virranjakautumisen
Virranjakautumisen, often translated as current division or load balancing in English, refers to the principle and practice of distributing electrical current across multiple paths or components. In an electrical circuit, current will naturally seek the path of least resistance. However, when components are connected in parallel, the total current entering the parallel branch splits, with a portion flowing through each individual path. The proportion of current in each path is inversely related to its resistance, as dictated by Ohm's Law and Kirchhoff's Current Law.
This phenomenon is fundamental to circuit design. For instance, in a simple parallel circuit with two resistors,
Practical applications include power grids where electricity is distributed to numerous consumers, requiring careful management of