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    Maxwell Stress Tensor -> Force between magnets and perfect iron

    Found the problem: I used the divergence theorem incorrectly. Volume integral of field divergence is equal to the closed surface integral of the field itself, not its divergence. F = \int_{V} \mathbf{f} \mathrm{d} V = \int_{V} (\nabla\cdot\sigma)\mathrm{d} V = \oint_{S}...
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    Maxwell Stress Tensor -> Force between magnets and perfect iron

    Thank you. I forgot to mention that the iron has ideal (linear) magnetic properties such that: B_{iron} = \mu_{r} \cdot \mu_{0} \cdot H_{iron} Also, the permanent magnet has a linear loading curve: B_{mag} = B_{R} \cdot (1-H_{mag}/H_{c})
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    External Torque vs. Torque: What's the Difference?

    Motor control engineer here (so my answer is not really physics-based): Torque - EM torque developed by an electric machine External torque - torque imposed by load (positive - generators such as gas/wind, negative - fans, compressors, etc.)
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    Maxwell Stress Tensor -> Force between magnets and perfect iron

    (this is not a hw) Assume you have a magnet of dimensions x_m, h_m, remanent flux density Br, and coercive field density Hc. The magnet is placed in a magnetic "C" structure (perfect iron) such that it is connected on one side but there is an airgap on the other side. xxxxxxxx xx... xx...
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    News Should Churches Be Taxed? The Debate on Tax Exemptions and Reinvestment

    Not all non-charity related funds are spent on missionaries. I can write about the local RC church here on our block-- masses are free though most people donate a few dollars here and there. To my understanding, most money is redistributed back into society through the priest- I believe some...
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    How difficult is it to design a broadband transformer?

    Claude, I think we both agree on this. To my knowledge, the single switch forward converters have a mechanism to reset the magnetizing current each cycle. Also, why would you store energy in a transformer core when the energy is not needed? I do not deny the fact that one could use a...
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    How difficult is it to design a broadband transformer?

    cabraham, While I am not refusing your reasoning and I do not want to bicker over pedantry, I could not help myself to write at least the following paragraph. In case I am wrong, I will be happy to learn something new or correct my mistakes. Xfrm action can happen with a flux DC offset just...
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    How difficult is it to design a broadband transformer?

    A couple of things to do in case you would like to proceed with a flyback converter: * You can ditch the diode in series with the BJT. * Replace the BJT with a MOSFET (100V / 10A should suffice) * Output diode must be fast-recovery diode. SiC carbide diode should do wonders. * The primary...
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    How difficult is it to design a broadband transformer?

    There are ways of adding inductive element on the same core; however, those are not easy to implement. An inductor will limit the current only in current-control mode. In such a mode the duty ratio is dynamically changed to maintain constant input/output current.
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    How difficult is it to design a broadband transformer?

    The volt-second balance must be maintained on all windings. Otherwise, the voltage component would have a DC component and your transformer will quickly saturate. What you can do is to use a rectifier secondary topology for non-flyback converter: 1) Half-wave 2) Full-wave 3)...
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    How difficult is it to design a broadband transformer?

    What's difficult about pulse transformer design? The only problem is the usual high required turns ratio that allows quite large core flux leakage and thus leakage inductance proportional to magnetizing inductance. Also, 80 kHz is a standard frequency for power converters.
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    How difficult is it to design a broadband transformer?

    This is false. Once a voltage is applied across a transformer winding, magnetic flux starts increasing in the entire core, producing voltage on all other windings. Voltage is the time derivative of magnetic flux divided by number of turns. Since materials are not perfect, their do not possesses...
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    How capacitor blocks dc current?

    To my understanding the two approaches are (and ought to be) equivalent in the end. In the big picture we could: 1) Use the usual circuit model, set up differential equations, do a nightmarish trigonometry (or transform to vectors and then do complex algebra to get the result. 2)...
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    How capacitor blocks dc current?

    Ratch, this also means that reactance is negative for capacitors and positive for inductors (e.g. -500 Ohms for a capacitor as suggested by sophiecentaur).
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    How capacitor blocks dc current?

    This pretty much boils down to this question: Is reactance jX or X? According to Agarwal & Lang (MIT - Foundations of Analog and Digital Electronic Circuits, 1st Edition): Let us examine first the power delivered to some arbitrary impedance Z = R + jX by a sinusoidal source, as depicted...
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