An elliptical wire with semi major axis of length 8 m and semi minor axis of length 1 m contains a current of 1 0 7 A .If the magnetic field at one of it's focus is of the form k π Tesla .
Find k 2 .
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In general, magnetic field at the focus of a conductor in the shape of a conic carrying current i is given as:
B = 2 p μ 0 i
Where p = a b 2 is the length of the semi-latus rectum of the conic.
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Could you please post a proof for this, or at least a link illustrating this fact?
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Thank You for taking the time to write up a solution!
I was super confused by the k^2 thinking k must have a square root in it... then I just tried my answer and turns out it was correct all along.
How did you get the value of R ( θ ) ?
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Using Biot-Savart Law's, the magnetic field at the focus F by an infinitesimal segment of the wire is d B = 4 π μ 0 I r 2 d l sin ( θ + α )
Now, we have sin ( θ + α ) = sin θ cos α + cos θ sin α Since tan α = − d x d y , then we have sin ( θ + α ) = − sin θ d l d x + cos θ d l d y
Using relation, x = r ( θ ) cos θ and y = r ( θ ) sin θ , where r ( θ ) = 1 + e cos θ a ( 1 − e 2 ) is the equation of ellipse in polar form with e = 1 − ( b / a ) 2 is an eccentricity of the ellipse, then we get d l sin ( θ + α ) = r ( θ ) d θ
Then the magnetic field in the focus is given by B = 4 π b 2 μ 0 I a ∫ 0 2 π ( 1 + e cos θ ) d θ = 2 b 2 μ 0 I a
Using the data, we have B = 1 6 π Tesla or k = 1 6 , then k 2 = 2 5 6 .