Volume 18: Pages 315-320, 2005
Confined B‐Field Homopolar Dynamotor
Jorge Guala‐Valverde 1, Pedro Mazzoni 2
1Ejército Argentino, Neuquen, Argentina
2Fundación Julio Palacios, Neuquen, Argentina
Following our investigation into motional electromagnetic induction [J. Guala‐Valverde, Apeiron 8, 41 (2001)], we search for the torque location in “confined B‐field” homopolar dynamotors. Angular momentum conservation precludes a local interaction between the magnet creating the field and a current‐carrying wire, as happens in the “open B‐field” configurations formerly investigated. Angular momentum balance takes place now between the active current and the magnet plus the yoke as a whole.
Keywords: confined B field, torque location, angular momentum balance, rotating field lines
Received: March 29, 2004; Published online: December 15, 2008
