I think this issue was addressed by an experiment in fizzx.com, a spin-off of the Steorn forum. It would have been in one of the Whipmag threads. If I have time today, I'll see if I can find it.
Terry On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 10:12 PM, OrionWorks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I hope I am posing this question concerning the characteristics of > magnetic properties using proper terminology. My apologies up front if > not. > > The following two questions are related to each other: > > (1) Does anyone know how fast magnetic viscosity on average tends to > propagate (or cycle) through various kinds of permanent magnetic > material? Hundredths of a second? Milliseconds? Microseconds? Faster > or slower??? > > (2) Is it theoretically possible to generate a viscosity induced > HARMONIC frequency in a permanent magnet. I'm speculating on whether > an amplified harmonic effect could be generated by a carefully applied > external frequency, such as an external EM field set to a specific > frequency, or perhaps through an assembly of rapidly spinning > permanent magnets such as one finds in a spinning wheel. I'm > speculating on whether it's possible if certain externally induced EM > frequencies might enhance the viscotic migratory effect within certain > permanent magnet materials. > > It's analogous to how lasers produce light through a buildup of > specific EM harmonic frequencies within the crystal that ultimately > produces a strong coherent beam of light. > > > PERSONAL THOUGHTS: > > If specific harmonic magnetic viscosity fields can be "enhanced" or > possibly amplified within certain PM materials the implications could > be interesting. > > One of the reason's I'm posing this question in Vortex is that there > are various You-tube videos I've seen out in the public domain that > hint (at least to me) of the possibility that the user may have > accidentally stumbled across for a brief period of time just the right > magnetic viscosity induced frequency that caused their magnetic > assembly/contraption to spin up for a few brief dramatic seconds. > However, because they really don't know what they are doing it's all > very unstable and soon the assembly eventually gets out-of-phase, > harmonically speaking, causing the assembly to grind to a halt. > > From what I can tell, visually speaking, I don't think the sudden > rotational increase is due to an unconscious manual "pumping" of the > PMs introduced (unintentionally) into the configuration by the user. > The "spinning" I've seen occurs where the user is no longer manually > influencing the configuration. The contraption is spinning freely on > its own for a few brief seconds. > > Of course, this is all just conjecture on my part. > > Regards > Steven Vincent Johnson > www.OrionWorks.com > www.zazzle.com/orionworks > >
