Parallel Magnetic Circuits. This is similar to a parallel electrical circuit in which resistors are connected in parallel which provides more than one path for the flow of current. Indicates the equivalent electrical circuit.
Consider a parallel magnetic circuit shown in figure. In series circuits all parts of the magnetic circuit carry same flux and total ampere turns required to create a given flux is the arithmetic sum of the ampere turns required for individual parts of the circuit. A magnetic circuit having two or more than two paths for the magnetic flux is called a parallel magnetic circuit.
If all the flux is confined to a single closed loop as in a ring shaped electromagnet the circuit is called a series magnetic circuit.
A magnetic circuit that has more than one path for the magnetic flux is called a parallel magnetic circuit. In a parallel magnetic circuit reluctance appear to be in parallel. Consider a parallel magnetic circuit shown in figure. A current carrying coil is wound on the central limb.
