Dark Matter Motor: Get Professional Impressions Here

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The discussion centers around a request for impressions on a dark matter motor concept, which is dismissed as another iteration of a perpetual motion machine that has historically failed. Participants highlight that the design is common and lacks scientific validity, emphasizing that the magnetic field produced by a circular ring of magnets is effectively zero within its plane. There is a debate about the dimensionality of motors, with one participant asserting that motors are two-dimensional devices, while another points out the complexities of three-dimensional space. Overall, the consensus is that the concept lacks merit and is not grounded in credible physics. The conversation concludes with an acknowledgment of the insights gained from the discussion.
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Hi, I have an issue that I can not answer as I do not understand the subject matter. Would you be so kind and review [crackpot link deleted] and provide me your impressions.
 
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dkestner said:
Hi, I have an issue that I can not answer as I do not understand the subject matter. Would you be so kind and review [crackpot link deleted] and provide me your impressions.
It is just another one of the thousands of crackpot perpetual motion machines designed and failed throughout history. This particular one is a very common design. Rest assured, there is nothing to it.

You can read more about it here: http://www.lhup.edu/~dsimanek/museum/unwork.htm#cheng
 
First, let's look at the field produced by a circular ring of magnet poles of the same polarity lying in a plane. Due to symmetry and the vector nature of force, their combined field at the center of the circle is zero. But what of their combined field elsewhere in the plane? The surprising result is that the combined field is very nearly zero anywhere in the plane, within the circle. [1] In fact, if the ring were a continuous distribution of poles, the field would be exactly zero anywhere within the circle and in the plane of the circle. That continuous distribution is a useful model for further analysis.

Wrong answer from lhup.edu. We live in a three dimensional space, not two.
 
Not sure what you mean or where they suggested that. But motors are two dimensional devices.
 
Thank you all for your review. You have made me a better person.
 
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russ_watters said:
...But motors are two dimensional devices.

Interesting. I must admit that I was not aware of that.
Could you give a reference?
 
russ_watters said:
But motors are two dimensional devices.

Only when you draw them
 
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