written by Wolfgang Christian
content provider: Anne Cox

The RLC Circuit model simulates a resistor, capacitor and inductor in series with either a sinusoidal or square wave voltage source and plots the time dependence of the voltage drops across each element. Users can vary the resistance, capacitance, inductance and source frequency. If Ejs is installed, right-clicking within the plot and selecting "Open Ejs Model" from the pop-up menu item allows for editing of the model.

The RLC Circuit model was created using the Easy Java Simulations (Ejs) modeling tool.  It is distributed as a ready-to-run (compiled) Java archive.  Double clicking the ejs_em_RlcCircuit.jar file will run the program if Java is installed.  Ejs is a part of the Open Source Physics Project and is designed to make it easier to access, modify, and generate computer models.  Additional Ejs models are available.  They can be found by searching ComPADRE for Open Source Physics, OSP, or Ejs.

• Download ejs_em_circuits_RlcCircuitWithFunctionGenerator.jar - 1742kb Java Archive File

Last Modified June 11, 2014

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Source Code for the RLC Circuit Model program. The source code archive contains an XML representation of the Ejs model. Unzip this archive in your Ejs Workspace to compile and run this model using Ejs.

• Download ejs_em_circuits_RlcCircuitWithFunctionGenerator.zip - 12kb Compressed File

Released under a This material is released under the GNU General Public License Version 3.

Published October 4, 2009
Last Modified January 24, 2011

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