Week 10: Problem 5.4, Problem 5.5, Problem 5.6, Example 5.5

Learning outcome:

After successful completion of this week students will  be able to

  • find the magnetic field a distance s from a long straight wire carrying a steady current I
  • to calculate surface current density of a wire having uniformly distributed current on the surface of wire 
  • to calculate surface current density of a rotating charged sphere
  • to calculate the magnetic field due to current carrying square loop

s:Lesson Plan:

Lecture 1: 

Find the force on a square loop (side a), lying in the yz plane in the magnetic field which is along x axis and centered at the origin , if it carries a current I(Problem 5.4)

Lecture 2:

Surface current density of a wire having uniformly distributed current on the surface of wire (Problem 5.5)

Surface current density of a rotating sphere (Problem 5.6)

Lecture 3:

  • Find the magnetic field a distance s from a long straight wire carrying a steady current I (Example 5.5)
  • Force between two parallel currents