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Topic: Thiele\Small Quiz
Posted By: Danmounter
Subject: Thiele\Small Quiz
Date Posted: 16 August 2008 at 1:37am

Can anybody tell me either:

How to convert the parameter Bl (Motor Strength) of a loudspeaker from the rather mysterious Beyma unit of N\A to the usual tesla metre?

 

Also, what exactly does N\A stand for?

Any help will be gratefully received!

 

Dan



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Posted By: Centauri
Date Posted: 16 August 2008 at 2:33am
As far as I am aware, they are one in the same.  I always took N/A to mean "not applicable" - maybe they feel that T.m are not valid units of measure.


Posted By: Danmounter
Date Posted: 16 August 2008 at 2:38am
Ahhh that's the logical answer, but I did want to get a second opinion. It's either that or it means (According to the S.I. Standard) Newton Amperes, which in turn makes no sense whatsoever! I did sort of hope it was Not Applicable...
Anyone else have two cents on this?
 
 


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Posted By: ceharden
Date Posted: 16 August 2008 at 3:25am
It does indeed stand for Newtons per Ampere.  Which actually makes more sense than Tesla.metres if you think about what it's describing!

The force with which the voice coil will try to move when a current is applied!


Posted By: Centauri
Date Posted: 16 August 2008 at 3:47am
Well that would make more sense.  The BL will vary with voice coil resistance, which will of course determine the current.   If Tesla.metres means "Driver magnetic flux density x voice coil conductor length" (taken from Hornresp help file definitions), then the voice coil resistance would not be taken into account at all, rendering the BL figure pointless.


Posted By: Matute
Date Posted: 16 August 2008 at 5:37am
http://searchcio-midmarket.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid183_gci763586,00.html - magnetic flux & magnetic field

cheers,

Matias

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Posted By: Danmounter
Date Posted: 16 August 2008 at 2:29pm

I thought Newton metres per Ampere would make sense, but not Newtons on their own per se...  The article Matias posted a link to has cleared the confusion up thank you!

I didn't think to check the Hornresp help file...silly me!
 
Thank you to everyone :)
Dan


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Posted By: David McBean
Date Posted: 17 August 2008 at 10:52am

Hi Everyone,

 
We know from Faraday’s Law that:

 
f = B * l * i
 
where:

 
f = force in newtons

B = magnetic flux density in tesla

l = conductor length in metres

i = electrical current in amperes

 
Rearranging gives:

 
f / i = B * l

 
The units newton / ampere and telsa * metre are therefore equivalent.

 
It makes little sense however to express magnetic flux density * conductor length in newtons / ampere.  Similarly it is not very logical to express force / current in tesla * metres.  This is why tesla.metre rather than newton/ampere is used as the unit for Bl in Hornresp.

 
Just thought you would like to know :-).
 
Kind regards,

 
David


Posted By: David McBean
Date Posted: 17 August 2008 at 12:22pm
Originally posted by Centauri Centauri wrote:

The BL will vary with voice coil resistance, which will of course determine the current.
 
Hi Centauri,
 
Just to clarify - Bl and voice coil resistance are entirely separate parameters.  Bl is a function of the magnet strength and voice coil conductor length - it is quite independent of the voice coil resistance.
 
Kind regards,
 
David


Posted By: Centauri
Date Posted: 17 August 2008 at 12:47pm
Hey, David.

Did you join up to post in this thread?

Thanks for the explanations.  I haven't really delved into driver theory much at all, preferring to work with the application of the data.  I hadn't actually realised that Bl IS actually the B and l from Faraday's Law, and as such, of course Telsa.metres would be the appropriate measurement units.  As Bl is an indicator of motor strength, in the context of "motor strength" Newtons per Ampere would make more sense, which is maybe why Beyma use those units.  In this case, maybe the parameter should be specified as "motor strength" rather than "Bl", with either Tesla.metres or Newtons/Amp being equivalent units.

I had assumed there was a correlation between Bl and voice coil resistance due to the change in Bl you get when specifying voice coil resistance in WinISD, however, as neither flux density or conductor length are specified, this would be due to back calculation from other parameters.

Very interesting stuff.

Cheers
Graeme


Posted By: Contour
Date Posted: 17 August 2008 at 8:09pm
I always thought mister Lorentz came up with F = B x  i  x L, isn't this force called a 'lorentz' force?
             
Best regards,
 
Walt


Posted By: David McBean
Date Posted: 18 August 2008 at 9:09am
Originally posted by Contour Contour wrote:

I always thought mister Lorentz came up with F = B x  i  x L, isn't this force called a 'lorentz' force?
 

Hi Walt,

 
As I understand it, the equation f = B * l * i can be derived from either Faraday’s Law of Electromagnetic Induction (when considered “in reverse”) or from the Lorentz Force Law.  I chose to credit Faraday rather than Lorentz simply because Faraday pre-dated Lorentz.

 
You will note that I was careful not to say that f = B * l * i was Faraday’s Law, but just that “we know from Faraday’s Law that f = B * l * i”.

 
The Lorentz Force Law is normally expressed as:

 
f = q * (E + v x B)

 
where:

 
f  =  force in newtons

q  = particle electrical charge in coulombs

E =  electric field in volts per metre

v =  particle instantaneous velocity in metres per second

x = vector cross-product

B = magnetic field in teslas

 
The discovery of the so-called “Lorentz Force” was actually made before Lorentz’s time, hence my reluctance to give him the credit :-).

 
Kind regards,

 
David


Posted By: David McBean
Date Posted: 18 August 2008 at 9:26am
Originally posted by Centauri Centauri wrote:

Did you join up to post in this thread?
 
Hi Graeme,

 
I actually joined back in January, but hadn't gotten around to posting anything until now :-).
 
Kind regards,

 
David



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