Magnetic levitation stabilized by streaming fluid flows
We demonstrate that the ubiquitous laboratory magnetic stirrer provides a simple passive method of magnetic levitation, in which the so-called ‘flea’ levitates indefinitely. We study the onset of levitation and quantify the flea’s motion (a combination of vertical oscillation, spinning and “waggling...
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American Physical Society
2018
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| Online Access: | https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/52551/ |