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Abstract

Taking into account the radiation characteristics of rotating permanent magnet antennas, the influence of the spatial distribution of molecular magnetic moments on the radiation characteristics was verified by performing theoretical calculations and simulations. First, the magnetic field distribution of arbitrarily shaped permanent magnets was derived based on the Biot-Savart Law, and the concentration degree of the molecular magnetic moments to the connection of the two magnetic poles and the comprehensive performance evaluation index were defined. The theoretical model to analyze the performance of permanent magnets was also established as above. Second, by controlling volume and rotational inertia to be the same, three types of permanent magnets were calculated. Finally, the optimization design process was proposed. Three preferable solutions were systematically compared and analyzed taking radially magnetized cylindrical permanent magnets as an example. Our work provides valuable insights into the design of mechanical antenna radiation sources.

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Dr. Tiantian Li

Dr. Bin Li

Prof. Jin Meng