Recent content by martinezwsu

Bump.

I figured out how to get the magnitudes of the fields working with integration but I cannot figure out what the direction of the resultant B field. Any help?

Whoosh. Way over my head with that one. I get what you mean about the magnetic field being different at different radii, but I am not in calculus based physics, and we haven't had any mention of Biot-Savart. Do you have any suggestions that would not involve integration?

Bump. I'm going to work out the math right now, but does anyone else have any more ideas? Is it in fact the case that the forces exerted by the wires on each other are not the only forces in the system, and that when the force that the magnetic fields have on each other is taken into account...

Doing a search for cases in which Newton's 3rd law could be violated, I believe I found what the answer could be. I found this explanation in this thread: https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=94627" Scroll down to find this post by vanesch: So it appears that the third...

I'm also adding this diagram that I've drawn in Paint to go along with your suggestions.

Step one: Newton's third law states that for every Force there is a reaction force equal in magnitude in the opposite direction. Step two: I've drawn the picture and the field lines only touch below wire 2. They flow in the same direction on the left of wire 1 and they oppose each other on the...

Should F12=-F21 according to Newtons 3rd law? Also I'm still perplexed at how the B field caused by wire 1 effects wire 2. I know that the field lines make a circle around the wire but I don't know if the field lines caused by wire 1 interact with wire 2 at all. I don't know, and haven't...

Homework Statement Two current elements are perpendicular to each other. Wire 1 is oriented vertically,has a current I1 flowing in the +Y direction, and has a length L1. Wire 2 is situated above wire 1, has a current I2 flowing in the -X direction, and has a length L2. Do the current elements...