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ne full-cycle of the sine wave 9)
doesn’t provide any physical insight into
mplish” over one complete cycle. Consider the AC
veevon Electri¢ Power at a wall outlet. Its average value
nce that this sine wave will light up fluorescent
While this result is mathematically correct, it
What this sine wave can “accor
sinusoidal voltage delivered by
may be 0, yet we know from experie
fuibs, heat up tungsten filaments in light bulbs, heat wires in toasters, etc. This is
anease these devices absorb energy (power) from the sine War, whether the voltage is
positive-going or negative-going. Useful work is ‘done during both half-cycles of the
sinusoidal waveform.
‘The problem, mathematically, is that we ha
values, To account for this and make sure t
calculated effective value, first square the funct
‘Then atid up (integrate) all values of /(@) over one comple’s cycle, and finally take the
square root. This is known as the “Root Mean Square” or RMS value of any time-
varying (or spatially-varying) waveform, and is defined as: ” mat
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| meaning of the RMS value is this—it is the constant, or DC” value that
‘the same physical effect as the actual time-varying waveform does, during
period. This might be to deliver the same power in a circuit, to cause the
Fifect in a toaster, to light up a bulb with the same brightness, ete.
iy
y metic tha: &
ve added up negative as well as positive
hat all parts of the waveform contribute to its
tion. f(1) so that all values are positive.
a periodie waveform may not have symmetry like sinusoidal or
ns have: In this case, you still calculate the RMS value according to
itegrating over one complete cycle. Modern-day instrumentation
3 in our lab) digitally sample a waveform, and numerically
the RMS value, aecording.to equation (1.10).
Baeoe a intagiler voltage Waveform that is bi-polar, has a 50% duty-eycle
scala eat ry eo ‘and a frequency f- Let the maximum voltage be Vy and the
Because of the symmetry, integrate from (0 ~ r/4) to calculate the RMS value:
(vatid between ¢=0 and r=#/4) (1:18)
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(1.20)
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(1.22)
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