The Lorentz forces on an electrically conducting sphere in an alternating magnetic field

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 386-399

  Sathuvalli, Udaya B ^a,b   Bayazitoglu, Yildiz ^a  

^a Rice University   (United States)

^b Drexel Oil Field   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CALCULATIONS; CONDUCTIVE MATERIALS; CURRENT DENSITY; EDDY CURRENTS; GEOMETRY; LIQUID METALS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SURFACES;

CIRCULAR CURRENT LOOPS; CRUX; ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTING SPHERE; LIQUID METAL DROPLET; LORENTZ FORCE; MAGNETIC PRESSURE DISTRIBUTION; NONHOMOGENEOUS MODEL; SKIN DEPTH FUNCTIONS;

MAGNETIC FIELDS;

EID: 0030106636     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.486523     Document Type: Article

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