Keywords: CapacitorHydraulicAnalogyAnimation.gif en In the hydraulic analogy a capacitor is analogous to a rubber membrane sealed inside a pipe It is possible to push water towards the membrane but as the membrane stretches it will push back against the flow more and more This animation illustrates a membrane being repeatedly stretched and un-stretched by the flow of water which is analogous to a capacitor being repeatedly charged and discharged by the flow of current 2012-04-26 own Sbyrnes321 Images made in inkscape and exported to PNG then assembled into animation using Photobie cc-zero Uploaded with UploadWizard Capacitor diagrams Hydraulic analogy Hydraulic accumulators Animated GIF |