Sunday, February 17, 2013

Biot–Savart law

The Biot–Savart law is an equation that describes the magnetic field generated by an electric current

It relates the magnetic field to the magnitude, direction, length, and proximity of the electric current.

It is named for Jean-Baptiste Biot and Felix Savart who discovered this relationship in 1820.

The Biot–Savart law is used to compute the resultant magnetic field B at position r generated by a steady current I (for example due to a wire)

 \mathbf{B} = \frac{\mu_0}{4\pi} \int_C \frac{I d\mathbf{l} \times \mathbf{r}}{|\mathbf{r}|^3}

where r is the full displacement vector from the wire element to the point at which the field is being computed, dl is a vector whose magnitude is the length of the differential element of the wire, in the direction ofconventional current, and μ0 is the magnetic constant



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Ref: Wikipedia

2 comments:

  1. the information given is not sufficient for an engineering student...!!

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  2. thanx for your comment but this blog only enlists the laws related to electronics engineering. for more information please visit www.wikipedia.org

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