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RL circuit — growth and decay of current

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Physically KYA ho raha hai

Current instantly kyun nahi jump karta? Ek inductor ek back-EMF produce karta hai. Agar current infinitely fast change karne ki koshish kare, to ho jaayega, jo infinite voltage demand karta hai — yeh possible nahi. Isliye current smoothly change hoti hai.


Growth equation KAISE derive karein (scratch se)

Loop ke around Kirchhoff's voltage law apply karo. Loop mein jaate hue: battery potential ko se raise karti hai; resistor drop karta hai; inductor se oppose karta hai.

Rate isolate karne ke liye rearrange karo:

Variables separate karo. likhte hain (final steady current):

Yeh step kyun? Hum chahte hain saara ek side pe aur doosri side pe, taaki hum dono ko independently integrate kar sakein.

at se at tak integrate karo:

Left integral: maano, , to .

Exponentiate karo:

Figure — RL circuit — growth and decay of current

Decay equation KAISE derive karein

Ab battery remove karo aur loop short karo ():

Yeh step kyun? Phir se aur separate karo integrate karne ke liye. Initial current se tak integrate karo:


Time constant — 80/20 core


Worked examples


Common mistakes


Active recall

Recall Khud test karo (answers chhupao)
  • RL circuit ke liye kya hai, units check ke saath? ::: ; H/Ω = s.
  • Growth ke dauran aur pe inductor ka behavior? ::: : open circuit (); : wire ().
  • pe max current ka fraction (growth)? ::: .
Growth-of-current formula in RL circuit
Decay-of-current formula in RL circuit
RL time constant aur uska matlab
; 63.2% tak pahunchne ka time (growth) ya 36.8% tak girne ka (decay)
KVL equation for RL growth loop
Growth ke dauran inductor voltage
(max at , 0 tak decay karta hai)
Inductor mein current instantly kyun nahi jump kar sakta
Isse chahiye hoga, matlab infinite back-EMF — yeh possible nahi
Steady state mein inductor mein stored energy
Kitne ke baad transient ~khatam hota hai?
~ ()

Recall Ek 12-saal ke bachche ko samjhao (Feynman)

Socho ek bhaari shopping cart dhakka de rahe ho. Jab tum dhakka dena shuru karte ho (switch flip karo), woh full speed pe instantly nahi jaata — uska weight usse dheere dheere speed up karata hai. Inductor electric current ke liye wahi bhaari pan hai: yeh electrons ke flow ki changing speed ko resist karta hai. Jab tum dhakka dena band karte ho (battery remove karo), cart roll karta rehta hai aur dheere dheere rukta hai — wahi current decay ho rahi hai. Number batata hai cart kitna "bhaari aur sticky" hai: bada matlab shuru hone mein slow aur rukne mein bhi slow.

Connections

Concept Map

produces

prevents

gives

term in

separate and integrate

set eps=0

separate and integrate

governs

governs

at t=tau reaches 63.2%

approaches

Inductor hates current change

Back-EMF -L dI/dt

No instant jump in current

Kirchhoff voltage law

eps - IR - L dI/dt = 0

Growth I = eps/R times 1-e^-t/tau

L dI/dt = -IR

Decay I = I0 times e^-t/tau

Time constant tau = L/R

Steady current eps/R

Current to 0