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So I just had an exam and I'm so unsure about this problem. It seems that I got it right, but I could be completely wrong. XD
A long, straight current-carrying wire carries an increasing current I that is uniformly distributed over the cross-section of the wire (the current density j is uniform). The magnitude of the induced electric field inside the wire is (r is the distance to the center of the wire):
a) zero at all points inside wire
b) proportional to r
c) proportional to r^2
d) proportional to 1/r
e) proportional to 1/r^2
closed-line integral ∫B*dl = µ0 *I (enclosed)
j = I/A
closed line integral ∫E*dl = -d/dt (magnetic flux)
magnetic flux = ∫B*dA
So basically I thought, since there is a current changing in time, there is a magnetic field being induced. This magnetic field, since it is proportional to the current, also changes in time, so it creates an electric field. So I began with:
∫B*dl = µ0 *I (enclosed)
The line integral was a distance r from the center where r is less than the radius of the exterior of the wire.
The I enclosed wasn't the entire I, but the ratio between the enclosed current and net current.
j = I(enclosed) /A = I(enclosed)/pir^2
I(net)/piR^2 = I(enclosed)/pir^2
r^2/R^2 * I(net) = I(enclosed)
Then substituting back into the line integral:
∫B*dl = µ0 *r^2/R^2 *I(net)
B*2pir = µ0 *r^2/R^2 *I(net)
B =1/2pi * ( µ0 *r/R^2 *I(net))
Then calculated magnetic flux:
∫B*dA =
And here is where it gets kind of fuzzy. XD I think I might have assumed that the flux was in the area of pir^2 within the wire and the B field going in the same direction as the wire. But I think the B field is actually circling that area of pir^2, so I think I made a mistake there. :\
I ended up with magnitude of E = rµ0* I/(4piR^2) and chose B. Was I completely wrong? XD
Homework Statement
A long, straight current-carrying wire carries an increasing current I that is uniformly distributed over the cross-section of the wire (the current density j is uniform). The magnitude of the induced electric field inside the wire is (r is the distance to the center of the wire):
a) zero at all points inside wire
b) proportional to r
c) proportional to r^2
d) proportional to 1/r
e) proportional to 1/r^2
Homework Equations
closed-line integral ∫B*dl = µ0 *I (enclosed)
j = I/A
closed line integral ∫E*dl = -d/dt (magnetic flux)
magnetic flux = ∫B*dA
The Attempt at a Solution
So basically I thought, since there is a current changing in time, there is a magnetic field being induced. This magnetic field, since it is proportional to the current, also changes in time, so it creates an electric field. So I began with:
∫B*dl = µ0 *I (enclosed)
The line integral was a distance r from the center where r is less than the radius of the exterior of the wire.
The I enclosed wasn't the entire I, but the ratio between the enclosed current and net current.
j = I(enclosed) /A = I(enclosed)/pir^2
I(net)/piR^2 = I(enclosed)/pir^2
r^2/R^2 * I(net) = I(enclosed)
Then substituting back into the line integral:
∫B*dl = µ0 *r^2/R^2 *I(net)
B*2pir = µ0 *r^2/R^2 *I(net)
B =1/2pi * ( µ0 *r/R^2 *I(net))
Then calculated magnetic flux:
∫B*dA =
And here is where it gets kind of fuzzy. XD I think I might have assumed that the flux was in the area of pir^2 within the wire and the B field going in the same direction as the wire. But I think the B field is actually circling that area of pir^2, so I think I made a mistake there. :\
I ended up with magnitude of E = rµ0* I/(4piR^2) and chose B. Was I completely wrong? XD