Computation of the three-dimensional magnetic field from solid permanent-magnet bipolar cylinders by employing toroidal harmonics

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 43, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 3833-3839

  Selvaggi, Jerry P ^a   Salon, Sheppard ^a   Kwon, O Mun ^b   Chari, M V K ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Raser Technologies   (United States)

Author keywords

Bipolar magnet; Observation cylinder; Q function; Toroidal function

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; MAGNETIC FIELDS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

BIPOLAR MAGNET; OBSERVATION CYLINDER; Q-FUNCTION; TOROIDAL FUNCTION;

PERMANENT MAGNETS;

EID: 34648858643     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2007.902995     Document Type: Article

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