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How would you dissipate the heat generated from the eddy currents? You aren't just falling slowly, you're resisting gravity which causes work and that energy ha
by r2_pilot 2y ago
How would you dissipate the heat generated from the eddy currents? You aren't just falling slowly, you're resisting gravity which causes work and that energy has to come from and go to somewhere.
- myrmidon 2y agoThat would be completely negligible I think. 200m of height difference (a lot!) only translates to 0.5°C in temperature difference worth of potential energy (assuming the object has the specific heat of water). And that ignores the fact that you would have that heat mainly in the stationary conductor (copper tube), not the magnetic falling object (person with magnets strapped on).