Calculus problems

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Original poster: "Jim Lux by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>" <jimlux-at-earthlink-dot-net>

A straight forward one:

What is the length of the primary winding for a given number of turns and
spacing? Easiest is for a flat or cylindrical coil, a bit trickier is for a
conical shape.  Hint: use r=k*theta and integrate in terms of theta.

A classic differential equation one:

What is the voltage on the primary capacitor as it charges through a
resistor/inductor just before the spark gap fires.

An even more classic differential equation

What is the voltage and/or current in the primary (without considering fixed
voltage drop across spark gap, or effect of coupled secondary)

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Subject: Engineering and Tesla MATH


> Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-qwest-dot-net>"
<Fucian-at-aol-dot-com>
>
> Hi all, this may be off topic so if it makes it, reply diresctly to
> fucian-at-aol-dot-com.
>
> I will be taking Electrical Engineering at FSU and am NOT GOOD IN MATH! I
> still get A's in it somehow but have NEVER had Calculus.What Im asking is
for
> applications in Engineering OR tesla coils that use Calculus Problems.I
can
> understand math when it has a direct use such as a problem I need to
figure
> for a telsa coil or something.Im asking now, becuase i start in the fall
and
> wont have alot of time.(playing football for them!) Anyways, if you know
of
> some good applications, please help a coiler out! haha,
>
> Thanks,
> Matt G
>
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