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    English: Exactly computed force between two axially aligned identical cylindrical bar-magnets vs. distance between the magnets. Various graphs are shown for different lengths L of the magnets. The force is given in units of π4μ0M2R4 where M is the magnetization and R the radius. The ordinate scale is logarithmic as the force becomes very small for larger distance.
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    #!/usr/bin/python
    # -*- coding: utf8 -*-
    
    import numpy as np
    import scipy.special as sp
    import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
    import matplotlib as mpl
    from math import *
    
    mpl.style.use("classic")
    
    
    # fix elliptic integrals for negative argument in case of old scipy version
    if sp.ellipe(-1) > 0:
        E = sp.ellipe
        K = sp.ellipk
    else:
        def E(m):
            if m >= 0.:
                return sp.ellipe(m)
            else:
                return sp.ellipe(-m / (1. - m)) * sqrt(1. - m)
        
        def K(m):
            if m >= 0.:
                return sp.ellipk(m)
            else:
                return sp.ellipk(-m / (1. - m)) / sqrt(1. - m)
    
    
    def force_between_disks(z):
        '''
        Exact formula for the force between two homogeneously charged round disks
        aligned on their axis of symmetry.
        z is the distance relative to the disk radius.
        The force is returned in units of Q^2 / (4pi epsilon_0 R^2)
        in case of an electric charge Q on each disk.
        The solution requires elliptical integrals
        '''
        if z == 0.:
            return 2.
        elif z > 0.:
            s = 1.0
        else:
            s = -1.0
            z = -z
        m = 4 / (4. + z**2)
        return s * (2 + 4/pi * z / sqrt(m) * (E(m) - K(m)))
    
    
    def force_between_magnets(z, R, L):
        '''
        Exact formula for the force between two axially aligned identical
        cylindrical magnets, as long as they are homogeneously magnetized.
        '''
        zR = z / R
        F = force_between_disks(zR)
        F += force_between_disks(zR + 2*L / R)
        F -= 2 * force_between_disks(zR + L / R)
        return F
    
    
    mpl.rcParams['font.sans-serif'] = 'DejaVu Sans'
    mpl.rc('mathtext', default='regular')
    mpl.rc('lines', linewidth=2.4)
    
    colors = ['#0000ff', '#00aa00', '#ff0000', '#ee9900', '#cccc00']
    L = [(r'$\infty$', float('inf')), ('4R', 4.), ('2R', 2.), ('R', 1.), ('R/2', 0.5)]
    
    
    plt.figure()
    zmax = 4
    zspace = np.linspace(0., zmax**0.5, 5001)**2
    for i in range(len(L)):
        if L[i][1] == float('inf'):
            f = lambda z: force_between_disks(z)
        else:
            f = lambda z: force_between_magnets(z, 1., L[i][1])
        plt.plot(zspace, [f(z) for z in zspace], '-',
                 color=colors[i], label=r'L = ' + L[i][0], zorder=-i-len(L))
        plt.plot(0, f(0), 'o', color=colors[i], mew=1.2, zorder=-i)
    
    plt.xlabel('z / R')
    plt.ylabel(r'$F\ [\pi/4\;\mu_0M^2R^4]$')
    plt.title('Force between two cylindrical magnets with magnetization M,\nlength L, radius R and axial end-to-end distance z')
    plt.legend(loc='upper right')
    plt.xlim(-0.05, zmax)
    plt.ylim(0, 2.1)
    plt.grid(True)
    plt.tight_layout()
    plt.savefig('Cylindrical-magnet-force-diagram.svg')
    
    
    plt.figure()
    zmax = 20
    zspace = np.linspace(0., zmax**0.5, 5001)**2
    for i in range(len(L)):
        if L[i][1] == float('inf'):
            f = lambda z: force_between_disks(z)
        else:
            f = lambda z: force_between_magnets(z, 1., L[i][1])
        plt.plot(zspace, [f(z) for z in zspace], '-',
                 color=colors[i], label=r'L = ' + L[i][0], zorder=-i-len(L))
        plt.plot(0, f(0), 'o', color=colors[i], mew=1.2, zorder=-i)
    
    plt.xlabel('z / R')
    plt.ylabel(r'$F\ [\pi/4\;\mu_0M^2R^2]$')
    plt.title('Force between two cylindrical magnets with\nmagnetization M, length L, radius R and axial distance z')
    plt.gca().set_yscale('log')
    plt.legend(loc='upper right')
    plt.xlim(-0.5, zmax)
    plt.ylim(1e-5, 2.5)
    plt.grid(True)
    plt.tight_layout()
    plt.savefig('Cylindrical-magnet-force-diagram_logscale.svg')
    

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    current14:56, 23 March 2021Thumbnail for version as of 14:56, 23 March 2021720 × 540 (68 KB)Geek3 (talk | contribs)unit must contain R^2
    21:13, 1 April 2019Thumbnail for version as of 21:13, 1 April 2019720 × 540 (71 KB)Geek3 (talk | contribs)title more specific
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