Migratory birds use Earth’s magnetic field to guide them. Some people are concerned that human-caused magnetic fields could interfere with bird navigation. Suppose that a pair of parallel high-voltage lines, each carrying a current of 100A are 3.00 meters apart and lie in the same horizontal plane. Find the magnitude and direction of the magnetic field the lines produce at a point 15.0 m above the midpoint between the two lines in each of these two cases:

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Solution :

The direction of current is into the page.

The magnetic field [tex]$B_1$[/tex] due to the wire is perpendicular to AP and the magnetic field [tex]$B_2$[/tex] due to the wire is perpendicular to BP. Thus, the net magnetic field at point P is towards the right.

The net magnetic field at point P is

[tex]$B_{net} = B_1 \cos \theta + B_2 \cos \theta$[/tex]

The magnetic field is

[tex]$B_1=B_2=\frac{\mu_0I}{2 \pi L}$[/tex]

The angle θ is

[tex]$\theta = \cos^{-1}\frac{h}{L}$[/tex]

The net magnetic field at point P is

[tex]$B_{net}=\left(\frac{\mu_0I}{2 \pi L}\right)\left(\frac{h}{L}\right)+\left(\frac{\mu_0I}{2 \pi L}\right)\left(\frac{h}{L}\right)$[/tex]

       [tex]$=\frac{\mu_0 Ih}{\pi L^2}$[/tex]

a). The direction of the current for both the wires is from north to south. The net magnetic field is towards the right when we are facing south.

[tex]$B_{net}=\frac{\mu_0 Ih}{\pi L^2}$[/tex]

       [tex]$=\frac{\mu_0I L}{\pi \left(\sqrt{h^2+(d/2)^2\right)^2}}$[/tex]

       [tex]$=\frac{4 \pi \times 10^{-7} \times 100 \times 15}{\pi \left(\sqrt{15^2+(3/2)^2\right)^2}}$[/tex]

       [tex]$=2.64 \times 10^{-6} \ T$[/tex]

The direction is towards the west.

b). Since, both the magnetic field are equal and opposite, so no magnetic field is produced.

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