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What is circuit transient?
Transient is a period of disturbance in an electrical circuit, in which the circuit is needed settle from it’s disturbed state to a steady state. Transient is common in circuits with energy storing components such as a capacitor, or an inductor.
What is an example of transient?
An example of transient is a honeymoon couple staying at a resort. Transient is defined as someone or something that is temporary or staying for a short amount of time. An example of transient is the short duration of the hurricane season in Florida. Passing or disappearing with time; transitory.
How to solve transient circuit in steady state?
You are right in that the inductor is a short circuit in steady state. There are really two parts to this problem. Find the inductor current before the switch closes, then apply that as the initial condition for the circuit with the switch closed. The circuit with the switch open is irrelevant other than to find the inductor current.
How to trace the graph of a transient circuit?
Given this circuit considering that before the switch closes the network is in a steady state. What steps should one follow to trace V L 1 before and after the closing of the circuit ? What I’m having a hard time with are V ∞, V ( 0 +) and how to trace the graph once I calculated them, could you provide any insights for this ?
Why is R1 irrelevant in a transient circuit?
Note that R1 is irrelevant as it is in series with a current source. Since the inductor voltage is 0, the two sources are essentially decoupled and the current contribution from each can be simply added. The current source tells you its current outright, so that’s 10 A thru the inductor.
How to calculate the transient response of a capacitor?
v(t) =v(1) + [v(0+) v(1)]e t=; where v(1) is the (new) steady-state voltage; v(0+) is the voltage justaftertime t= 0; is constant, given by=RCfor a capacitor or=L=Rfor an inductor, and in both casesRis thethetimeresistanceseen by the capacitor or inductor. The transient response for a current is the same, withi() instead of v():