A circuit equation as a limit of eddy current equations (Q2408182)

Bypassing Maxwell's achievement of introducing the displacement current density we end up with what is frequently referred to as eddy current equations. In conducting media they are considered a good approximation of Maxwell's equations. For the eddy current equations in the time-harmonic regime the transmission problem of considering a thin (smoothly bounded) conducting toroidal neighborhood \(\Omega_{\epsilon}\) of a smooth simple closed curve \(\gamma\) embedded into a non-conducting environment \(\Omega_{\epsilon}^{\prime}=\mathbb{R}^{3}\setminus\overline{\Omega_{\epsilon}}\) is under investigation in this paper. The thinness of \(\Omega_{\epsilon}\) is parametrized by the positive parameter \(\epsilon\). Considering a variational formulation in terms of the magnetic field alone, the limit of \(\epsilon\to0+\) is studied. With a given applied constant voltage \(f_{\epsilon}\) and suitably averaged quantities for resistance \(R_{\epsilon}\) and inductance \(L_{\epsilon}\) of the wire loop \(\Omega_{\epsilon}\) an asymptotic formula akin of a circuit equation for an R-L-loop is derived assuming a suitable scaling of data and of the constant conductivity in \(\Omega_{\epsilon}\).