Hello!
I was studying eletric engineering at high school, and in chapters on AC circuits, we were always taught that when one connects a resistor, a capacitor or an inductor to a AC sine volatege source, the current flowing in each of these elements must be AC, whether they are ideal or real.
However, on simulation programmes, all these circuits gave an AC current, except for ideal inductor:
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=>According to 2 different simulations softwares, the resulting current flowing in this inductor is as you can see:
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It's still sine-shaped for sure! However, don't you notice that signal is never negative? Thus, it's not AC, but has an offset.
Obviously there is a problem somewhere. Are my lessons wrong?
thank you