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Re: impedance matched?



Original poster: Jim Lux <jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net> 

At 11:18 AM 3/12/2004 -0700, you wrote:
>Original poster: Mddeming-at-aol-dot-com
>Hi Laurence,
>     Many decades ago, in the era of analog computers, LC circuits were 
> used to emulate the shock-absorber/spring combinations in automobile 
> suspensions. Perhaps the engineering is reversible?
>
>Matt D.
>
>In a message dated 3/12/04 1:52:44 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
>tesla-at-pupman-dot-com writes:
>Original poster: "Laurence Davis" <meknar-at-hotmail-dot-com>
>
>I'm still toying with the idea of a physical model
>much like a tuning fork, but that models the Tesla
>coil resonance amplification.
>
>Does the primary tank impedance match the secondary when tuned?
>
>There is a mechanical analog to impedance and it wouldn't be too much of a
>stretch
>to reach reactance.
>
>dissimilar materials could be used to "delay" wavefronts to create a
>capacitor/inductor model.

No stretch at all (horrible pun on springs..)

Spring = capacitor
Mass = Inductor
Viscous damping = resistance

Coupled inductors are a bit trickier, but I suspect there is a mechanical 
analog.  Probably along the lines of a "T" model for transformers.