A Noncontact Ultrasonic Motor with the Rotor Levitated by Axial Acoustic Viscous Force

Electronics and Communications in Japan, Part III: Fundamental Electronic Science (English translation of Denshi Tsushin Gakkai Ronbunshi)

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 56-63

  Hu, Junhui ^a   Nakamura, Kentaro ^a   Ueha, Sadayuki ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acoustic levitation; Acoustic radiation pressure; Acoustic viscous force; Ultrasonic motor; Vibration distribution

Indexed keywords

MACHINE VIBRATIONS; ROTORS (WINDINGS); STATORS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; ULTRASONIC DEVICES;

ACOUSTIC LEVITATION; ACOUSTIC RADIATION PRESSURE; ACOUSTIC VISCOUS FORCES; NONCONTACT ULTRASONIC MOTORS;

ELECTRIC MOTORS;

EID: 0033117266     PISSN: 10420967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6440(199904)82:4<56::AID-ECJC7>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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