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--- 184_projects:f21_project_11 [2021/08/19 15:12] – dmcpadden
+++ 184_projects:f21_project_11 [2021/11/10 14:56] – dmcpadden
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 <WRAP Info>
 === Learning Goals ===
+  * Use resources (internet, whiteboards, etc.) to draw out and understand how a rail gun works
   * Understand how superposition of magnetic fields works and practice adding magnetic fields together
   * Relate magnetic fields to forces and use those forces to calculate motion
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 </WRAP>
+Conceptual questions:
+  - In this scenario, you used the F = integral I dL x B equation. In particular, what current/lengths did you pick? What is making the B-field? The force that you found is the force //from// what //on// what?
+  - There are a couple key assumptions you need to make about the B-field in this problem. What assumptions did you need? Why did you need them? How realistic are those assumptions?
+  - What sort of right hand rules did you use in this problem? Why did you need two different ones?
+  - What steps did you take to solve this problem?
+  - What size of current did you end up finding for the problem? Is it big/small/normal? How would that impact the practical use of railguns?
+  - Make a summary of the equations that we've talked about in class so far (field & force for point charges & currents). What is similar about the equations? What is different about the equations? When are each of the equations applicable?
+/*
 ==== Project 11B: Rebuilding Power Lines ====
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   * Explain what would change about your solution if the wire were coaxial (this part is extra).
 </WRAP>
+*/