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DCAMM Seminar (Ingo Rehberg ): From Magnetic Pumps and Gears to Halbach Spheres: Applying permanent magnets

Using magnetic spheres together with an open-source graphical user interface, this talk illustrates basic features of magnetic interaction leading to three applications based on magnetic particles.

Info about event

Time

Tuesday 16 June 2026,  at 13:00 - 13:45

Location

Building 5510, room 104, Aarhus University Åbogade 15

Abstract

Using magnetic spheres [1] together with an open-source graphical user interface [2], this talk illustrates basic features of magnetic interaction leading to three applications based on magnetic particles: 

1) Two dipoles realize two different cogging-free magnetic gears [3]. 

2) No moving parts are needed to pump magnetic fluids [4]. 

3) Icosahedral ordering of magnets is best for achieving homogenous fields [5]



Danish pastry, coffee and tea will be served 15 minutes before the seminar starts.

All interested persons are invited.

 

Virtual participation: 

Teams Link Meeting ID: 396 354 126 706 701; Passcode: Xq7xQ6kU

 

About the speaker

Prof. Dr. Ingo Rehberg
University Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany

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References

1] S. Hartung et al., Physical Review B 98, 214424 (2018)

[2] I. Rehberg & P. Blümler. Halbach_two_point_oh: Optimize Uniform Fields with Clusters and Rings of Permanent Magnets. Zenodo https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17185412 (2025)

[3] S. Hartung, I. Rehberg, Arch Appl Mech 91, 1423 (2021)

[4] R. Krauß et al., Pumping fluid by magnetic surface stress, New Journal of Physics 8, 18 (2006)

[5] I. Rehberg and Peter Blümler, Discretized Halbach spheres: Icosahedral symmetry for optimal field homogeneity, Phys. Rev. Appl. (2026).