What is the total force on any arbitrary current carrying wire in a uniform magnetic field ?
1 Answer
Explanation:
The force on the wire is proportional to:
Current
Length of wire in the field
Sine of angle conductor makes with field
The magnetic flux density
Figure 4 shows a wire at an angle
The force on the wire is given by:
From figure 5 you can see that if the wire is perpendicular to the field then
In this case the force is at a maximum where:
In terms of vectors:
So: