Spin-up instability of electromagnetically levitated spherical bodies

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 36, Issue 1 PART 2, 2000, Pages 349-353

  Gerbeth, Gunter ^a   Friede, J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ION BEAM PHYSICS AND MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electromagnetic forces; Magnetic l vitation; Stability

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD THEORY; INDUCTION MOTORS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; MAGNETIC LEVITATION; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; SYSTEM STABILITY; TORQUE;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FORCE; NONLINEAR STABILITY ANALYSIS; SPHERICAL BODIES; SPIN UP INSTABILITY;

MAGNETIC FIELDS;

EID: 0033886630     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.822545     Document Type: Article

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