Small vibrations of an elastic conductor in a magnetic field

In this paper we study the motion of an elastic conducting wire in a magnetic field. The motion of the conductor induces a current in the wire (Faraday's law) which, in turn produces a force on the wire. We consider the linear equation obtained by linearizing the resulting equations of motion about an equilibrium solution. This is a hyperbolic partial differential equation with a non-local term. We prove existence and uniqueness of a weak solution of an initial–boundary value problem for this equation. © 1998 B. G. Teubner Stuttgart—John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.