Assignment 8 — Solutions 3/10/04
Problem 5.22
Choose coordinates so that the infinite plane is the
x
-
y
plane (
z
=
0) and the bar is at some infinitesimal distance
h
above the plane. From the discussion in §5.9C a hard ferromagnet is equivalent to a system with an effectivemagnetic current density. For
M
”÷÷÷
=
M z
`
there is only the effective surface current
K
”÷÷
=
M
”÷÷÷
ä
n
`
where
n
`
is the unitnormal to the vertical surface (in general a function of position, though most of you took the bar to be a cylinder.The important thing for now is that
n
`
is perpendicular to
z
`
). Applying the results of 5.17 we see that the system isequivalent to an image current distribution with components scaled by
H
m
r
-
1
LêH
m
r
+
1
L
(amongst other things).Since
m
r
ªm
ê
m
0
=¶
for our case, this factor reduces to
H
1
-
1
ê
m
r
LêH
1
+
1
ê
m
r
L
Ø
1. We see that all we need isthe "reflected" current (recall that there is no
z
component since
z
`ä
n
`
must lie in the
x
-
y
plane, and actually no
z
-dependence at all since the bar is uniform in the
z
-direction) and corresponding image magnetization:
K
”÷÷
*
H
x
,
y
,
z
L
=
K
x
H
x
,
y
,
-
z
L
x
`+
K
y
H
x
,
y
,
-
z
L
y
`
M
”÷÷÷
*
=
M
”÷÷÷
Image bar located with "top" end-capat
z
=-
h
.
ˆ
MMz
=
µ
=∞
0
µ
zh
-
h
ϖ
ˆ
n
A
*
M
++++++++
- - - - - - -
z
ϖ
h
-
h
The field due to the image can be calculated from its magnetic scalar potential 5.99, but this is hard for a bar of arbitrary cross-section. Instead we look at things from the effective magnetic charge density point of view. For
M
”÷÷÷
=
M z
`=
constant there is only the effective surface charge
s
M
=
H
≤
z
`
L
ÿ
M
”÷÷÷
=≤
M
where the upper sign is forthe upper end-cap and the lower for the lower end-cap. Since the bar is very long we will neglect the effect of theupper end-cap. Similarly there are effective surface charges
s
M
*
=
H
≤
z
`
L
ÿ
M
”÷÷÷
*
=≤
M
for the image bar, and we willignore the
lower
end-cap of this. In summary we have two surfaces with equal and opposite constant chargedensity as shown in the second diagram.Because the material is infinitely permeable, the
H
”÷÷÷
-field must be perpendicular to the
z
=
0 boundary. Now this isanalogous to the electrostatic problem (with
E
”÷÷
Ø
H
”÷÷÷
and 1
ê
e
0
Øm
0
) of a charge distribution above an infiniteconducting plane and a corresponding image charge distribution below. As discussed in problem 2.9 of homework set 3 the force on a small patch of the image charge (which has normal
z
`
) is
F
”÷÷
=
1
ÅÅÅÅÅ
2
I
E
”÷÷
>
+
E
”÷÷
<
M
s
a
=
H
s
2
ê
2
e
0
L
z
`
a
for a conductor, and so by analogy
F
”÷÷
*
=
H
m
0
s
M
*
2
ê
2
L
z
`
a
for themagnetic case. The force on the magnetic charge must be equal and opposite, so
F
”÷÷
=-
®
S
F
”÷÷
*
=-
®
S
a
m
0
ÅÅÅÅÅÅÅÅÅ
2
s
M
*
2
z
`=- m
0
ÅÅÅÅÅÅÅÅÅ
2
M
2
z
`
®
S
a
=- m
0
ÅÅÅÅÅÅÅÅÅ
2
M
2
A
z
`
1