Code to compute the magnetic field of Helmholtz and Maxwell coils using the finite-wire approach. The notebook uses a hybrid methodology to evaluated the magnitude of the magnetic field of different arragements. It uses an iterative method based on the analytical solution of the traditional exercise of finding the magnetic field created by a current carrying wire.
This Jupyter notebook reproduce all figures of the paper "Exploring the magnetic field of Helmholtz and Maxwell coils: a computer-based approach exploiting the superposition principle" by García-Farieta & Hurtado (2020) published in Revista Brasileira De Ensino De Física - RBEF. If you find this code useful in your research, please cite:
@article{jegarfa2020MagneticRBEF,
title={Exploring the magnetic field of Helmholtz and Maxwell coils: a computer-based approach exploiting the superposition principle},
author={Garc{\'\i}a-Farieta, Jorge Enrique and M{\'a}rquez, Alejandro Hurtado},
journal={Revista Brasileira de Ensino de F{\'\i}sica},
volume={42},
year={2020},
doi={10.1590/1806-9126-RBEF-2020-0282},
publisher={SciELO Brasil}
}
Please free fell to use, re-use, modify and distribute this code for your own purposes under the MIT Licence. Remember to cite "Exploring the magnetic field of Helmholtz and Maxwell coils: a computer-based approach exploiting the superposition principle" by García-Farieta & Hurtado (2020) - Revista Brasileira De Ensino De Física - RBEF.