File:Magnet compasses.svg

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English: Magnetic compasses around a cylindrical bar magnet. The compass needles point in the direction of the magnetic field of the magnet at each point, with the north end of each compass needle in the direction of the magnetic field vector. The direction of each compass needle is computed with the exact formula using the computer script below.
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Python svgwrite code
#!/usr/bin/python3
# -*- coding: utf8 -*-
try:
    import svgwrite
except ImportError:
    print('requires svgwrite library: https://pypi.org/project/svgwrite/')
    # documentation at https://svgwrite.readthedocs.io/
    exit(1)


import mpmath
import numpy as np
from scipy.special import ellipk, ellipe
from math import *

ellippi = mpmath.ellippi # pretty slow. If not available, try sympy.


def Bfield_barmagnet(xy, R, L, M):
    '''
    xy: position where the field is probed
    R: radius of the magnet
    L: length of the magnet
    M: magnetisation
    '''
    rho = xy[0]
    z = xy[1]
    Brho, Bz = 0., 0.
    for s in -1., 1.:
        zeta = z - s * L / 2.
        r = sqrt((rho + R)**2 + zeta**2)
        n = 4. * R * rho / (rho + R)**2
        m = 4. * R * rho / r**2
        K = ellipk(m)
        E = ellipe(m)
        Pi = float(ellippi(n, m))
        if rho != 0.:
            Brho += s * r / rho * ((2. - m) * K - 2. * E)
        Bz += s * zeta / r * ((rho - R) / (rho + R) * Pi - K)
    Brho *= M / (4. * pi)
    Bz *= M / (2. * pi)
    return np.array([Brho, Bz])


name = 'Magnet_compasses'
size = 600, 600
R = 60.
L = 200.
needles_d = 40.
needle_w = 6.
needle_l = 16.
needle_c = 2.5

doc = svgwrite.Drawing(name + '.svg', profile='full', size=size)
doc.set_desc(name, 'https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:' + name +
    '.svg\nrights: Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike license')
doc.add(doc.rect(id='background', insert=(0, 0), size=size, fill='#ffffff', stroke='none'))
g = doc.add(doc.g(id='image',
    transform='translate({:.0f}, {:.0f}) scale(1,-1)'.format(size[0]/2., size[1]/2.)))

# draw some compass needles
needle = doc.defs.add(doc.g(id='needle'))
needle.add(doc.path(d='M {:.3f},{:.3f} L {:.3f},{:.3f} L {:.3f},{:.3f} L {:.3f},{:.3f} Z'.format(
    -needle_w, 0, 0, needle_l, needle_w, 0, 0, -needle_l),
    fill='#00cc00', stroke='none'))
needle.add(doc.path(d='M {:.3f},{:.3f} L {:.3f},{:.3f} L {:.3f},{:.3f} Z'.format(
    -needle_w, 0, 0, needle_l, needle_w, 0),
    fill='#ff0000', stroke='none'))
needle.add(doc.path(d='M {:.3f},{:.3f} L {:.3f},{:.3f} L {:.3f},{:.3f} L {:.3f},{:.3f} Z'.format(
    -needle_w, 0, 0, needle_l, needle_w, 0, 0, -needle_l),
    fill='none', stroke='#000000', stroke_width=2,
    stroke_linejoin='miter', stroke_miterlimit=10))
needle.add(doc.circle(center=(0, 0), r='{:.3f}'.format(needle_c),
    fill='#ffffff', stroke='#000000', stroke_width=2))

needles_nx = round(size[0] / needles_d)
needles_ny = round(size[1] / needles_d)
needles_x = (np.arange(needles_nx) + 0.5) * needles_d - size[0] / 2.
needles_y = (np.arange(needles_ny) + 0.5) * needles_d - size[1] / 2.

needles = g.add(doc.g(id='needles'))

for y in needles_y:
    for x in needles_x:
        B = Bfield_barmagnet([x, y], R, L, 1.)
        direction = atan2(B[1], B[0])
        needles.add(doc.use(href='#needle', insert=(0, 0),
            transform='translate({:.3f},{:.3f}) rotate({:.2f})'.format(
            x, y, degrees(direction-pi/2))))

# draw a bar magnet
magnet = g.add(doc.g(id='magnet'))
mgrad = doc.defs.add(doc.linearGradient(id="magnetGrad",
    start=(0,0), end=(1,0), gradientUnits="objectBoundingBox"))
for of, c, op in ((0, '#000000', 0.125), (0.07, '#ffffff', 0.125),
        (0.25, '#ffffff', 0.5), (0.6, '#ffffff', 0.2), (1, '#000000', 0.33)):
    mgrad.add_stop_color(of, c, op)

magnet.add(doc.rect(insert=(-R, -L/2), size=(2*R, L), fill='#00cc00', stroke='none'))
magnet.add(doc.rect(insert=(-R, 0), size=(2*R, L/2.), fill='#ff0000', stroke='none'))
magnet.add(doc.rect(insert=(-R, -L/2), size=(2*R, L), fill='url(#magnetGrad)',
    stroke='#000000', stroke_width=4.))
for s, txt in ((1, 'S'), (-1, 'N')):
    magnet.add(doc.text(txt, font_size='120px', stroke='none', fill='#000000',
        transform='translate(0, {0}) scale({1},-{1})'.format(-0.11 * L, 0.0025*L),
        y=[0.62 * s * L], text_anchor='middle', font_family='Bitstream Vera Sans'))

doc.save(pretty=True)

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