Changing the subject for a brief spell from the continuing Rossi saga I must confess the fact that I have recently found myself revisiting the "Whipmag" All-Magnet Motor incident. For those who might be curious you can read up on that recent period of history out at peswiki where a dedicated link exists. See:
http://peswiki.com/index.php/Directory:OC_MPMM_Magnet_Motor There are some interesting videos. Back around 2008 I gather someone who went by the name of "Alsetalokin" (that's Nicola Tesla spelled backwards) brought an unusual magnetic motor configuration to the public domain's attention. His contraption seemed to defy the laws of conservation of energy as we understand them. His whirly-wig motor config seemed to speed up after careful manual "kick start" manipulation of a smaller spinning stator magnet. The stator was rotating in the same rotational direction as the larger rotor magnets affixed to a disk. At first glance "Alsetalokin's" configuration would seem to defy logic. Most would assume the rotor-stator configuration would work better if the combination was rotating as if they were gears in contact with each other. But the exact opposite is actually happening. Both Rotor and stator magnets are rotating in the same direction. Upon closer inspection, this counter-intuitive configuration is actually less bizarre to comprehend to those (such as me) who have studied magnetic characteristics, and who have performed countless Finite Element Method Magnetic computer simulations on similar configurations over the years. I should point out, however, that I have yet to personally discover a configuration that hints of OU. However, the software I was using (FEMM) was free and probably still is. Perhaps I got what I paid for. It was either that, or shell out $20K for a "professional" package. ;-) I would like to ask what I believe are a couple question pertaining hysteresis effects, questions which I believe are probably also related to a phenomenon known as magnetic viscosity. I apologize if I end up butchering the terminology in my clumsy attempt to describe the following scenarios, so please forgive me. QUESTION ONE: In matters of mapping the strength of flux lines, when attracting poles of two bar magnets rapidly approach each other is the symmetry of the delayed hysteresis effect during the approaching phase symmetrical (or mirror-like) as to when the same attracting poles are separating from each other. Assume that the speed of both the approach and departure phases remain constant. QUESTION TWO: In matters of mapping the strength of flux lines, when attracting poles are brought together very quickly does the hysteresis (or delayed effect) manifest at the same speed or time period as when repelling poles are brought together at the same speed. Please assume we are using the same PMs in both configurations. Final thoughts: Pertaining to questions 1 and 2, I believe the Free FEMM software package I was using is incapable of measuring viscosity and/or hysteresis effects. FEMM simulations would simply reveal perfect symmetry in the flux lines pertaining to QUESTIONS 1 and 2. FEMM was designed to perform measurements on configurations that are static, or non-moving. IOW, it is completely useless when it comes to measuring dynamic torque values pertaining to rapidly spinning magnetic motor configurations. I suspect Terry Blanton may have pondered aspects of these questions in the past. He may also suspect what I'm driving at as well - whether there might exist a potential asymmetry that one might be able to take advantage of pertaining to rapidly changing dynamic PM configurations. Alas, I have no idea if my speculations on these matters warrant further investigation, or whether it is folly. I know there was a discussion group that attempted to discuss some of these matters. There were some attempted replications as well. None of the replications, I gather, were as successful as "Alsetalokin's". What discussion I did read was somewhat disappointing - to me. I might be wrong on this point but I got the impression that most were not pondering what I was pondering. But then, maybe I didn't read enough. Regards, Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com www.zazzle.com/orionworks
