RLC Circuit with Battery Model

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The RLC Circuit with Battery model simulates a resistor, capacitor and inductor in series with a battery and plots the time dependence of the voltage drops across each element. Users can vary the resistance, capacitance, and inductance and can toggle the battery voltage between two values.

The RLC Circuit with Battery model is a supplemental simulation for the article "Demonstrations with an LCR Circuit" by Yaakov Kraftmakher in The Physics Teacher 49(3), 168-170 (2011) and has been approved by the author and The Physics Teacher editor. The RLC Circuit with Battery model was developed using the Easy Java Simulations (Ejs) modeling tool. It is distributed as a ready-to-run (compiled) Java archive. Double clicking the ejs_em_RlcCircuitWithBattery.jar file will run the program if Java is installed.

Please note that this resource requires at least version 1.5 of Java (JRE).

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Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Electricity & Magnetism - AC Circuits = Impedance = RLC Circuits - AC	- Lower Undergraduate - Upper Undergraduate	- Instructional Material = Activity = Simulation

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Access Rights:: Free access
License:: This material is released under a GNU General Public License Version 3 license. Additional information is available.
Rights Holder:: Wolfgang Christian
Type:: Java Archive File
PACSs:: 01.50.hv; 07.05.Tp
Keywords:: circuits, oscillator
Record Cloner:: Metadata instance created January 20, 2011 by Wolfgang Christian
Record Updated:: March 16, 2015 by Wolfgang Christian
Last Update when Cataloged:: January 20, 2011
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4E. Energy Transformations

6-8: 4E/M2. Energy can be transferred from one system to another (or from a system to its environment) in different ways: 1) thermally, when a warmer object is in contact with a cooler one; 2) mechanically, when two objects push or pull on each other over a distance; 3) electrically, when an electrical source such as a battery or generator is connected in a complete circuit to an electrical device; or 4) by electromagnetic waves.
6-8: 4E/M4. Energy appears in different forms and can be transformed within a system. Motion energy is associated with the speed of an object. Thermal energy is associated with the temperature of an object. Gravitational energy is associated with the height of an object above a reference point. Elastic energy is associated with the stretching or compressing of an elastic object. Chemical energy is associated with the composition of a substance. Electrical energy is associated with an electric current in a circuit. Light energy is associated with the frequency of electromagnetic waves.

4G. Forces of Nature

6-8: 4G/M4. Electrical circuits require a complete loop through which an electrical current can pass.
9-12: 4G/H5c. The interplay of electric and magnetic forces is the basis for many modern technologies, including electric motors, generators, and devices that produce or receive electromagnetic waves.

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