Comparison of Magnetic Force Calculation on Permanent Magnets with Models of Equivalent Magnetic Charge and Magnetizing Current

Abstract

Accurate magnetic force calculation is essential to effectively analyzing a system or device containing magnets. Among several approaches used in the interacting magnetic force calculation of permanent magnets, equivalent magnetic charge and equivalent magnetizing current models are widely adopted. In this paper, we choose cubes and cylinders as calculating objects to investigate the detailed calculation procedures. Higher calculation accuracy of the equivalent magnetizing current model is verified by comparison between simulation and experiment results. Furthermore, we analyze the relations between two models and discriminate their equivalence in the magnetic force calculation respectively at both micro and macro scale. Reference basis for choosing a proper model to calculate magnetic force is provided in this work, which is beneficial for the design of electro-mechanical structures with permanent magnets.