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jplecas
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Hello everyone!
My apologies if i am not posting in the correct subforum.
I have a couple questions on an art project i am getting ready to start on, and was not able to find what I was looking for. I am new to this board and should let you all know right now that I failed high school physics miserably.. Please be patient with me
Rather than drawing out a bunch of pictures for you all, Ill post a link to a video to show what I am trying to build.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5NrqN6gDFA&feature=related
I am looking to build something similar to this, but much larger. I would like the cylinder to be 3 or 4 feet long, maybe 6 to 12 inches in diameter. I imagine that I would end up needing two magnets similar to this?
http://www.magnet4less.com/product_info.php?products_id=450
The more I look into it, the more I am beginning to think that I am getting in over my head. It seems that there will be so many variables with this. And I would like the final product to be somewhat stable.
I am curious as to what the magnetic fields would look like for this project? I have been tossing around the idea of somehow integrating ferrofluid into the design, and think it would create an impressive visual display.
I got the idea of applying the ferrofluid to both cylinder ring magnets, as well as the four base magnets underneath. At first I figured the ferrofluid would jump from the bottom magnets to the cylinder, creating an illusion of the liquid holding the cylinder up in the air. But this would not happen since the magnetic fields between the two are resisting each other, and the ferrofluid follows the lines of the magnetic fields, correct?
I guess I don't have a specific question about this project, other than how would the magnetic fields look, and how might the ferrofluid react to this particular setup. Besides that I would love any input you guys might be able to give me. It would help me tremendously, and I would really love to build this thing!
Thank you all!
Joseph
My apologies if i am not posting in the correct subforum.
I have a couple questions on an art project i am getting ready to start on, and was not able to find what I was looking for. I am new to this board and should let you all know right now that I failed high school physics miserably.. Please be patient with me
Rather than drawing out a bunch of pictures for you all, Ill post a link to a video to show what I am trying to build.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5NrqN6gDFA&feature=related
I am looking to build something similar to this, but much larger. I would like the cylinder to be 3 or 4 feet long, maybe 6 to 12 inches in diameter. I imagine that I would end up needing two magnets similar to this?
http://www.magnet4less.com/product_info.php?products_id=450
The more I look into it, the more I am beginning to think that I am getting in over my head. It seems that there will be so many variables with this. And I would like the final product to be somewhat stable.
I am curious as to what the magnetic fields would look like for this project? I have been tossing around the idea of somehow integrating ferrofluid into the design, and think it would create an impressive visual display.
I got the idea of applying the ferrofluid to both cylinder ring magnets, as well as the four base magnets underneath. At first I figured the ferrofluid would jump from the bottom magnets to the cylinder, creating an illusion of the liquid holding the cylinder up in the air. But this would not happen since the magnetic fields between the two are resisting each other, and the ferrofluid follows the lines of the magnetic fields, correct?
I guess I don't have a specific question about this project, other than how would the magnetic fields look, and how might the ferrofluid react to this particular setup. Besides that I would love any input you guys might be able to give me. It would help me tremendously, and I would really love to build this thing!
Thank you all!
Joseph