Electromagnetic braking: A simple quantitative model

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 74, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 815-817

  Levin, Yan ^a   Da Silveira, Fernando L ^a   Rizzato, Felipe B ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

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EID: 33748703624     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.2203645     Document Type: Article

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