Many fast-acting electromechanical devices utilize the repulsion forces produced on a metal disk subjected to a transient magnetic field. Coupled-circuit theory yields a simple expression for this force in terms of an equivalent inductance. This equivalent inductance, however, is difficult to evaluate by theoretical and/or experimental methods when the metal disk is very close to the magnet coil. For such a case the numerical integration of Maxwell's field equations has been used.
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