Chapter 12: Dibtbisnted Capacity, Inductance, Besistance, And
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Section titled “Source Metadata”| Field | Value |
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| Source | Theory and Calculation of Alternating Current Phenomena |
| Year | 1897 |
| Section ID | theory-calculation-alternating-current-phenomena-1897-chapter-12 |
| Location | lines 11564-12672 |
| Status | candidate |
| Word Count | 3156 |
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Section titled “Opening Source Excerpt”CHAPTER XII. DIBTBISnTED CAPACITY, INDUCTANCE, BESISTANCE, AND liEAKAGE. 102. As far as capacity has been considered in the foregoing chapters, the assumption has been made that the condenser or other source of negative reactance is shunted across the circuit at a definite point. In many cases, how- ever, the capacity is distributed over the whole length of the conductor, so that the circuit can be considered as shunted by an infinite number of infinitely small condensers infi. nitely near together, as diagrammatically shown in Fig. 83. 8 3 S Fig, 83. Distributed Capacity. In this case the intensity as well as phase of the current,, and consequently of the counter E.M.F. of inductance and resistance, vary from point to point ; and it is no longer possible to treat the circuit in the usual mannerSource-Located Theme Snippets
Section titled “Source-Located Theme Snippets”Dielectricity / capacity
Section titled “Dielectricity / capacity”CHAPTER XII. DIBTBISnTED CAPACITY, INDUCTANCE, BESISTANCE, AND liEAKAGE. 102. As far as capacity has been considered in the foregoing chapters, the assumption has been made that the condenser or other source of negative reactance is shunted across the circuit at a definite point. In many cases, how- ever ...Impedance / reactance
Section titled “Impedance / reactance”CHAPTER XII. DIBTBISnTED CAPACITY, INDUCTANCE, BESISTANCE, AND liEAKAGE. 102. As far as capacity has been considered in the foregoing chapters, the assumption has been made that the condenser or other source of negative reactance is shunted across the circuit at a definite point. In many cases, how- ever, the capacity is distributed over the whole length of the conductor, so that the circuit can be considered as shunted by an infinite number of infinitely small condensers infi. nitely near together, ...Complex quantities
Section titled “Complex quantities”... kes no difference either, whether this condenser is considered as connected across the line at the generator end, or at the receiver end, or at the middle. The best approximation is to consider the line as shunted at the generator and at the motor end, by two condensers of J the line capacity each, and in the middle by a condenser of \ the line capacity. This approximation, based on Simpson's rule, assumes the variation of the elec- tric quantities in the line as parabolic. If, however, the capacity of the line is considerable, and the condenser ...Hysteresis
Section titled “Hysteresis”... proportional to the E.M.F., and consisting of an energy component, in phase with the E.M.F., and a wattless component, in quadrature thereto. The alternating electromagnetic field of force set up by the line current produces in some materials a loss of energy by magnetic hysteresis, or an expenditure of E.M.F. in phase with the current, which acts as an increase of re- sistance. This electromagnetic hysteretic loss may take place in the conductor proper if iron wires are used, and will then be very serious at high frequencies, such as those of telepho ...Chapter-Local Concept Hits
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Section titled “Modern Engineering Reading Prompts”- Dielectricity / capacity: Check whether the passage treats capacity, condensers, displacement, or dielectric stress as field storage rather than only circuit algebra.
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- Waves / transmission lines: Map Steinmetz’s wave and line language onto modern distributed constants, propagation velocity, standing waves, and reflections.
Ether-Field Interpretive Boundary
Section titled “Ether-Field Interpretive Boundary”- Dielectricity / capacity: A Wheeler-style reading may emphasize dielectric compression, field stress, and stored potential, but this page treats that as interpretation unless Steinmetz explicitly says it.
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