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    The document derives an equation to calculate the resistance of a coil based on its dimensions and properties of the wire. It defines parameters like outer radius, inner radius, length, and wire diameter. It then calculates the volume and length of wire in the coil based on these parameters and the filling factor between turns. Finally, it substitutes these values into the standard resistance equation to arrive at the coil resistance formula in terms of resistivity, dimensions, and wire diameter. An example is given showing how small changes in wire diameter can greatly impact the calculated resistance.

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    The document derives an equation to calculate the resistance of a coil based on its dimensions and properties of the wire. It defines parameters like outer radius, inner radius, length, and wire diameter. It then calculates the volume and length of wire in the coil based on these parameters and the filling factor between turns. Finally, it substitutes these values into the standard resistance equation to arrive at the coil resistance formula in terms of resistivity, dimensions, and wire diameter. An example is given showing how small changes in wire diameter can greatly impact the calculated resistance.

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    The document derives an equation to calculate the resistance of a coil based on its dimensions and properties of the wire. It defines parameters like outer radius, inner radius, length, and wire diameter. It then calculates the volume and length of wire in the coil based on these parameters and the filling factor between turns. Finally, it substitutes these values into the standard resistance equation to arrive at the coil resistance formula in terms of resistivity, dimensions, and wire diameter. An example is given showing how small changes in wire diameter can greatly impact the calculated resistance.

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    11/22/2016 Theory

    CoilResistanceFormula
    Itisquitestraightforwardtoderiveanequationwhichwillgiveyouthecoil
    resistancetoanaccuracyofbetterthan+/10%.Thisequationusesthemain
    parametersofouterradius,RO,innerradius,RI,lengthLandwirediameter
    asillustratedinfig1below.

    Fig1Coilparameters

    Theamountofspacebetweenadjacentturnswilldependonhowneatlythe
    coiliswound.Ifweconsiderthewiretobewoundneatlysothateachstrand
    effectivelyoccupiesatotalcrosssectionalareaof thenratiobetweenthe
    effectiveoccupiedareaandtheactualcrosssectionalareaofthewireisgiven
    below.

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    Eqn1

    Thisisareasonableassumptionsinceeachlayerofthecoilliesataslight
    helixangleoppositetotheprecedinglayersotheturnsdon'tfallintothegaps
    inthelowerlayer.Howeverforthegeneralcasewewilladoptageneralratio,
    F,andtermitthecoil'fillingfactor'.IwouldthinkthatinmostinstancesFwill
    liearound /4(0.79).

    Ifweassumethisratioholdsthroughoutthewholevolumeofthecoilwecan
    expressthevolumeofcopperwire,Vc,intermsofthetotalvolume,VT,as
    follows:




    Eqn2

    Nowthatwehaveanexpressionforthevolumeofwireinthecoilwecan
    easilydeterminetheactuallengthofwire,Lw,asfollows:

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    Eqn3

    Nowthatwehaveanexpressionforthelengthofthewireweneedonemore
    substitutiontoexpresstheresistanceintermsofthecoilparameters.Taking
    eqn3andsubstitutingitintothestandardresistanceequationgivesusthe
    desiredresult:


    Eqn4

    Sonowwehavethecoilresistance,RC ,expressedintermsofthewire
    resistivity, ,thecoildimensions,andthewirediameter, .

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    Ifweassumeafillingfactorof /4thenthisreducesto:

    Eqn5

    Somethingwhichshouldbenotedisthattheresistancedependsonthe .
    ThismeansthatRcchangesbyalargefactorforasmallchangein .Lets
    lookatanexample:

    Supposewehavetwocoils,AandB,withthefollowingdimensions,

    Ro=20mm,RI=10mm,L=20mm, A=1mm, B=1.2mm.

    Wewilluse =1.7E5 mm

    WorkingouttheresistanceofeachcoilgivesCoilA=0.41 ,CoilB=0.20
    .

    Soyoucanseethatsmallchangesinthewirediameterwillhavealarge
    effectontheresultingresistance.

    Thisformulagivesfairlyaccurateresultsasshownbythecomparison
    betweenthemeasuredandcalculatedtestcoilresistances.Thereareseveral
    thingswhichcanthrowtheresultoffThewindingmaynotbeaperfecthollow
    cylinderitmightbeslightlyovalinshapeThewirediametermaynotbe
    theexactstateddiameter.Theresistivityofthewiremaynotbecorrectly
    knownabestguesswouldbetousethevalueforpurecopper(assumingthe
    wireiscopperofcourse)Finallythewindingsmaynotformsucharegular
    patternandthiswillaltertheratioofwirevolume/totalvolume(fillingfactor).

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