The exercise says this:
A metal stick of mass [latex]m[/latex] and length [latex]L[/latex], initial still, can slide on two long horizontal binaries without friction. A uniform vertical magnetic field is present in the region in which the stick can move. The battery [latex]G[/latex] applies a constant electromotive force [latex]\epsilon[/latex] to the circuit formed by the binaries and the stick, letting flow a current which direction is showed in the figure. Demonstrate that the velocity of the stick approaches a constant value [latex]v[/latex] and determine the module and the direction of it. What is the current that flows in the stick when this value is reached?
So, we know there's an electromotive force produced by the battery G. Let's call it [latex]\epsilon_G[/latex]. There is then another electromotive force produced by the magnetic field in which the circuit is placed. Let's call it [latex]\epsilon_B[/latex].
This last one can be found with the Faraday-Neumann Law this way:
[latex]\epsilon_B = - \frac{d \Phi (\vec B)}{dt}[/latex]
where the [latex]\Phi (\vec B)[/latex] is the magnetic flux found this way:
[latex]\Phi (\vec B) = \vec B \cdot d\vec S[/latex]
After a couple of passages, I arrive at this:
[latex]\epsilon_B = -BLv[/latex]
Now here comes what I'm probably not sure anymore.
The electromotive force [latex]\epsilon_G[/latex] is simply [latex]IR[/latex]? The current circulating the circuit and the resistance of the stick? Does this mean that I have to sum the two electromotive forces?
Do I have to introduce the induced electromotive field [latex]\vec E_i[/latex]? Because I know that the electromotive force can also be found with this formula:
[latex]\epsilon = \oint_l \vec E_i \cdot d\vec l[/latex]
where the [latex]\vec E_i[/latex] can be written this way:
[latex]\vec E_i = \vec E + (\vec v_{drag} + \vec v_{drift}) \times \vec B[/latex]
Where [latex]\vec v_{drag}[/latex] is the drag velocity, and [latex]\vec v_{drift}[/latex] is the drift velocity. Knowing that the latter is null when we do the cross product with [latex]\vec B[/latex] (because this velocity is always parallel to the element of circuit [latex]d\vec l[/latex]), we simply have:
[latex]\vec E_i = \vec E + \vec v_{drag} \times \vec B[/latex]
and that velocity right there is the one I'm searching for, right? But I really don't understand how to arrive at finding that the velocity of the stick approaches a velocity [latex]v[/latex].
About the other point, the one related to the current, I basically need the velocity and then apply this formula:
[latex]i = \frac{\epsilon}{R} = \frac{BLv}{R}[/latex]
Am I right?