Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Nature's Response Time

Once upon a time, a rainy day in Chennai ....
(for those localites who have forgotten what it is...please go to flashback. Try remembering the times when we used to sing " Rain Rain go away..Come again another day"..Yes the same rain coming now)

Who goes prepared in this hot city of mine. ? Everything in life happens suddenly and unexpectedly. So does the rain in Chennai.I didnt have an umbrella or a rain coat. Luckily I found a tree nearby. I stood under the tree for shelter. It was a large tree to support two more people. And I was peacefully protected from getting drenched. But not for long. I found after sometime myself wet . Drops of water falling over me without hurting more often than it was.

But it seemed that it was only drizzling outside. Junta used to say " Muzhusaa
nananja piragu mukkadhu edhukku "..meaning 'after getting drenched completely what is the point in hiding away from the rain'. So I started walking on my way...towards my destination.. I realised as soon as I came out that of the tree that it was not all raining outside. Being a small boy (ob it didnt happen recently..so many rare events ..all together)..I was wondering how the tree protected me when it was raining and how it deceived me even after the rain had stopped.

I was able to realise when I was doing my 2nd semester..EC 101 course
that Inductors exactly behaved like the tree...just like it continues its previous state ..as in the case of inertia. The inductor does not allow current suddenly through it meanwhile it stores(or cult) some amount of energy and it gives it back when needed.in anology to the tree taking on the drops on itself...n saving me from rain but pouring out when the rain stopped ....

Now my project for this summer is.... don't feel to much........to calculate the value of so called Inductance for a tree and its response time....lol :P