Eddy-current braking of a translating solid bar by a magnetic dipole |
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Authors: | Maksims Kirpo Thomas Boeck Andrè Thess |
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Institution: | Institute of Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics, Ilmenau University of Technology, P.O. Box 100565, 98684 Ilmenau, Germany. |
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Abstract: | The paper addresses the problem of a conducting rectangular bar of square cross-section which is moving with constant velocity in the field of an arbitrarily oriented magnetic dipole. The braking Lorentz force on the bar is obtained by FEM and compared with the analytical solution for a moving infinite plate in the field of a magnetic dipole 2]. The computation of the induced currents requires solution of a Laplace equation with mixed boundary conditions for the electric potential inside the moving bar. (© 2010 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim) |
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