Let’s say that I have a 40 ft. strand of rope.In that rope, I place magnets that repel the magnet beneath, and are attracted to the one above. If I placed that rope in a vertical tube of some sort (to keep the rope channeled upward), would—COULD—the magnets serve to cause the rope to “stand up�
If I’m understanding you correctly, you’re proposing 40 feet of rope that contains within it a series of magnets with alternating polarity, is that correct? So your rope is intertwined as follows:
My first thought was yes it would stand because the magnets could not fold to reach the attraction.But then I thought the rope would stand anyway if the slip was strong enough.PS: Are you planning to climb this to the a lass’s room on the second floor in the middle of the night? If so Imma tell mama!BUT since this is only theory it should work, but in reality the weight of the mags would collapse it all, wouldn’t they? ________________Some facts but mostly just my [email protected]/
Link, no, I’m just speaking of a regular rope.Dave, yes, the drawing you provided is pretty much what I intended. That is, if there is attraction UPWARD and repulsion(?) DOWNWARD, and there is a narrow tube that keep the rope focused, what would happen?
How much wiggle room is in the tube?
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Bro Bob, I believe you are 100% correct my good sir.Aaron, you can levitate something with two magnets if the magnetic force is strong enough to overcome the force of gravity pulling down on the second object, and if you’ve balanced it sufficiently to keep it from falling into a state where additional forces pull on it. Here’s a MinutePhysics video about magnetic levitation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqKeiiezqzcYou can’t really float magnets on magnets though, because then you’re dealing with multiplied gravitational force. Here’s a video where someone does float a very, very small magnet above two magnets that are already floating, but you can see how different in size they are: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMtl8-WOPYo
All this is interesting. I once played with a SUPER magnet taken from a giant Search RAdar, they can definitely grab and repel. This was before digital watches but the self winders were there. A fellow airman lost a new watch playing with the magnet.I realize this is off the OP, but I did enjoy the You tube magnet stuff.But I am sure the straw and little round magnets would really stay vertical.Not too sure about a rope… But it is always neat to learn something. Every day should be a school day. Thank y’all. ________________Some facts but mostly just my [email protected]/