from visual import * print """ Ruth Chabay Spring 2001/F 2004 Magnetic field of a current-carrying loop. Step-by-step; shows dB for each segment. Click to advance. First location: click for each segment. After this: click for each obs. location. """ scene.width = 1024 scene.height=768 scene.x = scene.y = 0 scene.background = color.white def axes(a=10, autoscale=0): axes=curve(pos=[(-a,0,0),(a,0,0),(0,0,0),(0,-a,0),(0,a,0),(0,0,0), (0,0,-a),(0,0,a)], color=color.black) ## scene.autoscale = autoscale ## xlabel=label(pos=(a,0,0), xoffset=10, text="x", box=0, ## opacity=0,color=color.black) ## ylabel=label(pos=(0,a,0), yoffset=10, text="y", box=0, ## opacity=0,color=color.black) ## zlabel=label(pos=(0,0,a), xoffset=10, text="z", box=0, ## opacity=0,color=color.black) axes(0.1) I = 1.0 kmag = 1e-7 bscale = 2e5 R = 0.02 ##0.03 loop = ring(pos=(0,0,0), axis=(1,0,0), radius=R, thickness=0.002) locations = [] locations2 = [] obs1 = [] obs2 = [] dtheta = pi/6. phi = pi/4. Ro = 5*R for theta in arange(0, pi+dtheta, dtheta): x = Ro*cos(theta) y = Ro*sin(theta) z = 0 aa = (x,y,z) if aa not in locations: locations.append(aa) aa = (x,-y,z) if aa not in locations and theta != pi: locations.append(aa) ## aa = (x,z,y) ## if aa not in locations: ## locations.append(aa) ## aa = (x,z,-y) ## if aa not in locations: ## locations.append(aa) ## a = vector(x,y,z) ## b = rotate(a,angle=phi, axis=(1,0,0)) ## locations2.append((b.x, b.y, b.z)) ## locations2.append((b.x,-b.y, -b.z)) ## c = rotate(a, angle=3*phi, axis=(1,0,0)) ## locations2.append((c.x,c.y,c.z)) ## locations2.append((c.x,-c.y, -c.z)) ## for point in locations: obs1.append(arrow(pos=point, axis=(0,0,0), color=color.cyan, shaftwidth=0.004)) for point in locations2: obs2.append(arrow(pos=point, axis=(0,0,0), color=color.cyan, shaftwidth=0.004)) dtheta = pi/10. dlarrow = arrow(pos=(0,0,0), axis=(0,0,0), color=color.magenta, shaftwidth=0.01) rarrow = arrow(pos=(0,0,0), axis=(0,0,0), color=color.red, shaftwidth=0.002,fixedwidth=1) dbarrow=arrow(pos=(0,0,0), axis=(0,0,0), color=color.cyan, shaftwidth=0.002,fixedwidth=1) a = sphere(pos=(obs1[0].pos), radius=.0001) ##scene.autoscale = 0 ##for barrow in obs1+obs2: count = 0 ratevar = 10 for barrow in obs1: dBlist =[] barrow.visible=0 B = vector(0,0,0) count1=0 for theta in arange(0,2*pi,dtheta): rate(ratevar) a = vector(0,R*cos(theta), R*sin(theta)) b = vector(0,R*cos(theta+dtheta), R*sin(theta+dtheta)) dl = b-a dlarrow.pos=a*1.2 dlarrow.axis=dl r = barrow.pos - dlarrow.pos rarrow.pos=dlarrow.pos rarrow.axis=r ## if count1 < 1: scene.mouse.getclick() count1 = 1 ## dB = kmag*I*cross(dl,norm(r))/mag(r)**2 dBarrow = arrow(pos=barrow.pos, axis=dB*bscale, shaftwidth=0.001, fixedwidth=1, color=color.cyan) dBlist.append(dBarrow) B = B+dB barrow.axis = B*bscale if count > 0: scene.autoscale = 0 if count < 1: scene.mouse.getclick() count = count + 1 if count > 3: ratevar = 30 scene.mouse.getclick() for bb in dBlist: bb.visible=0 dBlist=[] barrow.visible=1 scene.mouse.getclick() dlarrow.visible = 0 rarrow.visible = 0 ## print mag(barrow.axis) ##while 1: ## scene.mouse.getclick() ## for barrow in obs2: ## barrow.visible = not(barrow.visible)