Trimark’s Expert Voices
Dec 12, 2023
Vince Brashear, P.E., Director of Design and Engineering “The systems we design are a small, but critical, part of power…
Ask any electrical engineer for their favorite mathematical formula and you’re likely to hear all about Ohm’s law. It’s an important calculation because Ohm’s Law is used to determine how much power will be lost when transmitting electricity over distance (a critical factor when lost power means lost income).
Described by Georg Ohm in 1827, Ohm’s law states that a steady current (I) flowing through an electrical conductor is directly proportional to the applied voltage (V) and inversely proportional to the resistance (R). The equation may appear as V=IR, I=VR, or as R=VI, depending on which variable you know and what you’re trying to find.
While Ohm’s law is important, there are many other pioneers whose work in energy and math are as important today as they were when they were first identified: Watt, Ampere, Kelvin, Tesla, Volta, Edison, and Marquez to name a few.
In the energy sector, engineers use trigonometric functions for three phase power (P=√3 V∟ I∟ p.f.). Fiber optic losses are calculated in decibels. Determining the slope of a curve helps predict the response time required to properly sequence commands in a control system. Even business systems use complex formulas for a wide range of accounting, business metrics, and forecast calculations.
As we celebrate national math day (and “Pi” day), join us in recognizing a few of the pioneers of math and electromagnetic theory whose names, and work, is as relevant today as it was when first defined:
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