The Mechanics of a Chain or Ring of Spherical Magnets

DOI10.1137/120897973MaRDI QIDQ5408778zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Cameron L. Hall, Dominic Vella, Alain Goriely

Publication date 11 April 2014

Published in SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1310.3436

zbMATH Keywords

approximation of sumsasymptotic analysisdiscrete-to-continuum analysismagnetism

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Electromagnetic effects in solid mechanics (74F15) Rods (beams, columns, shafts, arches, rings, etc.) (74K10) Composite media; random media in optics and electromagnetic theory (78A48)

Abstract: Strong magnets, such as neodymium-iron-boron magnets, are increasingly being manufactured as spheres. Because of their dipolar characters, these spheres can easily be arranged into long chains that exhibit mechanical properties reminiscent of elastic strings or rods. While simple formulations exist for the energy of a deformed elastic rod, it is not clear whether or not they are also appropriate for a chain of spherical magnets. In this paper, we use discrete-to-continuum asymptotic analysis to derive a continuum model for the energy of a deformed chain of magnets based on the magnetostatic interactions between individual spheres. We find that the mechanical properties of a chain of magnets differ significantly from those of an elastic rod: while both magnetic chains and elastic rods support bending by change of local curvature, nonlocal interaction terms also appear in the energy formulation for a magnetic chain. This continuum model for the energy of a chain of magnets is used to analyse small deformations of a circular ring of magnets and hence obtain theoretical predictions for the vibrational modes of a circular ring of magnets. Surprisingly, despite the contribution of nonlocal energy terms, we find that the vibrations of a circular ring of magnets are governed by the same equation that governs the vibrations of a circular elastic ring.

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