RE: Difference between 1/2 wave and 1/4 wave resonance ? ? ?

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Original poster: "Mccauley, Daniel H" <daniel.h.mccauley-at-lmco-dot-com> 


Paul,

Very nice webpage.  I'll definitely be reading it in detail this evening
when I get home
from work.  Nice work and effort!!!

Dan



 > Dan wrote:
 >  > A simple parallel resonant circuit Fres = 1/SQRT (L*C).
 >  > Now is this technically a 1/2 wave resonant frequency of this
 >  > parallel resonant circuit?
 >
 > Nice question.  We often label resonances by the number of
 > quarter-waves which they involve. I'll try to explain what this
 > means and how it relates to LCR models of resonators.  Judging
 > by the variety of replies received already, there is obviously
 > some confusion.
 >
 > At risk of adding to that, I've made up a web page
 >
 >   http://hot-streamer-dot-com/tssp/g040115/g040115.html
 >
 > which I hope deals with Dan's question and perhaps resolves
 > a few others.  Reading through it myself I can see one or two
 > bits that need a better explanation, but I'll post what I've
 > got for now.
 > --
 > Paul Nicholson
 > --
 >
 >
 >