Many modern technological applications are based on magnetic forces, e.g. to move components in electric vehicles or to store data on hard disks. Yet magnetic fields are also used as sensors to detect ...

SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics, Vol. 66, No. 1 (Oct. - Nov., 2005), pp. 174-186 (13 pages) Two different physical problems are considered: the magnetic shaping of a liquid metal column and the ...

Magnetic sensors play a key role in a variety of applications, such as speed and position sensing in the automotive industry or in biomedical applications. Many modern technological applications are ...