Question 39P(Resnick, Halliday and Walker) Two long parallel wires, both of radius a and whose centres are

a distance d apart, carry equal currents in opposite directions. Show that, neglecting the flux within the wires, the inductance of lengt l of such pair length of wires is given by

Solutions

The figure shows two very long identical conductors, each of radii a and separated by distance d. The conductors are carrying current i in opposite direction. T net field in the region between the anti The parallel currents is the addition of the magnitudes of their individual fields. Assuming that the central axis of the left wire passes through x=0 and the right wire through x=d. The flux of the magnetic field for the both wires is directed inwards through a rectangular area of length l and breath d. The behaviour of the flux is identical from x=0 to x=d/2 and from x=d/2 to x=d. So we calculate the flux for x=0 to x=d/2 and multiply it by 2 to get the net flux. For the strip of length l and breath dx at distance x from the left wire the flux ( ) is due to both the wires

Therefore the net flux in the interior of the two wires

Similarly for the other strip in the outer region to the wires

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Therefore the net flux in the exterior region of the two wires

Net flux

Therefore the flux between the axes of the two wires neglecting the flux within the wires is

If L is the self inductance for length l for the pair of wires, then Therefore,

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