big Homopolar Motor

gilles.charles@univ-orleans.fr
Bigger...Faster The rotation is produced under the effect of the Lorenz force. The ring magnet are set up so that the magnetic field is vertical; the current enters the magnet through the upper side of the sphere magnet ant exits through the peripheral side of the ring magnet. When the current flows trough the radius of the ring magnet, it is almost perpendicular to the magnetic field and the resulting Lorenz force is tangential. This causes the rotation of the magnet. Once the magnet have been set in motion, the rotation continues for a long time, as there is almost no drag. This device could reach very high speeds, but it has to be very well equilibrated.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• homopolar
• motor
• magnet
• neodymium

[brandon9491]

how many volts were you putting into it?

[gilbondfac]

@brandon9491 i don't remenber ! but several amps!

[liewchengyeh]

if it's in a vacum environment i think it canspin for HOURS!!!!

[12Pascal21]

@MAUROtele ...polar



[MrMysteriousMoose]

@donjuandonjuan None, it only creates the amount of energy you put in. Remember, energy can never be created nor destroyed, only transformed...

[DragonBoyGame]

Homopolar Bear

[donjuandonjuan]

I'm curious as to how much electricity you could produce with such a motor at maybe 10x the current size.

[MAUROtele]

homo...

[gunblazingmutant]

@mikemrrymn thought so and yeah I have it's weird.

[mikemrrymn]

@gunblazingmutant that was really fast, ever look at a car tire on the freeway of a car next to you, looks like its not moving at all...

[MrChristopher1997]

But why does it spin...

[WierdGuyFromLatvia]

umm how do you stop it :D

[ArachnusPorkus]

Homo....lulz! :D