
A stiff straight copper wire XY is held fixed in a uniform magnetic field of flux density
, as shown in the figure below.
The wire XY has length
and makes an angle of
with the magnetic field.
Calculate the force on the wire due to a constant current of
in the wire.
The current in the wire is now changed to an alternating current of r.m.s. value
. Determine the total variation in the force on the wire due to the alternating current.