College Resources

11. Alternating Current Circuits

Chapters (Serway & Jewett, Physics 9ed):

  • 33.1 AC Sources
  • 33.2 Resistors in an AC Circuit
  • 33.3 Inductors in an AC Circuit
  • 33.4 Capacitors in an AC Circuit
  • 33.5 The RLC Series Circuit
  • 33.6 Power in an AC Circuit
  • 33.7 Resonance in a Series RLC Circuit
  • 33.8 The Transformer and Power Transmission
  • 33.9 Rectifiers and Filters

Videos:

  • Yale: Physics II, LCR Circuits—DC Voltage
  • Yale: Physics II, LCR Circuits—AC Voltage
  • MIT: 8.02x, Transformers, Car Coils, RC Circuits
  • MIT: 8.02x, Driven LRC Circuits, Metal Detectors
  • KhanAcademy: Alternating current
  • The Engineering Mindset: Half Wave and Full Wave Bridge Rectifier
  • Ludic Science: Hertz Experiment
  • UNSW Physics: Hertz Experiment

Exercise Videos:

  • Michel van Biezen: RCL CIRCUITS
  • MIT: 8.02x, Lightly Damped RLC Circuits. Faraday's Law
  • MIT: 8.02x, Driven RLC Circuit - Resonance width
  • MIT: 8.02x, LC Circuit in Series (not driven) - Variable Energy in L and in C
  • MIT: 8.02x, A Driven RLC Circuit
  • MIT: 8.02x, Another Driven RLC Circuit
  • MIT: 8.02x, Driven RLC Circuit at Resonance. LC Circuit in series (not driven)
  • MIT: 8.02x, A Driven RLC Circuit in Series - Phasors
  • MIT: 8.02x, Pressure Due to a Magnetic Field in a Solenoid
  • MIT: 8.02x, Inductance of Two Coaxial Cables (solenoids)
  • MIT: 8.02x, An RLC Circuit in Series - Power - Resonance
  • MIT: 8.02x, Ideal Step Up Transformer
  • MIT: 8.02x, Parallel RLC Circuit - Phase Angles - Impedance - Resonance