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Sunday, 21 September 2014

root mean square

For a sinusoidal voltage:

\begin{align}
V_\mathrm{rms} &=\sqrt{\frac{1}{T} \int_0^{T}[{V_{pk}\sin( \omega t+\phi)]^2 dt}}\\
               &=V_{pk}\sqrt{\frac{1}{2T} \int_0^{T}[{1-\cos(2\omega t+2\phi)] dt}}\\
               &=V_{pk}\sqrt{\frac{1}{2T} \int_0^{T}{ dt}}\\
               &=\frac{V_{pk}}{\sqrt {2}}
\end{align}
The factor \sqrt{2} is called the crest factor, which varies for different waveforms.
V_\mathrm{rms}=\frac{V_\mathrm{peak}}{\sqrt{3}}.
\displaystyle V_\mathrm{rms}=V_\mathrm{peak}.
  • For an arbitrary periodic waveform v(t) of period T:
V_\mathrm{rms}=\sqrt{\frac{1}{T} \int_0^{T}{[v(t)]^2 dt}}.

Example

To illustrate these concepts, consider a 230 V AC mains supply used in many countries around the world. It is so called because its root mean square value is 230 V. This means that the time-averaged power delivered is equivalent to the power delivered by a DC voltage of 230 V. To determine the peak voltage (amplitude), we can rearrange the above equation to:

V_\mathrm{peak}=\sqrt{2}\ V_\mathrm{rms}.
For 230 V AC, the peak voltage \scriptstyle V_\mathrm{peak} is therefore \scriptstyle 230 V \times\sqrt{2}, which is about 325 V. The peak-to-peak value \scriptstyle V_\mathrm{P-P} of the 230 V AC is double that, at about 650 V.

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