Calculus with Kirkhoff's Equations Help

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sjgallagher2

Joined Feb 6, 2013
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So I'm fairly new to calculus, and integrals, and I'm working out an RLC circuit with this formula:

(if it doesn't show up it's here: http://latex.codecogs.com/gif.latex?V_{0}&space;cos(\omega&space;t)=RI+L\frac{dI_{L}}{dt}+\frac{1}{C}\int&space;Idt)

Where V0cos(ωt) is the AC voltage, ω is the angular velocity (2∏f), I is the total current, and L R and C are the respective component values.
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I know there are better ways to do this, finding voltages across the components and such, but this way intrigues me. And I don't understand it, and I'd like to. That equation looks all fine and all, so the next step is to simplify the integral. I must be missing something here, because when I simplified it I got:

(If it doesn't show up it's here: http://latex.codecogs.com/gif.latex?V_{0}&space;cos(\omega&space;t)=RI+L\frac{dI_{L}}{dt}+\frac{It}{C_{0}}+C)
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*Note: In the above schematics, ignore the subscript "L" under the I, it should be simply I.

Where C0 is the capacitor value and C is the constant of integration.
The answer in the book on the other hand, shows the answer as this:

(If it doesn't show up it's here: http://latex.codecogs.com/gif.latex?\omega&space;V_{0}&space;cos(\omega&space;t)=L\frac{d^{2}I}{dt^{2}}-R\frac{dI}{dt}+\frac{1}{C}I)
Things that are interesting to me is the extra ω in front and the new stuff being multiplied by R (I thought would still be I but now it's dI/dt).
If anyone can bear with me through all this and help me understand what they did and why, I would be most thankful! Another note by the way, the book says this last function is a "linear second-order nonhomogeneous differential equation" which scares me... Thanks.
 

studiot

Joined Nov 9, 2007
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That is because the book differentiated the first equation with respect to t to get rid of the intergral in the third term, whereas you tried to integrate it.

Incidentally, this site offers TEX (click on the Ʃ sign at the top right of toolbar in the compose box)

Note also when you write TEX, you should not end on a hanging )
 

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sjgallagher2

Joined Feb 6, 2013
131
Alright thanks. Simple, to the point. I've been looking into differential equations now and realized there were quite a few things I never learned, and so now I'm diving into them much more. I didn't even know what order was, or what a differential equation really was. In any event I'm on the right track now, I've got a long time ahead of me to learn all this math, and a lot to learn, let's do it.
By the way thanks for the tip about TEX haha.
 

studiot

Joined Nov 9, 2007
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For the benefit of those who wish to discuss these equations further here they are in the order originally presented in post#1


\({V_0}\cos (\omega t) = RI + L\frac{{dI}}{{dt}} + \frac{1}{C}\int {Idt} \)


\({V_0}\cos (\omega t) = RI + L\frac{{dI}}{{dt}} + \frac{{It}}{{{C_0}}} + C\)


\(\omega {V_0}\cos (\omega ;t) = - R\frac{{dI}}{{dt}} + L\frac{{{d^2}I}}{{d{t^2}}} + \frac{1}{C}I\)
 
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