NESS ENGINEERING
TECHNICAL DATA
RMS (ROOT MEAN SQUARE) AND AVERAGE VALUES FOR TYPICALCURRENT WAVEFORMS

 

Sine Wave  Full Wave Rectified  Half Wave Rectified AC Superposed on DC Periodic Half Sinusoids  Square Wave  Sawtooth Wave  Trapezoidal Wave

Standard Formula for Calculating RMS (Root Mean Square) Values for Waveform, I(t)
 

Current Wave Shape

Configuration

IRMS

IAVG

 

Sine Wave

0

 

Full Wave Rectified Sine Wave

0.637Ipk

 

Half Wave Rectified Sine Wave

0.318Ipk

 

Direct Current with Superposed Sine Wave

Idc

 

Half-Sinusoids of T Duration and f Repetition Frequency

(2fIpkT)/p

 

Square Waves of T Duration and f Repetition Frequency

fIpkT

 

Sawtooth Waveform of T Duration and f Repetition Frequency

0.5fIpkT

 

Trapezoidal Waveform of f Repetition Frequency

fIpk(d+T)


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