Comsol Multiphysics - but wait till you see the cost! Prices start at $4995/year.Is there any software that models magnetics?
It could be run in simulation then to see if it's worth us all making one..
Was just gonna go for FreeCad (on Linux).Nanocad?
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Femm, if I recall correctly. Finite element modelling software.Is there any software that models magnetics?
It could be run in simulation then to see if it's worth us all making one..
Thanks for your continued diligence, @Guineafowl. I've got it modelled now, so hopefully it's ready to print, assemble and test. Anyway, screw the physics and especially the physicists, I'll just build it and test it and see what it does.Ok - after being put through the wringer on Physics Forums, and drawing a blank on Physics Stack exchange, I found a calculator on this website for the repulsion force between magnets:
Magnet Repelling Force Calculator | K&J Magnetics
www.kjmagnetics.com
However, an email from them states the calculations are proprietary and the result of thousands of man-hours of experimentation. There is no easy way to express the forces involved. Finite element modelling might be the only answer.
What I can conclude, is that any load on the output will result in an increase in the product of F.t (force x time), the impulse, on the rotor. So with a constant force on the input, it will have to be applied longer, or with a constant time (rotor speed), the force will be higher overall.
My final thought, being honest rather than rude, is that without a timing belt (essentially a drive belt, negating the whole point), the machine probably won’t work as a transmission, and definitely won’t be an over-unity drive.
Good machining practice, though - especially that swash cylinder.
It makes it very easy to see how it works
Haveta look that up.Reminds me of Bamzooki.
for anyone who is still following.
Efficiently convert kinetic energy into an executive toy.Remind me again what it's supposed to do?
Remind me again what it's supposed to do?
There is a description in the video description on Youtube and I will give a much more detailed description on my website once I get the domain transferred to its new host. If you want to go a bit deeper and beyond my own musings then you might like to follow the conversation on https://www.scienceforums.net/topic/133616-curious-device/Remind me again what it's supposed to do?