Electro-kinetics 1

study of linear circuits in continuous operation and in the ARQS.


Electric charge. Electric current, current intensity.


Potential, potential difference, voltage. Reference potential, ground.


Electrical power received and electrical power supplied. Classification of dipoles.


Resistors. Association of resistors.


Voltage and current divider bridges.


Sources.


Output resistance. Input resistance.


Characteristic of a dipole. Operating point.


General calculation method: use of Kirchhoff's laws. Other theorems and calculation techniques.




Transient 1st-order linear circuit.


Coil and capacitor.


Transient series RC circuit, response to a step.


Different regimes of a linear circuit in the ARQS.


Energy storage and dissipation.




Transient 2nd-order linear circuit.


Transient series RLC circuit, step response.


Special limiting case: undamped harmonic oscillator, conservation of energy.