Magnet fall inside a conductive pipe: Motion and the role of the pipe wall thickness

European Journal of Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 855-869

  Donoso, G ^a   Ladera, C L ^a   Martin P ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETISM;

DRAGGING FORCES; MAGNETIC TUBE; NONMAGNETICS; PIPE MOTION; PIPE WALL THICKNESS; SIMPLE++; THEORETICAL MODELING; THIN WALLS;

MAGNETS;

EID: 67650695646     PISSN: 01430807     EISSN: 13616404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0143-0807/30/4/018     Document Type: Article

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