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In the diagram, I am focusing on the area in the green circle.
So this is basically 2 Faraday disk with the magnets opposing and concealed in a copper cylinder. Now if we spin the cylinder a current is generated such as the current following the red arrows.
My Confusion: As the current passes between the magnets, a torque is also produced. The force should be in the same direction as the torque that created the current. Seeing as how most of the lines of flux coming from the north face of the magnets are parallel to the cylinder walls and perpendicular to the disks; shouldn't there be a current generated and a torque. How is energy conserved?
So this is basically 2 Faraday disk with the magnets opposing and concealed in a copper cylinder. Now if we spin the cylinder a current is generated such as the current following the red arrows.
My Confusion: As the current passes between the magnets, a torque is also produced. The force should be in the same direction as the torque that created the current. Seeing as how most of the lines of flux coming from the north face of the magnets are parallel to the cylinder walls and perpendicular to the disks; shouldn't there be a current generated and a torque. How is energy conserved?