The linear Halbach array is a well known planar magnetic structure capable, in the idealized case, of generating a one-sided magnetic field. We show that such a field can be created from an array of uniformly magnetized rods, and rotating these rods in an alternating fashion can smoothly transfer the resultant magnetic field through the plane of the device. We examine an idealized model composed of infinite line dipoles and carry out computational simulations on a realizable device using a magnetic boundary element method. Such an arrangement can be used for an efficient latching device, or to produce a highly tunable field in the space above the device.
-Permanent magnet variable flux sources are produced by rotating two nested N-segment, permanent magnet, Halbach cylinders. Torque is primarily an end effect, determined by field non-uniformities due to the fmite length and' segmented structure of the cylinders. Due to symmetry, one cylinder experiences zero torque In a uniform applied field. Experiment and numerical simulation reveal that the torque is composed of a dominant term of frequency 1/(2n) and harmonics a t ( k N i l)/(Zn), where k is an integer.
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