A conducting wire XY of mass m and negligible resistance slides smoothly on two parallel conducting wires as shown in Fig 6.11. The closed circuit has a resistance R due to AC. AB and CD are perfect conductors. There is a magnetic field .
(i) Write down equation for the acceleration of the wire XY.
(ii) If B is independent of time, obtain v(t), assuming v (0) = u0.
(iii) For (b), show that the decrease in kinetic energy of XY equals the heat lost in R.
Given: - mass of the wire m
magnetic field applied in
(i). At time t let XY be at x =x(t), magnetic flux association with area ACYX
induced EMF e =
(apply product rule)
∴
induced current
Force on XY is F = Bil
∴
∴ acceleration of the wire is
(ii) when B is independent of time t is constant w.r.t time t
∴
hence
but
integration on both side
⇒
∴
when t= 0,
∴
(iii)
=
power lost =
=
=
= decreases in kinetic energy