Re: Tesla Coil Operation - was "Harmonics"

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• From: "John H. Couture" <COUTUREJH-at-worldnet.att-dot-net> (by way of Terry Fritz <twf-at-verinet-dot-com>)
• Date: Wed, 03 Feb 1999 05:10:05 -0700
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  Ed -

  Are you saying these mechanical analogies represent 4th order differential
equations as shown in the Corum's TCTUTOR book? 

  John Couture

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At 07:36 PM 1/30/99 -0700, you wrote:
>Original Poster: Ed Phillips <evp-at-pacbell-dot-net> 
>
>-------------  snip
>
>	As for mechanical analogies, these are mechanisms which can be
>described by the same differential equations as the electrical circuits
>for which they are analogs. (Works both ways, of course).  The coupled
>pendulums (pendula?) are exact analogs of the Tesla "magnifier", and
>with the correct common mass  (pendulums connected via an extra mass, as
>described by Antonio) will exhibit most of the behavior of the normal
>magnetically-coupled TC, including "resonant rise" and "beats" between
>the primary (heavy pendulum) and secondary (light pendulum) motions. The
>latter case is exactly analogous to the circuit where the coupling
>between primary and secondary is through a common inductor (or
>capacitor) at the "bottom" end.
>
>Ed

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