This paper presents an investigation on the undesirable vibration of an oblique-stud stator frame in a large hydropower generator by means of experimental and finite element (FE) analysis. First, field experimental tests were performed, and the results indicate that the main vibration component comes from electromagnetic factors. Then, a 2D-magnetic and 3D-mechanical FE model was developed to i...

Direct numerical simulations were performed to investigate the physics of a spatially-developing turbulent boundary layer flow subjected to spanwise oscillating electromagnetic force. The electromagnetic force beneath the flat plate was locally given with a finite length. A fully implicit fractional step method was employed to simulate the flow. The mean flow properties and the Reynolds stresse...

Scanning probe microscopes are widely used to study surfaces with atomic resolution in many areas of nanoscience. Ultracold atomic gases trapped in electromagnetic potentials can be used to study electromagnetic interactions between the atoms and nearby surfaces in chip-based systems. Here we demonstrate a new type of scanning probe microscope that combines these two areas of research by using ...

The vacuum expectation values of the field squared and the energy-momentum tensor are investigated for a scalar field with Dirichlet boundary conditions and for the electromagnetic field inside a wedge with a coaxial cylindrical boundary. In the case of the electromagnetic field perfectly conducting boundary conditions are assumed on the bounding surfaces. By using the Abel-Plana-type formula f...

Although there is good experimental evidence for the Aharonov Bohm phase shift occurring when a solenoid is placed between the beams forming a double-slit electron interference pattern, there has been very little analysis of the relevant classical electromagnetic forces. These forces between a point charge and a solenoid involve subtle relativistic effects of order v c analogous to those discus...

Several methods to recycle the top-cut scrap generated during directional solidification of solar silicon are currently being researched. One of these is particle removal by gravity sedimentation. However, natural settling of inclusions by gravitational forces is a slow process and not attractive to industry. This study investigated the sedimentation of micrometer size inclusions (≤ 10 μm) from...