Solution

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With uniform section and negligible magnetic fringing, constant magnetic flux gives equal magnetic flux densities in the core and gap:
Here is the core arc length and the additional gap length. Applying the magnetostatic Ampère law around the complete magnetic circuit,
Consequently,
This tends to when the gap dominates the magnetic reluctance, , and reduces to the no-gap result as . The gap magnetic flux density is .

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