Talk:Halbach array

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There must be some misunderstanding or fineprint missing. The configuration is symmetrical and therefore there is no reason why the fields should cancel on one side but not on the other side. --Pjacobi 19:24, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

Now I get it. The article is in need of a diagram showing the field lines, like [1]. Also the simplest, because most symmetric configuration, would be a cyclinder magnet inside a toroidal magnet. I guess I have to make a picture to make me clear. --Pjacobi 19:39, 4 October 2005 (UTC)

is there any information on how much the field is increased on the augmented side?

[edit] more easy to understand

Can we make this easyer for somone with less technical know how to understand? Alan2here 20:55, 24 November 2006 (UTC)

knowhow

The magnetic field spins and drifts; in other words, it tumbels like a wheel or baton. The strength grows where these directions match, on one side, and shrinks where they thwart, on the other. -lysdexia 07:32, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

What I asked seems to have happened while I was not watching which is good Alan2here 20:22, 24 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] something amiss

The field on the strong side of the array should not be twifold as strong because the magnets are discrete, and each has some greattest intensity already. They would onely be stronger if the magnets are squished to half their volume. -lysdexia 07:26, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The other type of Halbach Array

This is

NSNSNSNS

or

NSNS

SNSN

NSNS

SNSN

Where a N represents a magnet with it's north pole facing up and a S represents a magnet with it's south pole facing up. These are often (possibly incorrectly) called hallbach arrays Alan2here 20:24, 24 July 2007 (UTC)