File:VFPt magnet B.svg
Summary
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English: Magnetic B-field inside and outside of a cylindrical bar magnet. The field is accurately computed with a physical model. Discrete field lines are drawn.
|date=2017-05-01
|source=Own work
|author=Geek3
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with electric current symbols
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- paste this code at the end of VectorFieldPlot 1.4
import scipy.optimize as op
M = 1.0 # magnetic moment r = 0.65; l = 1.2 n = 10 fieldB = Field({'coils':0, 0, 0, r, l, M/(r**2*pi)}) fieldH = Field({'charged_discs':[[-l, -r, -l, r, -0.5*M/l],
[ l, -r, l, r, 0.5*M/l]]})
inside = lambda p: -min(1-fabs(p[0]/l), 1-fabs(p[1]/r)) outside = lambda p: min(1-fabs(p[0]/l), 1-fabs(p[1]/r))
for field in ['B', 'H']:
fname = 'VFPt_magnet_' + field
doc = FieldplotDocument(fname, width=400, height=300, commons=True)
for i in range(n):
r_rel = 2 * (0.5 + i) / n - 1
y0 = r * (r_rel + 0.16 * (r_rel - r_rel**3))
p0 = sc.array([l, y0])
line1 = FieldLine(fieldB, p0*(1+1e-9), directions='forward',
maxr=1e4, maxn=1e4, stop_funcs=2*[outside])
doc.draw_line(line1, arrows_style={})
# B-field inside magnet
line2 = FieldLine(fieldB, p0*(1-1e-9), directions='backward',
stop_funcs=2*[inside])
if field == 'B':
doc.draw_line(line2, arrows_style={})
# H-field inside magnet
line3 = FieldLine(fieldH, p0*(1-1e-9), directions='forward',
stop_funcs=2*[inside])
if field == 'H':
doc.draw_line(line3, arrows_style={
'min_arrows':0, 'dist':0.6, 'max_arrows':2})
p1 = line3.nodes[-1]['p'] # where lines leave the magnet on the side
if fabs(p1[1]) >= r * (1-1e-8):
p1[1] = copysign(max(r, fabs(p1[1])), p1[1])
line4 = FieldLine(fieldH, p1, directions='forward',
stop_funcs=2*[outside])
doc.draw_line(line4, arrows_style={'max_arrows':2})
p2 = line4.nodes[-1]['p'] # where lines re-enter the magnet
line5 = FieldLine(fieldH, p2, directions='forward',
stop_funcs=2*[inside])
if field == 'H':
doc.draw_line(line5, arrows_style={
'min_arrows':0, 'dist':0.6, 'max_arrows':2})
line6 = FieldLine(fieldB, p1*(1-1e-9), directions='backward',
stop_funcs=2*[inside])
if field == 'B':
doc.draw_line(line6, arrows_style={})
if field == 'H':
doc.draw_object('path', {'d':'M {},{} V {} M {},{} V {}'.format(
-l, -r, r, l, -r, r), 'style':'stroke:#999999; stroke-width:0.02'})
doc.draw_magnets(fieldB)
# postprocessing: strip text and add opacity
for el in doc.svg.iter():
if el.tag.endswith('g'):
if el.get('id') != None and 'magnet' in el.get('id'):
el.set('opacity', '0.4')
if el.tag.endswith('text'):
el.getparent().remove(el)
doc.write()
}} }}
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