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Jimmy87
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Homework Statement
Hi, this is not a homework problem per say but I am just struggling with some concepts related to my homework. I am struggling with the concepts of flux linkage and flux cutting. Are these one and the same thing? The following statement in my book is where my confusion has come from:
"The case of an isolated straight wire moving in a magnetic field can be treated as a special case of Faraday’s law (i.e. rate of change of flux linkage), rather than in terms of ‘cutting’ field lines, since the latter approach obscures the fact that there is really only one law underlying electromagnetic induction, irrespective of how it is brought about".
Please could someone explain what they are trying to say here? It seems to imply that flux cutting is not really the true cause of induction?
Homework Equations
Emf (induced) = d (BAN) / dt