Title
The Magnetic field for an n-cusped Epi-and Hypo-Cycloids loop current
Date Issued
01 January 2021
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Publisher(s)
Sociedade Brasileira de Fisica
Abstract
We calculate the magnetic field generated by a steady current that takes the shape of two types of special curves: hypocycloids and epicycloids with n numbers of sides. The computation was performed in the center of the referred curves. For this purpose, we use the Biot-Savart law which is studied in every introductory-level electricity and magnetism course. The result is quite general because it is obtained as a function of the number of sides of the curve and in terms of a parameter є that identifies the type of curve considered (є = —1 hypocycloids and є = +1 epicycloids).
Start page
1
End page
5
Volume
43
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Física de partículas, Campos de la Física
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85101557044
Source
Revista Brasileira de Ensino de Fisica
ISSN of the container
01024744
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