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Question 21 part B, if emf = BANωsinωt and w doubles and B halves then how is the emf not remaining the same / the graph remaining the same?

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Original post by efsfsfeeeeeee
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Question 21 part B, if emf = BANωsinωt and w doubles and B halves then how is the emf not remaining the same / the graph remaining the same?


First of all, you should note that a sinusoidal graph/curve has “2 parts” - amplitude and period.
When the coil rotates twice as fast and the magnitude of the magnetic flux density is reduced by half, the amplitude of the sinusoidal graph/curve would be the same
½BAN(2ω) = BANω
but the period would decrease
(2π)/(2ω) = π/ω (2π)/ω

Reply 2

Original post by Eimmanuel
First of all, you should note that a sinusoidal graph/curve has “2 parts” - amplitude and period.
When the coil rotates twice as fast and the magnitude of the magnetic flux density is reduced by half, the amplitude of the sinusoidal graph/curve would be the same
½BAN(2ω) = BANω
but the period would decrease
(2π)/(2ω) = π/ω (2π)/ω

would it be fine to think of the whole thing as two separate equations - f = 1/T, double f halved T, and E = NBA/T, halved B and halved T so no effect on E, just an effect on f?

Reply 3

Original post by efsfsfeeeeeee
would it be fine to think of the whole thing as two separate equations - f = 1/T, double f halved T, and E = NBA/T, halved B and halved T so no effect on E, just an effect on f?


Not sure why do you want to consider 2 separate equations.
You are the one that recognizes that induced emf = BANωsinωt, and now you are “only considering” E = BAN/T (with missing constant).
If both B and T are halved, there is an effect on the induced emf.
The new induced emf is BANωsin(2ωt).

Reply 4

Original post by Eimmanuel
Not sure why do you want to consider 2 separate equations.
You are the one that recognizes that induced emf = BANωsinωt, and now you are “only considering” E = BAN/T (with missing constant).
If both B and T are halved, there is an effect on the induced emf.
The new induced emf is BANωsin(2ωt).

I thought it'd be easier to see that the change in frequency has an effect on both the y and x axis, but the change in flux density only affects the y axis.

Reply 5

Original post by efsfsfeeeeeee
I thought it'd be easier to see that the change in frequency has an effect on both the y and x axis, but the change in flux density only affects the y axis.


Agreed. :smile:

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