My Research Project centered around Faraday's Law: Help and Discussion

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Keenan is beginning a research project on Faraday's Law, focusing on its applications in automobiles, and seeks recommendations for articles and academic papers to deepen his understanding. He has a basic grasp of the topic from a previous physics course but aims to build a stronger foundation in classical electromagnetism, particularly Maxwell's equations. Suggestions include popular textbooks like Griffiths and Ohanian, as well as introductory texts such as Halliday and Resnick for a solid grounding. Keenan plans to use the forum thread to share his research progress over the next eight weeks. Engaging with foundational materials will enhance his comprehension of Faraday's Law and its implications in engineering.
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Quick question.
I'm currently(started today) working on research centered Faraday's Law with an application in automobiles, and I'm just looking for some good articles/academic journals/research papers on Faraday's law to get a better understanding of it.
I gained a brief understanding of the topic in a physics course 2 semesters ago, but of course much of what I learned then was not retained. So the concept isn't foreign to me, but as I look deeper in Faraday's Law I wanted to get reference from people I knew would be most familiar with it.

As I continue my research over the next 8 weeks(and most likely further on) I'll be using this thread as my way of sharing and discussing progress.

By the way this is my first post so very quick introduction: My name's Keenan, I like to consider myself a young budding pupil in the area of Mechanical Engineering, but with a strong interest in Electrical Engineering and physics, just finished my 2nd year and I'm starting my first research project. So...hey everybody.
 
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So what you want is a good electromagnetism book. It's a mistake to try and just understand Faraday's law without having a solid foundation of classical electromagnetism as a whole. You need to study Maxwell's equations in all their glory to appreciate where Faraday's law comes from.

Griffiths has a book on this which is popular, Ohanian is decent (the one I learned from). Additionally if you really need a basic level book to get you going, try picking up a standard introductory physics textbook such as Halliday and Resnick and read pretty much everything they have to say about the subject, and then move to a more advanced book.
 
I will start there, then.
Thank you.
 
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