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#1 2014-04-20 03:11:31

gourish
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root mean square value

if current i=3 sin Δ t + 4 cos Δ t
then the root mean square value of current is....
can anybody tell me a way to answer this using either calculus or a rough graph?


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#2 2014-04-20 03:32:54

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Re: root mean square value

Hi;

Just a question. This delta function, is a Dirac delta function, an impulse function or just a straight difference operator?


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#3 2014-04-20 03:34:38

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Re: root mean square value

actually i didn't find the omega symbol which is generally used for the angular frequency of a wave so i used so treat it as a constant....


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#4 2014-04-20 03:38:07

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Re: root mean square value

If it is a constant then why not use the continuous formula for RMS?


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#5 2014-04-20 03:46:10

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Re: root mean square value

well it depends on the time "t" so it's not a constant value the current is a function of time... generally if current i was given by
i= I cos (omega)t i know that I is the maximum value of current and find the RMS as I/root(2) which is not the case for this function.... i seem bit silly but i feel differentiating might help but i am not sure about it...


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#6 2014-04-20 03:49:02

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Re: root mean square value

There are some formulas here,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Root_mean_square

which do you think applies?


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#7 2014-04-20 03:58:56

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Re: root mean square value

well that's the problem i don't know it's a combination of both sine wave and cosine wave... if we could maybe make them turn into either a sine wave or cosine wave we will find the rms value... i differentiated the equation and found that the current is maximum at tan θ =3/4 and plugged in the values into the original equation i am guessing the rms value is 5/root(2) but i am not sure....


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#8 2014-04-20 04:02:41

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Re: root mean square value

thanks bobbym... your link helped i used the rms total=sqroot {rms1^2+rms2^2} where rms1 is 3/root(2) and rms2 is 4/root(2) so i ended up with the same answer 5/root(2)... smile


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#9 2014-04-20 04:05:49

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Re: root mean square value

What did you get as a maxima?


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#10 2014-04-20 04:08:14

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Re: root mean square value

well maxima was at tan θ =3/4 but the link that you gave had the required formula to find the actual rms of the equation so it's really necessary


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#11 2014-04-20 04:09:18

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Re: root mean square value

What did you maximize?


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#12 2014-04-20 04:35:48

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Re: root mean square value

This might help:

where tan alpha = 3/4

This uses the compound angle formula http://www.mathsrevision.net/advanced-l … e-formulae

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#13 2014-04-21 05:38:30

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Re: root mean square value

bob bundy the same thing is achieved even by calculus and bobbym i differentiated the current with respect to time and set the resulting equation to zero and found tan theta = 3/4


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#14 2014-04-21 06:18:55

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Re: root mean square value

I am not following you. I am getting as maximum of a bit more than 5.


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#15 2014-04-21 06:43:42

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Re: root mean square value

well  i=3 sin Δ t + 4 cos Δ t differentiate this with respect to time (after all it's a wave which is variable in space with time) doing this i get diff(i) w.r.t.time  = 3cosΔt-4sinΔt

for maxima diff(i) w.r.t.time=0 so 3cosΔt-4sinΔt=0
which gives tanΔt=3/4 now we can put it back into the original equation to find the answer to my question which is what i did


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