In the figure given below, the box is an inductor having inductance
. A uniform horizontal magnetic field of strength
perpendicular to the plane is present. The rails and the rod are perfectly conducting . The rod has a mass
, and length
. Initially, there is no current in the inductor and the rod is at rest. At this moment, it is let free.Let us denote the maximum current, the maximum speed, and the maximum displacement from this position be
, and
respectively.
If
can be expressed as
, where
and
are dimensionless constants, then find
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Let at any time the rod has a velocity v and the current flowing be i So we have the equations using faraday's law ξ = B v l = L d t d i (i)
F = m g − B i l = m d t d v (ii)
Differentiating (ii) w.r.t. time we get − B l d t d i = m d t 2 d 2 v (iii)
Using (i) we have − ( m L b 2 l 2 ) v = d t 2 d 2 v (iv)
This is the equation of SHM. So we write v = A s i n ( ω t + ϕ ) where ω = m L b 2 l 2
At t = 0 v = 0 ⇒ ϕ = 0 ⇒ v = A s i n ( ω t )
Differentiate to get a = ω A c o s ( ω t )
A t t = 0 , a = g ⇒ A = ω g ⇒ v = ω g s i n ( ω t ) ⇒ x = ω 2 g ( 1 − c o s ( ω t ) ) ⇒ i = ω 2 L B g l ( 1 − c o s ( ω t ) ) ⇒ v m a x = ω g , x m a x = ω 2 2 g , i m a x = ω 2 L 2 B g l
Hence we get v m a x x m a x i m a x = ω 5 L 4 B g 3 l
P u t t h e v a l u e o f ω t o g e t v m a x x m a x i m a x = 4 m 5 / 2 g 3 L 3 / 2 B − 4 l − 4 ⇒ a = 4 , b = 5 / 2 , c = 3 , d = 3 / 2 , e = − 4 , f = − 4 ⇒ a b c d e f = 7 2 0