Permanent magnet variable flux sources are produced by rotating two nested N-segment, permanent magnet, Halbach cylinders. Torque is primarily an end effect, determined by field non-uniformities due to the fmite length and' segmented structure of the cylinders. Due to symmetry, one cylinder experiences zero torque In a uniform applied field. Experiment and numerical simulation reveal that the t...

The axisymmetric linear stability of the Taylor-Couette flow with an azimuthal magnetic field is considered. It is shown that a flow with the combination of a linearly unstable rotation and a linearly unstable azimuthal magnetic field can be linearly stable. The flow stabilization takes place for both ideal and dissipative flows. For dissipative flow the stabilization exists only for a combinat...