Lecture 8: Traveling Waves

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Source	Elementary Lectures on Electric Discharges, Waves and Impulses, and Other Transients
Year	1911
Section ID	`elementary-lectures-electric-discharges-waves-impulses-lecture-08`
Location	lines 4745-5520
Status	candidate
Word Count	4325
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LECTURE VIII. TRAVELING WAVES. 33. In a stationary oscillation of a circuit having uniformly distributed capacity and inductance, that is, the transient of a circuit storing energy in the dielectric and magnetic field, current and voltage are given ^by the expression i = iQe~ut cos (0 T co - 7), ) e = e0e~ut sin (</> T co — 7), ) where 0 is the time angle, co the distance angle, u the exponential decrement, or the "power-dissipation constant," and i0 and eQ the maximunl current and voltage respectively. The power flow at any point of the circuit, that is, at any dis- tance angle co, and at any time t, that is, time angle <£, then is p = ei, = e0ioe~2ut cos (</> T co — 7) sin (0 =F co — 7),

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Waves / transmission lines

LECTURE VIII. TRAVELING WAVES. 33. In a stationary oscillation of a circuit having uniformly distributed capacity and inductance, that is, the transient of a circuit storing energy in the dielectric and magnetic field, current and voltage are given ^by the expression i = iQe~ut cos (0 T co - 7), ) e ...

Transients / damping

LECTURE VIII. TRAVELING WAVES. 33. In a stationary oscillation of a circuit having uniformly distributed capacity and inductance, that is, the transient of a circuit storing energy in the dielectric and magnetic field, current and voltage are given ^by the expression i = iQe~ut cos (0 T co - 7), ) e = e0e~ut sin (</> T co — 7), ) wh ...

Lightning / surges

... in (0 =F co — 7), = ^|V2«<sin2(c/>=Fco-7), (2) and the average power flow is Po = avg p, (3) = 0. Hence, in a stationary oscillation, or standing wave of a uni- form circuit, the average flow of power, p0, is zero, and no power flows along the circuit, but there is a surge of power, of double frequency. That is, power flows first one way, during one-quarter cycle, and then in the opposite direction, during the next quarter- cycle, etc. Such a transient wave thus is analogous to the permanent wave of reactive power. As in a stationary wave, ...

Radiation / light

... <sin2(c/>=Fco-7), (2) and the average power flow is Po = avg p, (3) = 0. Hence, in a stationary oscillation, or standing wave of a uni- form circuit, the average flow of power, p0, is zero, and no power flows along the circuit, but there is a surge of power, of double frequency. That is, power flows first one way, during one-quarter cycle, and then in the opposite direction, during the next quarter- cycle, etc. Such a transient wave thus is analogous to the permanent wave of reactive power. As in a stationary wave, current and voltage are in qua ...

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`elementary-lectures-electric-discharges-waves-impulses-fig-042`	constant in the direction of propagation, as indicated by A in Fig. 42. B	line 4936

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Transients / damping: Separate the temporary term from the final steady-state term and compare with differential-equation response language.
Lightning / surges: Connect the passage to switching surges, traveling waves, reflections, insulation stress, and protection practice.
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Magnetism: Track flux, reluctance, permeability, magnetizing force, and loss language against modern magnetic-circuit terminology.

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