1. ### B Can light cause eddy currents?

This may sound dumb.. We know metals reflect microwave. One way to look at this is considering an eddy current formed inside the metal that cause the reflected EM Flux. When glass reflects light, does something similar happen? Can we have eddy currents (or something analogous) with light since...
2. ### Topological insulators and their optical properties

I have tried to write down the boundary conditions in this case and looked into them. As conditions i) and ii) were trivial, i looked into iii) and iv) for information that I could use. But all I got was that for the transmitted wave to have an angle, the reflective wave should also have an...
3. ### E&M Question -- Maxwell's Equation in matter reduce to Maxwell's equation in a vacuum...

I do not know where to start.
4. ### B Retarded and advanced potentials

"of the two types of solutions which the Maxwell equations yield for the wave equation, the retarded and advanced potentials, only the retarded field seems to have a physical meaning," let's start please with basic (and detailed as possible for the knowledgable layman! p.s-which equation is...
5. ### Ansys Maxwell Simulation - Evaluation of Eddy currents in a Vessel

Hi, guys, I am developing a simulation in Ansys Maxwell. I set up my simulation in the "transient mode", and I would like to evaluate the eddy currents that arise in a metal Vessel. The currents rise to a flat top in 20 ms and then after 20 ms in the flat top, it decreases to zero in 20 ms. I...
6. ### I Maxwell's calculations on electromagnetism's speed = light speed

I'm studying history of electromagnetism. Here is my question regarding Maxwell's classical brilliant work. I understand these constants (for now) And I understand this: And I understand this: But I need to understand how this math below gets us to the speed of light. I don't understand...
7. ### How to define a hysteresis loop in ANSYS MAXWELL?

I am trying to simulate an electric motor in ansys maxwell software, but I can't define the whole loop in four quadrants for the material used in the rotor however it is essential to do this since the motor is of hysteresis type and works on the principle of working point moving all around the...
8. ### Motor simulation in Maxwell

Hello, I'm trying to simulate a 3 phase hysteresis motor with 4 poles, 36 slots, 220 input voltage peak for each phase, 50Hz, specified dimensions and 0.6 N.m output torque in maxwell transient. The magnetic material used is LNG52 which is also known as alnico600, alnico5DG(ACA52) and alcomax...
9. ### Camera Lens works as a Polarizer or not?

I read maxwell says electric field polarizes the dielectrics. Does it mean above effect used at photographic camera lens design to make that lens sometimes works like polarizer filter ? Mustafa Umut Sarac Istanbul
10. ### Magnetic field in the gap of a tapered torus

Homework Statement Consider a toroidal electromagnet filled with a magnetic material of large permeability µ. The torus contains a small vacuum gap of length h. Over most of its length the torus has a circular cross section of radius R, but towards the gap the torus is tapered on both of its...
11. ### What is this error in Maxwell Ansys -- 'Transient solver handles only isotropic conductivity!'

Hi, I am working on Maxwell version 17. I have a simple motor to analysis 2D FEM. However, when I analyze the model, I see this error. "Maxwell2d solver, process solver2d error: Internal Solver Error: 'Transient solver handles only isotropic conductivity!'. (7:07:10 PM Apr 16, 2018)" I am...
12. ### EM fields of two opposite moving point charges

I wrote and solved this problem but am having serious doubts about the answer I obtained. Homework Statement Two point charges \pm q move along the z-axis with velocity \pm v. If they are at the origin when t=0, what is the electric field magnitude a distance r from the z-axis? Homework...
13. ### I Derivation: Maxwell's equation only from the Lorenz gauge

Hi. Here, somebody apparently derives Maxwell's equations using only symmetry of second derivatives and the Lorenz gauge condition. Unfortunately it's in German, but I think the basic ideas are clear from the maths only. In this derivation, the magnetic field turns out to be divergence-free...

21. ### B According to Maxwell, a gamma ray can be as energetic as a radio wave (given equal E amplitudes)?

According to the old thery of light the energy carried by by a wave is proportional to the amplitude of the electric field not to the frequency as planck proposed, so an eletromagnetic radiation in the gamma spectrum carry the same energy as a radio one if their amplitude is the same? They only...
22. ### B Does the first maxwell equation apply only...

For static electric fields? does it apply also for a generic electric field? Let's say, moving charges inside a closed surface? If there are charges accelerating in a closed surface a part of the electric field is due to the charges, and a a part is due to the fact that the charges acceleration...
23. ### I D'Alembert equation and Galilean transformation

The D'Alembert equation for the mechanical waves was written in 1750. It is not invariant under a Galilean transformation. Why nobody was shocked about this at the time? Why we had to wait more than a hundred years (Maxwell's equations) to discover that Galilean transformations are wrong...
24. ### Electromagnetism problem

https://postimg.org/image/lg27z8ngn/ 1. Homework Statement in the first one. I need to find the electrical force in the second one. Lorentz force which exerts the wire on the other element third. Magnetization (M) for Nickel quarter. Electromotive force induced on the dipstick Translate...
25. ### I Differential form of Gauss' law: All three terms the same value?

Hi. Is the Maxwell equation $$\nabla\cdot\vec{E}=\frac{\rho}{\varepsilon_0}$$ even true in the stronger form $$\frac{\partial E_i}{\partial x_i}=\frac{\rho}{3\cdot\varepsilon_0}\enspace ?$$ I guess not, since I haven't found a source suggesting this. But shouldn't the isotropic electric field...
26. ### I No slip condition in an ideal fluid- Perpendicular pressure

The no slip condition has been described as the adhesion of a fluid to a solid surface setting the relative fluid velocity to zero - cohesion (viscous stress) between fluid elements spreads evenly the velocity gradient through the boundary to the free stream. This also infers that the pressure...
27. ### Maxwell's equation has well defined divergence?

Homework Statement How to I explain that maxwell's equation has well defined divergence Homework Equations All four EM Maxwell's equation The Attempt at a Solution I discussed it by showing one of the property of Maxwell's equation that is the Divergence of a Gradient is always zero (With...
28. ### I Liénard–Wiechert potentials: Local or Material derivatives?

If I took a charged particle and accelerated it, that acceleration would have an effect on charges potentials, allowing for the radiation of electromagnetic waves. This acceleration would be local to a point in spacetime and the observed potentials would depend on the frame of reference of the...
29. ### I Constant Charge/Current Densities with Accelerating Charges

In classical physics, when electric charges accelerate, they are expected to radiate. Electromagnetic waves, are by their nature the result of changing electric and magnetic fields. But is it possible to have acceleration of charges without having changing electric and magnetic fields? One...
30. ### I Maxwell equations in terms of potentials

These are Maxwell´s equations in potential formulation: ∇2φ = DIV(grad(φ)) . Am I right? ∇2A = ROT(ROT(A))=ROT(B)=grad(DIV(A))-Laplace(A) . Am I right? In coulomb gauge in every point and at any time DIV(A)=[PLAIN]https://upload.wikimedia.org/math/4/4/1/44131cc26bd9db464d0edb7459ccca84.png...