Skin depth Definition and 21 Threads

Homework Statement:: Not a specific question, more just a conceptual clarification for a project. But generally: What is an equation for the effective skin depth of a multilayered (in this case only 2 layers) wire, as a function of the resistivities and relative permeabilities of both of the...

London penetration depth that's defined for superconductors has a similar equation to skin depth in conductors derived from maxwell's equations. Are they equivalent?

That's it, just the question. I am figuring that the tarnish is an irrelevance as it does not participate either magnetically or electrically, so any RF current passing through the [still metallic] silver top layer, albeit with tarnish over the top, will pass through the same thickness of...

I'm studying conductors, where complex wave number ##K=k+iα## and complex index of refraction ##N=n+iκ## is introduced. My textbook(Fowles Optics) says that for "very low frequencies", skin depth δ is equal to ##δ=\frac{1}{α}=\sqrt{\frac{λ_0}{cπσμ_0}}##. What is "very low frequency"? How much...

Hi all, I'm working through chapter 2 of Michael Tinkham's Introduction to Superconductivity. On page 40, he asserts that the skin-depth for a general complex conductivity is (In Gaussian units) $$\delta = \frac{c}{\sqrt{2\pi\omega\left(|\sigma| + \sigma_2\right)}}$$ where $$\sigma = \sigma_1...

hi, nowadays I try to get involved electromagnetic waves equations, and I came across that $$ \nabla $$ is treated like $$ ik $$ and $$ \frac {\partial } {\partial t} $$ is treated like $$ -iw $$ And if you look at the part painted with orange in my attachment, afterwards you can see that $$...

If I use 10mm (thickness) of a metal for the sides of a Faraday cage, with a 5mm skin depth at the frequency to be shielded, & increase the v/m of the EM wave to be blocked gradually, will there be a stage where the skin depth will increase to 6mm, or is 5mm the maximum limit?

For a good conductor, an incoming plane electromagnetic wave will be attenuated exponentially as it penetrates a distance ##z## into the conductor, ##|\vec{E}(z)| = |\vec{E_0}|e^{-z/ \delta}##. ##\delta## is called the "skin depth". The current generated by this incoming electromagnetic wave is...

Hello. I've recently have a lot of question of building Faraday cage for our high voltage gas discharge lab. I think this question is a kind of fundamental question for such a job. Let's say I would make perfect Faraday cage with perfect shielding or have metal plate of infinity transverse...

Hello. The skin depth is nothing but measure of penetration depth of EM Wave when it is incident on the conductor. It is well known that the skin depth is decreased when the EM wave frequency increases. But thinking about DC field. We know that when DC is applied to metal (metal is installed...

Homework Statement A thin metallic strip on a circuit board has length L, width a and thickness t, with L>>a>> t. Derive an expression for the resistance between the ends of the strip at frequency f, assuming that the skin depth is small compared with the thickness t. Homework Equations The...

As we know due to skin depth effect the Alternating Current flows at a depth from the conductor surface (which means there is no voltage on the surface of the conductor, it is only at a depth from the surface). Then how is it possible for voltage to get appeared across some other conductor...

Hi all The reflection and transmission of a pressure wave at a boundary depends on the relative impedance of the two media. I'm pretty new to acoustics but the textbook I've been looking at doesn't seem to specify that the such calculations are only valid when the medium is at least a few...

Homework Statement for my assignment given i was told to derive the equation of the skin depth of a good conductor and i derived it as d=sqrt(2/\mu\omega\sigma) then i was told to calculate d where i was given w=10^15 and sigma=10^7 and this gave me a d of d=1.26E-8 which i guess is...

Hello Forum, the formula for skin depth is both inversely proportional to conductivity and frequency omega. There seem to be 3 cases when the skin depth of a metal is exactly (or tends to) zero: 1) if an EM wave of frequency f (any frequency) is incident on a perfect metal wall (infinite...

Dear all I am slightly confused over the equations for skin depth. My university notes give me the equations: \delta = tan-1 (tan\delta) = \frac{\sigma}{\omega \epsilon} (loss tangent) where \delta is skin depth and \sigma is conductivity. I am also given the equation: \delta =...

Homework Statement 'Briefly explain the importance of skin depth in the context of radio communications.' Homework Equations The Attempt at a Solution A guess would be that, the frequencies of the radio transmissions should be kept small so that the signal has a large skin depth...

I placed a cellphone in 2 half-spheres that i closed afterwards to create a metal cavity (aliminium 1mm) and called it (with another cellphone). The phone rang even if it wasn't supposed to considering the skin effect (wavelenght were about 0,04m and i couldn't see any holes). Anyone has a clue why?

hi there, I am stuck on this question can some give me a hint on how to solve the question: the question is: Calculate the skin depth for copper at 1.0 GHz . σ = 5.8x10^7 S/m, εr=1, μr=1. the formula i think that i need to use is tan δ = σ / (ω)(ε0)(εr) ω = 2nf = 2 x n x 1 x 10^9...

hi all i run into some contradictions while studing electromagnetics. you know skin depth decreases when frequency increases.It ans that waves of higher frequencies have lower skin depth. ok and every one of us knows that X-ray have higher frequencies than other waves for example radio...