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- | ==== Project: Metal Detector ==== | + | ===== Project: Metal Detector |
- | {{ 183_projects: | + | ==== Kick Off Questions ==== |
+ | - What would happen inside a metal if it is placed inside a magnetic field? | ||
+ | - Draw out a sine graph on your whiteboard. What is the amplitude of the graph? What is the frequency? | ||
+ | - What steps do you follow to use the $V_{ind}$ equation? | ||
- | Life has gotten back to normal in Lakeview as the continued magnetic field seems to have driven away the boar tigers. There has been the added bonus that there has been a drastic reduction in car accidents due to the populace being afraid that the magnetic field will destroy their engines. However, tranquility is unsettled when the government agency P.E.R.L. comes to town in order to further investigate | + | |
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+ | After eating the jellybeans the EM-boartigers became very friendly, even letting you pet them -- although you got some pretty ferocious static shocks in the process -- and then wandered away. They seem to have completely disappeared, | ||
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+ | Desperate, you turn to Manny for help since he's been right about everything all along. | ||
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+ | You have access to a whole bunch of 12 gauge copper wire, an alternating current power supply that can produce a maximum current of 2 A and has a frequency of 60 Hz, and a voltmeter that will measure an alternating voltage. If the voltmeter measures a voltage bigger than 50 mV, it will sound an alarm. You want to design your metal detector so that if there is not a metal nearby, the voltmeter will be below the threshold; however, if there is a metal nearby, then the measured voltage on the voltmeter will be above the threshold and set off the alarm. | ||
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- | Conceptual | + | ==== Wrap Up Questions |
- | - What is design of a metal detector? (Hint: use your resources - *cough* google *cough*) | + | |
- What would a magnetic field versus time graph and $V_{ind}$ versus time graph look like when there is *not* metal present? | - What would a magnetic field versus time graph and $V_{ind}$ versus time graph look like when there is *not* metal present? | ||
- | - What would happen inside the metal when it is placed inside a magnetic field? | ||
- What would a magnetic field versus time graph and $V_{ind}$ versus time graph look like when there *is* metal present? | - What would a magnetic field versus time graph and $V_{ind}$ versus time graph look like when there *is* metal present? | ||
- If there was a lot of metal near your detector versus a small amount of metal, what would you expect to change? | - If there was a lot of metal near your detector versus a small amount of metal, what would you expect to change? | ||
- What assumptions are you making in this problem? | - What assumptions are you making in this problem? | ||