Abstract We present results obtained with an original hybrid set-up permitting to increase strongly the levitation force of Superconducting Magnetic Levitating (SML) systems. compare measurements carried out this a conventional one. investigate stability proposed system by measuring lateral (or restoring) force. show how calculate measured and forces from: (i) those in configuration (ii) repuls...

Diamagnetic samples placed in a strong magnetic field and a magnetic field gradient experience a magnetic force. Stable magnetic levitation occurs when the magnetic force exactly counter balances the gravitational force. Under this condition, a diamagnetic sample is in a simulated microgravity environment. The purpose of this study is to explore if MC3T3-E1 osteoblastic cells can be grown in ma...

An electromagnetic levitation controller design considering guideway deflection is presented. Even though to design a maglev controller to make a vehicle steady suspension under guideway deflection is a key technology in maglev vehicle system, the vehicle-guideway interaction effects haven’t well explored and yet settled. Unlike most approaches based on the linear model, a maglev controller is ...

We investigate experimentally liquid (oil) droplets vibrating over a bath of the same liquid and relate the phenomenon to the well-known effect of the stabilization of an inverted pendulum on a vibrating foundation (a “Kapitza pendulum”). Small fast vibrations can be substituted by an effective “levitation” force. We further discuss this effective stabilizing “spring force”. Besides the inverte...