magnetic reluctance
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in physics, the ratio of magnetomotive force to magnetic flux; the magnetic analogue of electrical resistance
Key facts
- Common symbols
- R {\displaystyle {\mathcal {R}}} , S {\displaystyle {\mathcal {S}}}
- Si unit
- H
- Derivations from other quantities
- 1 P {\displaystyle {\frac {1}{\mathcal {P}}}} , F Φ {\displaystyle {\frac {\mathcal {F}}{\Phi }}} , l μ 0 μ r A {\displaystyle {\frac {l}{\mu _{0}\mu _{r}A}}}
- Dimension
- M L T I
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- scalar quantity
- Part of
- magnetic circuit
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Encyclopedic overview
Magnetic reluctance, or magnetic resistance, is a concept used in the analysis of magnetic circuits. It is defined as the ratio of magnetomotive force (mmf) to magnetic flux. It represents the opposition to magnetic flux, and depends on the geometry and composition of an object.
Magnetic reluctance in a magnetic circuit is analogous to electrical resistance in an electrical circuit in that resistance is a measure of the opposition to the electric current. The definition of magnetic reluctance is analogous to Ohm's law in this respect. However, magnetic flux passing through a reluctance does not give rise to dissipation of heat as it does for current through a resistance. Thus, the analogy cannot be used for modelling energy flow in systems where energy crosses between the magnetic and electrical domains. An alternative analogy to the reluctance model which does correctly represent energy flows is the gyrator–capacitor model.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “magnetic reluctance” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.