what is mean by
harmonics



what is mean by harmonics..

Answer / sainath

while designing the transformer the material used is not the
ideal one. because of this non linearity in the material the
main flux distorts and because of this the flux is non
sinusoidal.
the wave form which is other than the fundamental is called as
harmonics.

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