Friday, 6 November 2015

What is Skin Effect and how does it happen?

What is Skin Effect and how does it happen?
§  According to faradays law of electromagnetic induction, a conductor placed in a changing magnetic field induces an emf. The effect of back emf is maximum at the centre because of maximum lines of field there. Hence the maximum opposition of current at inner side of conductor and minimum opposition at the surface. Hence the current tries to follow at the surface. It is due to this reason that we take hollow tube conductors in bus duct.
§  Taking into account the inductance effect, its simple consider the DC current. Since its constant & not varying hence no back emf but if we gradually start increasing the frequency then the flux cutting the conductor goes on increasing, hence greater the frequency greater the alternating flux cutting the conductor & hence greater the back emf & therefore greater the skin effect.


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