• DocumentCode
    3602973
  • Title

    Symmetry of Magnetostatic Fields Generated by Toroidal Helicoidal Magnets

  • Author

    Muscia, Roberto

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Eng. & Archit., Univ. of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
  • Volume
    51
  • Issue
    10
  • fYear
    2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    14
  • Abstract
    In this paper, the axial symmetry of the magnetic field generated by a permanent magnet of helicoidal toroidal kind is shown. In the first part of this paper, we illustrate the shape of the magnet and the number of areas where the field is calculated to demonstrate the symmetry. We define quantitatively the size of the toroidal helical magnet and the regions where the magnetostatic field is evaluated. The field is carried out for each angular sector that represents the regions where the magnetic flux density is computed. This calculation is performed with reference to a matrix of points belonging to each sector. Two sets of evaluations are performed. The first one is referred to a less dense matrix of points relative to all the regions. The aim of this computation is to demonstrate the axial symmetry of the field. The second set of calculations concerns the field evaluation using a much higher dense matrix of points. Using these data, we are able to interpolate the same field with a high precision. This second evaluation of the field is carried out with reference to only the flat region facing the first coil of the helical toroidal magnet. The use of an interpolation surface through the final points of the magnetic induction vectors previously computed allows a very fast evaluation of the field virtually in all the infinite points of the angular sector. The symmetry enables us to drastically reduce the time computation of the magnetostatic field in the points of interest.
  • Keywords
    electromagnetic induction; magnetic fields; magnetic flux; permanent magnets; angular sector; interpolation surface; magnetic field axial symmetry; magnetic flux density; magnetic induction vectors; magnetostatic field axial symmetry; permanent magnet; time computation; toroidal helicoidal magnets; Magnetic flux; Magnetic levitation; Magnetostatics; Permanent magnets; Saturation magnetization; Toroidal magnetic fields; Geometry; geometry; helix; magnetic charge; magnetostatic; permanent magnets; symmetry; torus;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9464
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TMAG.2015.2443719
  • Filename
    7120986