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Energy Change

Definition of Magnetic Energy:


The rate of energy change is found in the following way.

The surface integral term represents the amount of energy that flows out of the region through the surface, namely the Poynting flux. The volume integral term represents dissipation, namely Joule heating.


Riley William Crane
Mon Oct 12 02:34:20 CDT 1998