On Apr 10, 8:01*am, Cecil Moore wrote:
Keith Dysart wrote:
Finer grained analysis shows that the imputed
energy (not average) in the reflected wave is not
dissipated in the source resistor.

It is the joules in instantaneous power that must
be conserved, not the instantaneous power. There
is no such thing as a conservation of power
principle yet all you have presented are power
calculations. "Where's the beef?"

The computation using energy instead of power has
also been done (and published here) and found also
to demonstrate that the reflected is not dissipated
in the source resistor.

How many joules are there in 100 watts of
instantaneous power?

Obviously. It depends on how long you let the
100 W of instantaneous power flow. Integrate and
the answer shall be yours.

...Keith