On Sep 1, 4:04*pm, "Dave" wrote:
"Art Unwin" wrote in message

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Too late David
But I have a question for you, Does the New World ( Rumsfield) use
the term "equilibrium" in any of the engineering curriculums or are
you quoting what appears to be American English and not that of the
Olde World? Personaly if I was dealing with entropy or those wonderful
graphic steam tables +equilibrium" would be discarded in favor of
yours. But to explain all that stuff would be impossible with this
group so I opted for the Universal term that was current in Newton and
Maxwell time. Maybe what we are seeing *is a intrusion of new math
into physics! Either way it does explain to me why american jaws
dropped in ignorance when the term was used.

there is no 'equilibrium' used in the electromagnetics texts in my
collection that i can find. *'steady state' is the closest, but that is
normally used to refer to the response of a system after the transient
response has died out. *'equilibrium' is often used in thermodynamics, but
any analogy to that in electromagnetics is useless as it refers to a state
where there is no energy flow, and if energy isn't flowing then you have no
radiation. *'equilibrium' could also refer to a mechanical system that has
reached 'steady state' or a stable state, but again similar to the
thermodynamic use it is useless for electromagnetics... maybe for
electrostatic or static magnetic fields, but not for radiation.

Thanks for the response David. I will have to look at my books
regarding basic laws which are all connected to Maxwell's laws. A case
in point is the tank circuit which is seen as being in equilibrium and
where there is current flow and which I state is the electrical
circuit for radiation that is totally in accordance with the laws of
Maxwell. If you agree it can be used for a electrostatic field then
you are agreeing to any circuit which contains a capacitor with its
own contained electrostatic field. I agree that the term is not
presently in the books
which is why progress has been stunted and the reason for my
disclosure but I assure you that this is an error of the education
system since equilibrium is the basic datum line for all laws
including electrical. As an over check on my position antenna programs
will always
point to a non planar form in equilibrium per Maxwells laws so with
the assumption that programmers did use Maxwell's equations correctly
then my findings have been confirmed
Hang on for a while and I will report back on my findings as well as
Wilkedia type of definitions. Since the Universe is considered to have
an electrical foundation which includes the four forces of the
standard model then without the Universe
achieving a point of equilibrium we can all be seen as traveling thru
the Universe at the speed of light with no end to motion to place us
in a state of balance, a terrible thought if we cannot rely on seeing
the sunrise every day.
Regards
Art