AC in pictures

Alternating current generation

AC drawing

Period and frequency of alternating current

Image of a sinusoidal quantity with a rotating vector

Plotting two sinusoids by rotating two coincident vectors

Plotting two sine waves offset by 90° by rotating two vectors located at an angle of 90°

Addition of two sinusoidal quantities

The device of the simplest alternator with one pair of poles

The device of the simplest alternator with two pairs of poles

Phase shift between the turns of the generator winding

RMS value of current and voltage

Resistive AC circuit

AC circuit with inductance

AC circuit with active and inductive resistance

AC circuit with capacitance

AC circuit with active and capacitive resistance

AC circuit with active, inductive and capacitive resistance

AC circuit impedance

Voltage resonance

Resonance of currents

Variation of current with frequency

Electrical vibrations in the circuit

AC factor

Three-phase electrical circuits

Star connection of generator windings

Delta connection of generator windings

Four-wire three-phase current system

Star connection between the generator and the receiver of energy

Delta connection of energy receivers