Publications related to Laser Doppler Vibrometer measurements of the 3D pressure field for the estimation of the radiation force produced by an acoustic standing-wave levitator

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Acoustic Levitation apparatus (Robotics Practicals)

Mahmut Selman Sakar, Amit Yedidia Dolev, Lorenzo Francesco John Noseda, Bora Yalcin

The following data contain the information and files, which are required to recreate and build the experimental setup that is described in the Laboratory manual. Further details can be found in the associated publication “A graduate laboratory experiment t ...

Zenodo2023

A graduate laboratory experiment to study the dynamics of an acoustically levitated particle

Bora Yalcin, Mahmut Selman Sakar, Amit Yedidia Dolev, Lorenzo Francesco John Noseda

The comprehension of physical wave phenomena is imperative for students in the fields of engineering and basic sciences. Laboratory experiments that involve generation of acoustic waves can be used to explain advanced nonlinear wave phenomena. Acoustic lev ...

2023

Experimental verification of X-point potential well formation in unfavorable magnetic field direction

Basil Duval, Marco Wischmeier, Holger Reimerdes, Christian Gabriel Theiler, Joaquim Loizu Cisquella, Cedric Kar-Wai Tsui, Hugo De Oliveira, Mirko Wensing, Claudia Colandrea, Sophie Danielle Angelica Gorno

Recent TCV experiments confirm the predicted formation of an electric potential well, below the magnetic X-point, in configurations with unfavorable

B_t

field direction (ion

\nabla B

drift away from the divertor), that substantially reshapes the typica ...

Elsevier2020

Development of graphene-based ionizing radiation sensors

Alberto Ciarrocchi, Davide Forti, Giovanni Borghi

We present the first steps to develop radiation sensors based on the graphene field effect transistor technology. Such a sensor exploits the ambipolar behavior of graphene near its Dirac point and it is not dependent on collecting charges, but it senses io ...

ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV2019

Modeling of Total Ionizing Dose Degradation on 180-nm n-MOSFETs Using BSIM3

Nergiz Sahin Solmaz

This paper presents a modeling approach to simulate the impact of total ionizing dose (TID) degradation on low-power analog and mixed-signal circuits. The modeling approach has been performed on 180-nm n-type metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transist ...

IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC2019

Speed and Stability Limits for High-Speed Bearingless Disc Drives

Yves Perriard, Douglas Martins Araujo, Juan Patricio Tomás Peralta Fierro

Increasing material costs and emerging applications have steered research trends towards compacter and therefore faster drives. The arising challenges of miniaturization have made contactless magnetic levitation increasingly attractive, which offer practic ...

IEEE2018

Realization of a Diamagnetically Levitating Rotor Driven by Electrostatic Field

Hannes Bleuler, Qingwen Cui

In this paper, a novel configuration of frictionless diamagnetic levitation combined with electrostatic glass motor is presented. A 12.5 mm diameter disc shaped rotor comprised of pyrolytic graphite and glass is fabricated. The rotor disc is levitated stab ...

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers2017

Stabilization of electrodynamic bearings with active magnetic dampers

Qingwen Cui

Electrodynamic Bearings (EDBs) are a kind of passive magnetic bearings that exploits the interaction between the induced eddy currents in a conductor and a magnetic field to provide re-storing forces. They have been regarded as an appealing alternative to ...

EPFL2016

Experimental study of z resolution in acousto-optical coherence tomography using random phase jumps on ultrasound and light

Salma Farahi

Acousto-optical coherence tomography (AOCT) is a variant of acousto-optic imaging (also called ultrasound modulated optical tomography) that makes possible to get resolution along the ultrasound propagation axis z. We present here AOCT experimental results ...

Optical Soc Amer2013

Diamagnetic thresholds for sawtooth cycling in tokamak plasmas

Federico David Halpern

The cycling dynamics of the internal kink mode, which drives sawtooth oscillations in tokamak plasmas, is studied using the three dimensional, non-linear magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) code XTOR-2F [H. Lütjens and J.-F. Luciani, J. Comput. Phys. 229, 8130 (2010 ...

American Institute of Physics2011

Phase-locked Fourier domain optical coherence tomography

Adrian Bachmann

Fourier or spectral domain optical coherence tomography (FDOCT) is a multi-dimensional interferometric imaging modality that has attracted increasing interest during the last few years. The reason is its outstanding sensitivity allowing high speed 2D and 3 ...

EPFL2007

Position Controlled Diamagnetic Linear Conveyor

Hannes Bleuler, Dominique Chapuis, François Barrot

Magnetic levitation is an interesting concept in applications where friction and wear-particle contamination should be avoided. In this respect, a former study has shown that diamagnetic levitation, in conjunction with an electrodynamic impulse drive, is a ...

2006

Preliminary Investigations on a Diamagnetically Levitated Linear Conveyor

Hannes Bleuler, Roland Moser, Dominique Chapuis, François Barrot, Laurent Sache

Diamagnetic levitation is the only passive levitation at room temperature. It is interesting to use this principle for a contactless conveyor in applications where friction and wear-particle contamination should be avoided such as in a microfactory. Using ...

2006

Polarized Linear Motor Combined With Levitation Actuators Working in a Partial Vacuum Environment — Application to Swissmetro

Marcel Jufer, Pascal Hagmann

Worldwide high speed Maglev (> 400km/h) developments refer to Maglev such as the Japanese JR-Maglev MLX, the German Transrapid and the USA Inductrack Maglev. Other world projects exist such as the Japan HSST (< 300km/h) and the China HTC. The JR-Maglev, th ...

2006