Ampere's Law Exercise (Part 3) - "A bit" less calculus

An infinitely long straight wire carries 1 1 unit of electric current. The wire is perpendicular to the x y xy plane, and passes through the point ( x , y ) = ( 1 2 , 0 ) (x,y) = \Big( \frac{1}{2},0 \Big) . Consider an integration path consisting of a circle of radius 1 1 in the x y xy plane with its center at ( x , y ) = ( 0 , 0 ) (x,y) = (0,0) . Define the following magnetic line integrals over the "left" ( x 0 ) (x \leq 0) and "right" ( x > 0 ) (x > 0) halves of the integration path:

Q L = x 0 B d Q R = x > 0 B d Q_{L} = \int_{x \leq 0} \vec{B} \cdot \vec{d \ell} \\ Q_{R} = \int_{x > 0} \vec{B} \cdot \vec{d \ell}

In the above integrals, B \vec{B} is the vector magnetic flux density produced by the wire at a particular point. Determine the following ratio:

Q R Q L + Q R \frac{Q_R }{Q_L + Q_R}

Details and Assumptions:
1) Magnetic permeability μ 0 = 1 \mu_0 = 1
2) You know ahead of time what the denominator of the ratio is
3) Use the same circulation (clockwise or counter-clockwise) when evaluating both integrals


The answer is 0.6476.

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1 solution

Karan Chatrath
Feb 15, 2020

Key steps of the problem are highlighted. Consider the position vector of a point P P on the circular loop:

r p = cos θ i ^ + sin θ j ^ \vec{r}_p = \cos{\theta} \hat{i} + \sin{\theta} \hat{j} d r p = ( sin θ i ^ + cos θ j ^ ) d θ d\vec{r}_p = \left(-\sin{\theta} \hat{i} + \cos{\theta} \hat{j}\right)d\theta

The position vector of the location of the wire in the X-Y plane (Named C C ) is:

r p = 0.5 i ^ \vec{r}_p = 0.5 \hat{i}

A vector joining point C C and P P and directed towards P P is:

r = r p r c \vec{r} = \vec{r}_p-\vec{r}_c

The magnetic field at point P P due to the infinite wire is (assuming current flows into the plane of the paper):

B = μ o I 2 π r ( k ^ × r ^ ) \vec{B} = \frac{\mu_o I}{2\pi \lvert \vec{r} \rvert} \left(-\hat{k} \times \hat{r}\right)

Having obtained B \vec{B} , the next step is to calculate the following dot product:

d Q = B d r p dQ = \vec{B} \cdot d\vec{r}_p

Finally, all expressions are substituted and the resulting expression is:

d Q = μ o I π ( cos θ 2 5 4 cos θ ) d θ dQ = \frac{\mu_o I}{\pi}\left(\frac{\cos{\theta}-2}{5-4\cos{\theta}}\right)d\theta

The working is left out in this solution. Finally,

Q R = μ o I π π / 2 π / 2 ( cos θ 2 5 4 cos θ ) d θ Q_R = \frac{\mu_o I}{\pi}\int_{-\pi/2}^{\pi/2} \left(\frac{\cos{\theta}-2}{5-4\cos{\theta}}\right)d\theta

Q L + Q R = μ o I π 0 2 π ( cos θ 2 5 4 cos θ ) d θ = μ o I Q_L+Q_R = \frac{\mu_o I}{\pi}\int_{0}^{2\pi} \left(\frac{\cos{\theta}-2}{5-4\cos{\theta}}\right)d\theta = -\mu_o I

The second integral verifies Ampere's law. The closed-form expressions are evaluated (working left out) and the required ratio evaluates to:

Q R Q R + Q L = 4 arctan 3 + π 4 π 0.6475836 \boxed{\frac{Q_R}{Q_R+Q_L}= \frac{4\arctan{3} + \pi}{4\pi} \approx 0.6475836}

@Karan Chatrath Sir I have solution of this question and I have wrong answer but by different method. I am not able to understand why my answer is coming wrong.Should were I post my solution so that you can find mistake??? Please

A Former Brilliant Member - 1 year, 3 months ago

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You can paste a snapshot of your work or type out your solution as a comment in this thread.

Karan Chatrath - 1 year, 3 months ago

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@Karan Chatrath can you help me finding mistake in my method?? Please

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@A Former Brilliant Member In your 4th snapshot, you copied the value of b b from the previous snapshot incorrectly. I have not looked beyond this.

In snapshot 3 you get:

b = 1 2 cos θ π ( 5 4 cos θ ) b = \frac{1-2\cos{\theta}}{\pi\left(5 - 4\cos{\theta}\right)}

At the beginning of snapshot 4 you re-write b b as:

b = 1 2 sin θ π ( 5 4 cos θ ) b = \frac{1-2\sin{\theta}}{\pi\left(5 - 4\cos{\theta}\right)}

Karan Chatrath - 1 year, 3 months ago

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@Karan Chatrath Oh Yeah that's the mistake.

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@A Former Brilliant Member @Karan Chatrath After correction I got the correct answer. Thank you sir

A Former Brilliant Member - 1 year, 3 months ago

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