Re: [femm] Force at high current density

[marctt2@xxxxxxx]

I think it makes sense that the force becomes linear at high currents.  The 
steel saturates at level Bsat.  The Lorentz force is JxB, so if you increase 
J while B remains constant the force increases proportionally.
Marc Thompson

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