Magnet confusion

[megmaltese]

Hi everybody,

I'll not lie: I joined this forum to see if I could find somebody so kind to help me with a simple question.

In the first picture I have represented the lines of force of a couple of magnets.
One is small, and represented in its entirety, the other one is much larger and only its North pole is represented.

So, question n. 1, are the line of force roughly right or not?





Based on the lines of force from the first picture, I have made another picture which shows what the vector power of the magnet should be.

The big N of the large magnet is pushing away the North of the small magnet while also pushing it in the South direction (right), while the South of the small magnet is being attracted to it vertically as well as being pulled to the right side.

The overall vector should result first of all in the rotation of the magnet along its axis, AND moving it to the South direction.

My question is: am I right or not?

Thank you in advance for your help!

Marco

 

[IRstuff]

But it will not move in one direction or another, it will only rotate on its axis.

Unless it's actually pivoted, no. There will be rotation, yes, but there will also be translation. It's most like that the free magnet will wind up overhanging the right edge of the fixed magnet. Every termination of a line of force will be subject to attraction, so, even the portion to the right of center will be attracted and will move toward the fixed magnet.

TTFN
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