Paper 2, Section I, A

Electromagnetism | Part IB, 2014

Starting from Maxwell's equations, deduce that

dΦdt=E\frac{d \Phi}{d t}=-\mathcal{E}

for a moving circuit CC, where Φ\Phi is the flux of B\mathbf{B} through the circuit and where the electromotive force E\mathcal{E} is defined to be

E=C(E+v×B)dr\mathcal{E}=\oint_{\mathcal{C}}(\mathbf{E}+\mathbf{v} \times \mathbf{B}) \cdot \mathbf{d} \mathbf{r}

where v=v(r)\mathbf{v}=\mathbf{v}(\mathbf{r}) denotes the velocity of a point r\mathbf{r} on CC.

[Hint: Consider the closed surface consisting of the surface S(t)S(t) bounded by C(t)C(t), the surface S(t+δt)S(t+\delta t) bounded by C(t+δt)C(t+\delta t) and the surface SS^{\prime} stretching from C(t)C(t) to C(t+δt)C(t+\delta t). Show that the flux of B\mathbf{B} through SS^{\prime} is δtCB(v×dr)-\delta t \oint_{C} \mathbf{B} \cdot(\mathbf{v} \times \mathbf{d r}).]

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