Approximation of the magnetic field of a circular loop of wire.

dc.contributor.author	Grantham, Kevin Kale.
dc.date.accessioned	2012-04-18T21:06:07Z
dc.date.available	2012-04-18T21:06:07Z
dc.date.created	2006	en_US
dc.date.issued	2012-04-18
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/929
dc.description	ii, 65 leaves	en_US
dc.description.abstract	For a current-carrying, circular loop of wire, there is no known method of solving the Biot-Savart law for the exact magnetic field at all points in space. By using a many-sided, regular, polygonal loop to approximate a circular loop, it is possible to solve the Biot-Savart law for the polygon and find an approximate value of the magnetic field for a circular loop. This method is checked for validity against the exact solution for the axial field of a circular loop and two known approximate solutions. The results from the polygonal approximation are found to be within acceptable elTor limits.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.subject	Magnetic fields.	en_US
dc.subject	Polygons.	en_US
dc.title	Approximation of the magnetic field of a circular loop of wire.	en_US
dc.type	Thesis	en_US
dc.college	las	en_US
dc.advisor	Jorge Ballist
dc.department	physical sciences	en_US