[BC] hysterusis

[Phil Alexander]

On 1 Dec 2005 at 21:18, Mike McCarthy wrote:

> 
> I can't spell it to save my life right now, but one way 
> to describe it is the natural amount of reactive response 
> lag to an event.

That comes close but it is more a specific magnetic effect.
 
> Like when a motor is started, there is a delay between when 
> the EMF is applied to the coil and when the rotor starts 
> turning at it's rated RPM and load.

Now, that is rotating inertia as in WR^2 or WK^2 depending on
which side of the pond you are from.

> There are others which better describe this I'm sure.

This more or less covers it:

<http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/solids/hyst.html>


Phil Alexander, CSRE, AMD
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