Treating parallel electromagnets as current carrying wires.

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The original poster attempts to understand whether two parallel electromagnets can be treated as current-carrying wires to determine the strength of the magnetic field, particularly in the context of dampening vibrations of a metal sheet placed between them.

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  • Participants discuss the appropriateness of applying equations typically used for current-carrying wires to the scenario involving electromagnets. Some question the assumptions behind this approach.

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Right I'm doing a piece of work that needs a simple question answering.

If you had two parallel electromagnets, between them a metal sheet that is being constantly vibrated with the electromagnets being used to dampen these vibrations, can you treat them as two current-carrying wires and use the equation* to determine the strength of the magnetic field?
*http://img455.imageshack.us/img455/2038/img510kr.gif




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Why don't you change your new PF sign-in handle and try asking the question again? You'll get treated a lot more seriously here with a reasonable handle.
 
daffodildo at birth, daffodildo at death.

Pffft, this is racism, just in a different form.
 
daffodildo said:
daffodildo at birth, daffodildo at death.

Pffft, this is racism, just in a different form.
We have no control over our race, hence racism is bad. We *do* have control over what handle we choose, and maybe a little thought on your part will result in a more appropriate handle for a technical forum like PF. Daffodildo is probably a pretty catchy handle for chat rooms and such, but PF is about technical information sharing. It's up to you, but I'd recommend a change. Like I said, you'll probably get a fair amount more help and be taken more seriously with a more appropriate handle for this website. My two cents. -Mike-
 
berkeman said:
We have no control over our race, hence racism is bad. We *do* have control over what handle we choose, and maybe a little thought on your part will result in a more appropriate handle for a technical forum like PF. Daffodildo is probably a pretty catchy handle for chat rooms and such, but PF is about technical information sharing. It's up to you, but I'd recommend a change. Like I said, you'll probably get a fair amount more help and be taken more seriously with a more appropriate handle for this website. My two cents. -Mike-

Bit harsh isn't it mate? I mean if he wants a daft name, that's his choice :-p

~H
 
Hootenanny said:
Bit harsh isn't it mate? I mean if he wants a daft name, that's his choice :-p

~H
Well, I guess you're right. And don't get me wrong, I have nothing against dildos. In the proper, er, hands, they can be a wonderful tool. :rolleyes: But they're just not what I generally have on my mind when I stop by the good old PF. Whatever. Fire away Daffod..., er, I mean ask away!
 
berkeman said:
Well, I guess you're right. And don't get me wrong, I have nothing against dildos. In the proper, er, hands, they can be a wonderful tool. :rolleyes: But they're just not what I generally have on my mind when I stop by the good old PF. Whatever. Fire away Daffod..., er, I mean ask away!

So many puns in there, I don't know where to start. :biggrin:

~H
 

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