An experimental confirmation of longitudinal electrodynamic forces |
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Authors: | N Graneau T Phipps Jr D Roscoe |
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Institution: | (1) Dept. of Engineering Science, Oxford University, Oxford OX1 3PJ, England, GB;(2) 908 South Busey Ave. Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA, US;(3) School of Mathematics, Sheffield University, P.O. Box 597, Sheffield S10 2UN, England, GB |
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Abstract: | According to the conventional views of electromagnetic theory, as these are expressed in the Lorentz force law, all the forces
which act on a current carrying metallic conductor are perpendicular to the current streamlines. However, over the years,
from Ampère through Maxwell until the present day, there have been persistent claims that when current flows in a metallic
conductor, there are mechanical forces acting along current streamlines which subject the conductor to tensile stress, and
which are therefore capable of performing work in the direction of current flow. The problem of substantiating these claims
has always lain in the difficulty of designing an experiment in which the effects are unambiguously demonstrated. The present
paper describes an experiment which to a large extent removes these ambiguities, and which provides a compelling novel demonstration
of forces acting along current streamlines. A force calculation based on Ampère's original electrodynamic force law is found
to be consistent with the observed behaviour.
Received 15 November 2000 and Received in final form 12 March 2001 |
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Keywords: | PACS 01 55 +b General physics – 03 50 De Classical electromagnetism Maxwell equations – 41 20 -q Applied classical electromagnetism |
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