A study of scaling and geometry effects on the forces between cuboidal and cylindrical magnets using analytical force solutions

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Agashe, Janhavi S ^a   Arnold, David P ^a  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ASPECT RATIO; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; SCALING LAWS;

CYLINDRICAL MAGNETS; KELVIN'S FORMULA; LATERAL FORCES;

PERMANENT MAGNETS;

EID: 43049095370     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: 13616463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/41/10/105001     Document Type: Article

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