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Modification for distributed capacity and inductance: the distance phase angle and the velocity of propagation; the time phase angle; the two forms of the equation of the line oscillation.
29. Effective inductance and effective capacity, and the frequency of the line oscillation. The wave length. The oscillating-line section as quarter wave length.
30. Relation between inductance, capacity, and frequency of propagation. Importance of this relation for calculation of line constants.
31. The different frequencies and wave lengths of the quarter-wave oscillation; of the half- wave oscillation.
32. The velocity unit of length. Its importance in compound circuits. Period, frequency, time, and distance angles, and the general expression of the line oscillation.
Lecture VIII. — Traveling Waves
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33. The power of the stationary oscillation and its correspondence with reactive power of alternating currents. The traveling wave and its correspondence with effective power of alternating currents. Occurrence of traveling waves: the lightning stroke: The traveling wave of the compound circuit.
34. The flow of transient power and its equation. The power-dissipation constant and the power-transfer constant. Increasing and decreasing power flow in the traveling wave. The general equation of the traveling wave.
35. Positive and negative power- transfer constants. Undamped oscillation and cumulative oscillation. The arc as their source. The alternating-current transmission-line equation as special case of traveling wave of negative power-transfer constant.
36. Coexistence and combination of traveling waves and stationary oscillations. Difference from effective and reactive alternating waves. Industrial importance of traveling waves. Their frequencies. Estimation of their effective frequency if very high.
37. The impulse as traveling wave. Its equations. The wave front.
Lecture IX. — Oscillations of the Compound Circuit
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38. The stationary oscillation of the compound circuit. The time decrement of the total circuit, and the power-dissipation and power-transfer constants of its section. Power supply from section of low-energy dissipation to section of high-energy dissipation.
38. Instance of oscillation of a closed compound circuit. The two traveling waves and the resultant transient-power diagram.
40. Comparison of the transient-power diagram with the power diagram of an alternating- current circuit. The cause of power increase in the line. The stationary oscillation of an open compound circuit.