How much work is done in moving a small test charge from the point (5,0,0) to (– 7, 0, 0) along the x-axis ?
(iii) How would your answer change if the path of the test charge between the same points is not along the x-axis but along any other random path ?
(iv) If the above point charges are now placed in the same positions in the uniform external electric field what would be the potential energy of the charge system in its orientation of unstable equilibrium ?
Justify your answer in each case.
(i) Why do the 'free electrons', in a metal wire, 'flowing by themselves', not cause any current flow in the wire ?
Define 'drift velocity' and obtain an expression for the current flowing in a wire, in terms of the 'drift velocity' of the free electrons.
(ii) Use the above expression to show that the 'resistivity', of the material of a wire, is inversely proportional to the 'relaxation time' for the 'free electrons' in the metal.