Calculating Induced Electric field

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In class we were trying to calculate the induced electric field created by changing the magnetic field stregth.
Imagine there's a circular surface which magnetic field out of the screen.Since we are changing the magnetic field from Faraday's Law there should be a induced current or charge flow simply.To create this motion we need electric field.So he drew another circle inside the outer surface with radius r Here is the pic
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Then he said let's suppose there's a charge on the point P.And he explained the Electric Field and direction etc.And He said let's suppose It rotates once the circle

Now then He did something like this;

##W=qε=\int {\vec{F}⋅d\vec{r}}##
##W=qε=Eq2πr##
##ε=E2πr## Then he used Faraday's Law and we found the E field.
I am stucked cause
##W=qε=\int {\vec{F}⋅d\vec{r}}## should be zero.Cause it comes to same point.
##W=\int_p^p {\vec{F}⋅d\vec{r}}=0##
He never used ##\oint##
What am I missing ?
If were used closed integral like ##\oint_p^p q\vec {E}⋅d\vec{r}=Eq2πr## ?

I think He should use closed integral.
 
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The induced electric field from a changing magnetic field is not a conservative field. Electrostatic fields (conservative fields) satisfy ## \nabla \times E=0 ## so that ## \oint E \cdot ds=0 ## by Stokes law. This is not the case for the induced ## E ## field because ## \nabla \times E=-\frac{dB}{dt} ## so that by Stokes law ## \oint E \cdot ds=-\frac{d \Phi_m}{dt} ##. And yes, your instructor should use ## \oint ## for this integral.
 
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Charles Link said:
The induced electric field from a changing magnetic field is not a conservative field. Electrostatic fields (conservative fields) satisfy ## \nabla \times E=0 ## so that ## \oint E \cdot ds=0 ## by Stokes law. This is not the case for the induced ## E ## field because ## \nabla \times E=-\frac{dB}{dt} ## so that by Stokes law ## \oint E \cdot ds=-\frac{d \Phi_m}{dt} ##. And yes, your instructor should use ## \oint ## for this integral.
I understand , thanks a lot :)
 
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vanhees71 said:
Why one should need an extra symbol, I however don't know ;-).

Its more nice,I like it :p