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| J.L. San Emeterio |
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| ELEMENTS IN THE CIRCUIT |
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By clicking on you can compare the elements of the hydraulic circuit which you have just studied, with a simple electric circuit. The conducting plates of a capacitator provide us with the potential energy difference which will begin the movement of the charges. We also have a switch, a flow meter for the current and a device which uses it, a light bulb. What do we have to do if we want to keep a constant current for the light bulb? |
| The concept of a circuit | ||
| The hydraulic simile | ||
| Elements in the circuit | ||
| Characteristic magnitudes | ||
| Conclusions |
| Laws and basic magnitudes | ||
| Ohm's law | ||
| Power and energy in the circuit | ||
| The generalization of the laws | ||
| Conclusions |