Solenoid Force

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Solenoid_force.

xls To estimate pulling force of a solenoid plunger By Alex Slocum & Jeff Lang, Last modified 6/22/03 by Alex Slocum Enters numbers in BOLD, Results in RED Coil Current, i (amps) Number of turns, Nturns number of layers, nlayers Magnetomotive force, Fmcoil (ampere-turns) wire diameter, dwire (mm) Length of coil, Lcoil (mm) Total length of wire, Lwire (mm) Coil material (assumed copper, see below) resistance mWmm Wire resistance, Rwire (Ohms W) Power dissipated as heat (Watts) Distance coil end to case bottom (>delta max), Lcoil_end, (mm) Inside diameter, Dcoil (mm) Plunger Plunger axial displacement, delta (mm) Magnetic flux density across plunger end gap, Bgap (tesla) Resulting force F (N) Magnetic circuit path elements: Total reluctance through magnetic circuit, Rtotal

2 200 1 400 0.25 50 9708 17 3.36 13.4 5 15.2 1 0.48 16.34 4695491

Radial air gap (plunger to coil radial clearance) Plunger to coil radial clearance, rp (mm) Surface area, Ap (mm^2) Reluctance across air gap, Rradgap (At/Wb) Plunger Diameter, Dplunger (mm) Area, Aplunger (mm^2) Effective length, Lplunger (mm) From B-H curve, plunger permeativity, mup (H/m) Reluctance through plunger, Rplunger (At/Wb) Plunger end gap due to initial displacement of plunger Reluctance through plunger end, Rstroke (At/Wb) Casing (surrounding the coil) Diamter, Dcase (mm) (suggest 1.5*(Dcoil+nlayers*2*Dwire)) Approximate area, Acase (mm^2) Approximate length (includes end-of-case effect), Lcase (mm) Reluctance through case, Rcase (At/Wb) Permeativity of free space, mu0 (H/m)

0.1 2324 34235 15 177 29 0.00375 43762 4503164 23.55 77.03 33 114331 1.26E-06

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