Ampere’s Circuital Law

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Ampere’s Circuital Law: Overview

This Topic covers sub-topics such as Ampere's Circuital Law, Magnetic Field Due to Infinitely Sheet Using Ampere's Law and, Magnetic Field Due to a Current Carrying Cylinder Using Ampere's Law

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Current I is following along the path ABCD, along the four edges of the cube (figure-a) creates a magnetic field in the centre of the cube of B 0 . Find the magnetic field B created at the centre of the cube current I following along the path of the six edges ABCDHEA figure - b

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Two long conductors are arranged as shown above to form overlapping cylinders, each of radius r, whose centres are separated by a distance d. Current of density J flows into the plane of the page along the shaded part of one conductor and an equal current flows out of the plane of the page along the shaded portion of the other, as shown. What are the magnitude and direction of the magnetic field at point A ?

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A cylindrical conductor of radius R carries a current along its length. The current density J, however, is not uniform over the cross-section of the conductor but is a function of the radius according to J=br, where b is a constant. Then the expression for the magnetic field

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B1 at r1<R and
B2 at distance r2>R, measured from the axis is:

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Six wires of current I 1 =A, I 2 =A, I 3 =A, I 4 =A, I 5 =A and I 6 =A cut the page perpendicularly at the points 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 respectively as shown in the figure. Find the value of integral B.dl around the circular path C.

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Ampere's law is analogous to

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A toroid with thick windings of N turns has inner and outer radii R1 and R2 respectively. If it carries certain steady current I, the variation of the magnetic field due to the toroid with radial distance is correctly graphed in

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Choose the incorrect option-

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The two ends of a non-conducting spring of force constant 50Nm-1 and unstretched length of 2 cm are connected to the mid points of two straight parallel rods each of length 4 m. When 100 A current is passed through each rod in the same direction, the work done on the spring in mJ is

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Switch is closed at t=0. At time t suppose current through the ammeter is i then the value of the line integral B·d along the planar loop S drawn in the space between the plates of the capacitor parallel to the plates is given as

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STATEMENT-1: A uniformly distributed direct current flows through a solid long metallic cylinder along its length. The magnetic field produced by this current is only outside the cylinder.

STATEMENT- 2: A thin long cylindrical tube carrying uniformly distributed direct current along its length does not produce a magnetic field inside it. Moreover, a solid cylinder can be supposed to be made up of many thin cylindrical tubes.

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Ampere’s circuit law is given by

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Ampere circuital equation for given problem is equal to

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The statement that "the line integral of the tangential component of the magnetic field strength around a closed path is equal to μo times the current enclosed by a path" represents

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An infinitely long hollow conducting cylinder with inner radius R2 and outer radius R carries a uniform current density along its length. The magnitude of the magnetic field, B as a function of the radial distance r from the axis, is best represented by

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Maxwell's modification of Ampere's circuital law is

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The figure shown, has three long straight current-carrying conductors having current  I1, I2 and I3 respectively. Then the value of ABCDEFA B·dl will be

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In the diagram shown, a wire carries a current I. What is the value of the B.dl (as in Ampere's law) on the helical loop shown in the figure? The integration is done in the sense shown. The loop has N turns and part of the helical loop on which arrows are drawn is outside the plane of the paper.

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Three long wires, each carrying current i are placed parallel to each other. The distance between I and II is 3d, between II and III is 4d and between III and I is 5d. Magnetic field at the position of wire II is

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A cylindrical conductor having radius of cross-section R carries a steady current I. If the distance from the axis of the conductor is r, then, the magnetic field B varies as,

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If a hollow copper pipe carries a direct current, the magnetic field associated with the current will be