Stability of cylindrical tubes made from square packed magnetic balls
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Stability of cylindrical tubes made from 60 square packed magnetic balls of diameter 5mm, mass 0.5g and magnetic flux density 1.19 T. While a stack of 10 rings is stable, a stack of 12 rings collapses under the influence of gravity.
Date:
06 February 2017
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