Year: 2025
Type: preprint
Abstract: The electric current as the flux of current density -- a signed scalar, not a vector -- is inconsistent with the concept of the current direction, commonly invoked in the electric circuit analyses within, for example, Kirchhoff's current law, the resistance rule, and Lenz's law. This paper presents an approach to the circuit analysis that is not predicated upon the ``current direction,'' and thus avoids such inconsistencies. The approach is summarized in five rules and the application of these rules is demonstrated by analyzing an RLC series circuit.
Source: arXiv (Cornell University)
Author: Podobnik, Tomaž
Institutions: University of Ljubljana, Jožef Stefan Institute
Language: English
Subfield: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W4407092170