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In electromagnetism, an eddy current (also called Foucault's current) is a loop of electric current induced within conductors by a changing magnetic field in the conductor according to Faraday's law of induction or by the relative motion of a conductor in a magnetic field. Eddy currents flow in closed loops within conductors, in planes ...
Skin depth depends on the frequency of the alternating current; as frequency increases, current flow becomes more concentrated near the surface, resulting in less skin depth. Skin effect reduces the effective cross-section of the conductor and thus increases its effective resistance. At 60 Hz in copper, skin depth is about 8.5 mm. At high ...
an increase of the gap reduces the ratio of the total loss to the reactive power, with the limiting factor being the increased heating due to the copper loss. The total gap is frequently made of a series of small gaps to limit the effect of eddy currents in the core. [5]
These are called eddy currents. On the lefthand side nearest to the other wire (1) the eddy current is in the opposite direction to the main current (big pink arrow) in the wire, so it subtracts from the main current, reducing it. On the righthand side (2) the eddy current is in the same direction as the main current so it adds to it ...
Eddy currents flow in closed loops in planes perpendicular to the magnetic field. They have useful applications in eddy current brakes and induction heating systems. However eddy currents induced in the metal magnetic cores of transformers and AC motors and generators are undesirable since they dissipate energy (called core losses) as heat in ...
Jumping rings lift when an AC current energises a coil and the electrodynamic forces pushes the rings upwards against gravity. Electrodynamic suspension (EDS) is a form of magnetic levitation in which there are conductors which are exposed to time-varying magnetic fields.
The magnetic Lorentz force v × B drives a current along the conducting radius to the conducting rim, and from there the circuit completes through the lower brush and the axle supporting the disc. This device generates an emf and a current, although the shape of the "circuit" is constant and thus the flux through the circuit does not change ...
The eddy-current in the part advancing toward the poles tends to repel those poles and to be repelled by them. It is obvious that any slits cut in the disk will tend to limit the flow of the eddy-currents, and by limiting them to increase the resistance of their possible paths in the metal, though it will not diminish the electromotive-force.