A one-component, magnetic support-and-balance system.

Sivier, Kenneth R.

doi:10.2514/3.44077

“…The importance of the method can be seen by the fact that all major aerodynamic research centres in the world have resorted to it at one time or another. Although this application appears to have originated in France (Tournier andLaurenceau 1957, ONERA 1960) it was soon taken up by others; in the U K at the University of Southampton (Judd and Goodyear 1965) and the RAE (Wilson and Luff 1966) ; in the US at MIT-ARL (Chrisinger et a1 1963), AEDC (Crain 1965), University of Virginia (Jenkins and Parker 1969), Princeton University (Dukes and Zapata 1969), University of Michigan (Silver and Henderson 1969) and NASA (Kilgore and Hamlet 1966).…”

Section: Suspension Using Controlled DC Electromagnetsmentioning

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Electromagnetic suspension and levitation

Jayawant

¹

1981

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The phenomenon of levitation has attracted attention from philosophers and scientists in the past. The recent advances, notably in power electronics and magnetic materials, have focused this attention within the last decade on the application of electromagnetic suspension and levitation techniques to advanced ground transportation. Regardless of the fact that there is, in effect, a separate technology involved for each electromagnetic method, the whole subject is given a blanket title of 'maglev'. There is also a very wide range of industrial applications to which magnetic suspension techniques could be profitably applied, particularly in the area of high-speed bearings to reduce noise and to eliminate friction, and yet only high-speed ground transportation has caught the imagination of the media. This review deals with the physics and engineering aspects of the four principal contenders for advanced ground transportation systems and describes the most up-to-date developments in Germany, Japan, USA and the UK in this field. This article also describes some of the very recent challenging developments in the application of electromagnetic suspension and levitation techniques to contactless bearings. A fairly comprehensive bibliography is given to enable the more interested reader to pursue the topic further in any one of the technologies dealt with in this review.

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Magnetic balance and suspension systems for use with wind tunnels

Covert

¹

,

Finston

²

,

Vlajinac³

et al. 1973

Progress in Aerospace Sciences

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Electromagnetic suspension and levitation

Jayawant

¹

1982

IEE Proc. A Phys. Sci. Meas. Instrum. Manage. Educ. Rev. UK

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The phenomenon of levitation has attracted attention from philosophers and scientists in the past. The recent advances, notably in power electronics and magnetic materials, have focused this attention within the last decade on the application of electromagnetic suspension and levitation techniques to advanced ground transportation. Regardless of the fact that there is, in effect, a separate technology involved for each electromagnetic method, the whole subject is given a blanket title of 'maglev'. There is also a very wide range of industrial applications to which magnetic suspension techniques could be profitably applied, particularly in the area of high-speed bearings to reduce noise and to eliminate friction, and yet only high-speed ground transportation has caught the imagination of the media. This review deals with the physics and engineering aspects of the four principal contenders for advanced ground transportation systems and describes the most up-to-date developments in Germany, Japan, USA and the UK in this field. This article also describes some of the very recent challenging developments in the application of electromagnetic suspension and levitation techniques to contactless bearings. A fairly comprehensive bibliography is given to enable the more interested reader to pursue the topic further in any one of the technologies dealt with in this review.

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A one-component, magnetic support-and-balance system.

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Electromagnetic suspension and levitation

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Magnetic balance and suspension systems for use with wind tunnels

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