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Lect 22

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2-8-2021

10.30-11.30 AM

Electrodynamics
by
Rajendra Singh
rsingh1_2@yahoo.com
ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION

In Faraday's first experiment it's the Lorentz force law at work; the emf is magnetic. But in the other two it's an
electric field (induced by the changing magnetic field) that does the job. However, all three processes yield the
same formula for the emf.
Inductance
Inductance is defined as the ratio of the induced voltage to the rate of change of current causing it.
Inductance is the tendency of an electrical conductor to oppose a change in the electric current flowing through it.
Suppose you have two loops of wire, at rest (Fig.).
If a steady current I1 is run around loop 1, it produces a
magnetic field B1. Some of the field lines pass through loop
2; let φ2 be the flux of B1 through 2. As per Biot-Savart law,

The flux through loop 2 is

The mutual inductance can also be obtained by expressing the flux in terms of the vector potential and invoking Stokes' theorem:

But,
therefore,

So This is the Neumann formula.


Suppose now that you vary the current in loop 1. The flux through loop 2 will vary accordingly, and Faraday's law says this
changing flux will induce an emf in loop 2:

Every time you change the current in loop 1, an induced current flows
in loop 2-even though there are no wires connecting them!
A changing current not only induces an emf in any nearby loops, it also induces an emf
in the source loop itself (Fig ). Once again, the field (and therefore
also the flux) is proportional to the current:

The constant of proportionality L is called the self-inductance (or simply the inductance)
of the loop. As with M, it depends on the geometry (size and shape) of the loop. If the
current changes, the emf induced in the loop is
Lenz’s law: An induced electric current flows in a direction
such that the current opposes the change that induced it.

Lenz's law, which is enforced by the minus sign, dictates that the emf is in such a direction as to oppose any change in current.
For this reason, it is called a back emf. Whenever you try to alter the current in a wire, you must fight against this back emf. Thus
inductance plays somewhat the same role in electric circuits that mass plays in mechanical systems: The greater L is, the harder it
is to change the current, just as the larger the mass, the harder it is to change an object's velocity.
Energy in Magnetic Fields
It takes a certain amount of energy to start a current flowing in a circuit. Some work is done against the back emf to get the
current going. This is a fixed amount, and it is recoverable: you get it back when the current is turned off. In the meantime it
represents energy latent in the circuit. It can be regarded as energy stored in the magnetic field.
The work done on a unit charge, against the back emf, in one trip around the circuit is -Є (the minus sign records the fact that
this is the work done by you against the emf, not the work done by the emf). The amount of charge per unit time passing down
the wire is I. So the total work done per unit time is

If we start with zero current and build it up to a final value I, the work done
(integrating the last equation over time) is

Another way to approach W in generalized form of surface and volume currents. Remember that the flux φ through
the loop is equal to LI, while
In particular, if we agree to integrate over all space, then the surface integral goes to zero, and we are left with

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