Why is there no Laplace force on a solenoid in a moving magnet's field?

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brainyman89 said:
if we have a solenoid suspended freely and no current is traversing it, and we approach a magnet toward it, would it repel or rotate?
That is a good question, I guess it would depend on the exact geometry, but I don't know for sure.

brainyman89 said:
can we consider a solenoid totally as a bar magnet when a current traverses it??
The magnetic field of a solenoid is very similar in shape to the magnetic field of a bar magnet, but I don't know what you mean by "totally".

brainyman89 said:
my another question is: when we are providing a wire, u r considering that we are providing current, this is confusing me there is a wide difference between a wire and a current?
Yes, there is a wide difference between a wire and a current. However, in all of your examples so far you have a changing flux in a circuit and therefore an emf and therefore a current in the wire. If you made a different example then I would answer differently, but so far you have only made examples of wires with currents.
 
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You provided B and a means of determining I (wire/resistor geometry and composition) using Maxwell's equations. From B and I you obtain f. You provided both B and I, although the I is hidden:

Did u mean in this statement that providing variable B equals providing B and I (i.e variation=current), hence i will get B and I thus producing F.
 
brainyman89 said:
Did u mean in this statement that providing variable B equals providing B and I (i.e variation=current), hence i will get B and I thus producing F.
Essentially, but I would have said "providing variable B and wire/resistor geometry equals providing B and I".