Original poster: "Jared Dwarshuis" <jdwarshuis@xxxxxxxxx>
Faradays Law and Inductance:
For an air cored solenoid:
Closed integral E dot ds = d (flux B)/dt
Closed integral E dot ds = (Area) d(B)/dt
Closed integral E dot ds = (pi r(sqrd) ) d(B)/dt
Using B for a solenoid from Amperes law:
B = u Ienclosed / height of solenoid
We get:
Closed integral E dot ds = u (pi r(sqrd) ) / h d( Ienclosed)/ dt
Multiplying numerator and denominator by 4 pi we get:
Closed integral E dot ds = u (2pi r)sqrd / 4 pi h d (Ienclosed) /dt
Since: Ienclosed = (N) Io ( Io is the current in a given turn)
Closed integral E dot ds = u (2pi r)sqrd / 4 pi h ( (N) d (Io)/dt )
Since:
u = 1 / e Csqrd from: 1/ sqrt( u e ) = C
We can equivalently write:
Closed integral E dot ds =
1/( 4 pi e h) (circumference/ the speed of light) sqrd (
(N) d (Io)/dt )
Since: Voltage = (N) d (flux B)/dt
Then:
V = [u (2pir)sqrd (N)sqrd /4pi h] d(Io)/dt
Of course: (2pi r)sqrd (N)sqrd = (2 pi r N)sqrd
And since (2 pi r N) is the physical wire length of the solenoid:
V = u (wire length)sqrd / 4pi h d(Io)/dt
Or:
V = (wire length/ speed of light)sqrd 1/ (4pi e h) d(Io)/dt
Both forms are identical to:
V = L d(Io)/dt
Observations:
We have acquired a factor of (N) from the law: V = (N) d(flux B)/dt
(This part demonstrates how each loop contributes voltage).
We acquired a second (N) from the current component of the equation:
Ienclosed = Io (N)
Since:
[(2pi r)sqrd ] [Nsqrd] = (2pi r N)sqrd = (wire length)sqrd. We
can clearly see that wire length is a fundamental geometry for
describing air cored solenoid inductance in the framework of
Maxwell's equations.
( Interestingly; in the second form for voltage, we find an inverse
capacitance in the form: 1/ (4pi e h). This strongly suggests that a
shell theorem for solenoids may exist. )
Sincerely: Jared Dwarshuis, Larry Morris Oct. 2006