File:VFPt cylindrical magnets orthogonal.svg

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English: Magnetic field of an two ideal cylindrical magnets with their axis of symmetry inside the image plane. The magnets are aligned orthogonal to each other, creating complex winding field lines.
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# paste this code at the end of VectorFieldPlot 1.4
M = 1.0 # magnetic moment
l = 0.75
r = 0.25
x = 1.25
doc = FieldplotDocument('VFPt_cylindrical_magnets_orthogonal',
                        width=720, height=600, commons=True)
fieldB = Field({'coils':[[-x, 0, 0, r, l, M/(r**2*pi)], [x, 0, pi/2, r, l, M/(r**2*pi)]]})
# use the H-field with magnetic monopoles, because its lines terminate
# easier. The shape of the field of H and B is actually identical.
fieldH = Field({'charged_discs':[
          [-x-l, -r, -x-l, r, -0.5*M/l], [-x+l, -r, -x+l, r,  0.5*M/l],
          [x-r, -l, x+r, -l, -0.5*M/l], [x-r, l, x+r, l,  0.5*M/l]]})
doc.draw_magnets(fieldB)

def startpoints(funcxy, t0, t1, n, field):
    '''
    find n startpoints for magnetic fieldlines that are distributed evenly
    along a path defined by the parametric function funcxy, such that the
    integrated field perpendicular to the path is equal between
    neighbouring startpoints
    '''
    f = lambda t: sc.array(funcxy(t)) # wrap
    eps = 1e-7
    def orth(t):
        dfdt = (f(t+eps) - f(t-eps)) / (2*eps)
        return fabs(sc.cross(dfdt, field.F(f(t))))
    
    Ftot = ig.quad(orth, t0, t1)[0]
    FF = sc.linspace(0, 1, n, endpoint=False) + 0.5/n
    tlist = [op.fsolve(lambda t:ig.quad(orth, t0, t)[0]/Ftot - F,
             t0 + F * (t1 - t0), xtol=1e-6) for F in FF]
    return [funcxy(t) for t in tlist]

pts = startpoints(lambda t: [-x-l+cos(t)*l,sin(t)*l], 0, 2*pi, 20, fieldH)
pts2 = startpoints(lambda t: [x-sin(t)*l,-l+cos(t)*l], 0, 2*pi, 20, fieldH)
pts3 = startpoints(lambda t: [x-sin(t)*l,l-cos(t)*l], 2.37, 4.39, 6, fieldH)
for pt in pts + pts2 + pts3:
    maxr = 6.5
    if pt in pts3: maxr = 3
    line = FieldLine(fieldH, pt, directions='both', maxr=maxr)
    doc.draw_line(line, arrows_style={'dist':1.7, 'offsets':[1., .5, .5, 1.]})

doc.write()


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