Magnetic field at the focus of an ellipse!

An elliptical wire with semi major axis of length 8 m 8 \text{m} and semi minor axis of length 1 m 1 \text{m} contains a current of 1 0 7 A 10^{7}A .If the magnetic field at one of it's focus is of the form k π Tesla k\pi\text{ Tesla} .

Find k 2 k^{2} .


The answer is 256.

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1 solution

Fiki Akbar
Mar 28, 2015

Using Biot-Savart Law's, the magnetic field at the focus F F by an infinitesimal segment of the wire is d B = μ 0 I 4 π d l sin ( θ + α ) r 2 dB = \frac{\mu_{0}I}{4\pi} \frac{dl \sin(\theta+\alpha)}{r^{2}}

Now, we have sin ( θ + α ) = sin θ cos α + cos θ sin α \sin(\theta+\alpha) = \sin\theta\cos\alpha + \cos\theta\sin\alpha Since tan α = d y d x \tan\alpha = -\frac{dy}{dx} , then we have sin ( θ + α ) = sin θ d x d l + cos θ d y d l \sin(\theta+\alpha) = -\sin\theta\frac{dx}{dl} + \cos\theta\frac{dy}{dl}

Using relation, x = r ( θ ) cos θ x = r(\theta)\cos\theta and y = r ( θ ) sin θ y = r(\theta)\sin\theta , where r ( θ ) = a ( 1 e 2 ) 1 + e cos θ r(\theta) = \frac{a(1-e^2)}{1 + e\cos\theta} is the equation of ellipse in polar form with e = 1 ( b / a ) 2 e = \sqrt{1- (b/a)^2} is an eccentricity of the ellipse, then we get d l sin ( θ + α ) = r ( θ ) d θ dl \sin(\theta+\alpha) = r(\theta)d\theta

Then the magnetic field in the focus is given by B = μ 0 I a 4 π b 2 0 2 π ( 1 + e cos θ ) d θ = μ 0 I a 2 b 2 B = \frac{\mu_{0}Ia}{4\pi b^{2}} \int_{0}^{2\pi}\: (1+ e\cos\theta ) \:d\theta = \frac{\mu_{0}Ia}{2 b^{2}}

Using the data, we have B = 16 π B = 16\pi Tesla or k = 16 k=16 , then k 2 = 256 k^{2} = 256 .

In general, magnetic field at the focus of a conductor in the shape of a conic carrying current i i is given as:

B = μ 0 i 2 p B= \frac {\mu_0 i}{2p}

Where p = b 2 a p=\frac {b^2}{a} is the length of the semi-latus rectum of the conic.

Raghav Vaidyanathan - 6 years, 2 months ago

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Could you please post a proof for this, or at least a link illustrating this fact?

Thank You.

Vishnu H Nair - 6 years, 2 months ago

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Here

Raghav Vaidyanathan - 6 years, 2 months ago

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@Raghav Vaidyanathan Thank You!

Vishnu H Nair - 6 years, 2 months ago

Thank You for taking the time to write up a solution!

Vishnu H Nair - 6 years, 2 months ago

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you're welcome...

Fiki Akbar - 6 years, 2 months ago

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.

Alex Wang - 6 years, 1 month ago

How did you get the value of R ( θ ) R(\theta) ?

Abha Vishwakarma - 2 years, 8 months ago

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