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Niles
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Hi
I know that for a short solenoid (L<R) the magnetic field at the axis is (standard EM)
[tex]
B(z) = \frac{1}{2}\mu_0 \frac{N}{L}I(\frac{z+\frac{L}{2}}{\sqrt{(z+L/2)^2+R^2}} - \frac{z-\frac{L}{2}}{\sqrt{(z-L/2)^2+R^2}})
[/tex]
where R is the radius of the solenoid, N the number of turns along the axis and L the length. In this system, each vertical plane consists of a single turn, but say I am looking at a solenoid, where each vertical plane consists of e.g. 2 turns. First I thought about using the above equation twice, but that is wrong since it is not 2 independent solenoids.
Is it correct to regard the system simply as a collection of coils with 2 turns each? I'm not quite sure how this would work out, since this way I can't take into account the widths of each individual coil. If my description is confusing, please let me know.Niles.
I know that for a short solenoid (L<R) the magnetic field at the axis is (standard EM)
[tex]
B(z) = \frac{1}{2}\mu_0 \frac{N}{L}I(\frac{z+\frac{L}{2}}{\sqrt{(z+L/2)^2+R^2}} - \frac{z-\frac{L}{2}}{\sqrt{(z-L/2)^2+R^2}})
[/tex]
where R is the radius of the solenoid, N the number of turns along the axis and L the length. In this system, each vertical plane consists of a single turn, but say I am looking at a solenoid, where each vertical plane consists of e.g. 2 turns. First I thought about using the above equation twice, but that is wrong since it is not 2 independent solenoids.
Is it correct to regard the system simply as a collection of coils with 2 turns each? I'm not quite sure how this would work out, since this way I can't take into account the widths of each individual coil. If my description is confusing, please let me know.Niles.
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