Eddy Current Brake

Horseshoe magnet and spinning metal disc
PIRA: 
5K20.22
Area: 
5 Electricity and Magnetism
Topic: 
5K Electromagnetic Induction
Concept: 
Eddy Currents

 

A spinning disc is stopped by the field of a horseshoe magnet.

 

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Scott Thomas
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828-262-2435
thomassa@appstate.edu