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Give a rail gun shown below with B-3.0T and rail spacing of 25 cm. A discharging capacitor supplies a current of 100 kA. 5) a. What is the acceleration if the bar has a mass of 0.25 kg. [3 x 10s m/s?] h. What is the bars speed at the end of a 2.75 m long track [1.2 km/s ]

Answer :

Explanation:

It is given that,

Magnetic field, B = 3 T

Length of the spacing, L = 25 cm = 0.25 m

Current, [tex]I=100\ kA=100\times 10^3\ A=10^5\ A[/tex]

Mass of the bar, m = 0.25 kg

(a) Magnetic force is given by :

[tex]F=ILB[/tex]

[tex]F=10^5\ A\times 0.25\ m\times 3\ T[/tex]

F = 75000 N

Using second law of motion,

F = m × a

[tex]a=\dfrac{F}{m}[/tex]

[tex]a=\dfrac{75000\ N}{0.25\ kg}[/tex]

[tex]a=300000\ m/s^2[/tex]

[tex]a=3\times 10^5\ m/s^2[/tex]

(B) Let v is the speed of the bars at the end of long track. Initial speed of the bar is 0. Using third equation of motion as :

[tex]v^2-u^2=2as[/tex]

[tex]v^2=2as[/tex]

[tex]v=\sqrt{2as}[/tex]

[tex]v=\sqrt{2\times 300000\ m/s^2\times 2.75\ m}[/tex]

v = 1284.52 m/s

or

v = 1.2 km/s

So, the speed of the bar at the end is 1.2 km/s. Hence, this is the required solution.

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