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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Electrostatic Levitation"”.
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Thermophysical and Structural Measurements of Liquid Metallic Alloys Using Electrostatic Levitation
… and high melting temperatures of these liquids. Levitation methods provide a solution this problem by isolating liquid alloys from their environments. Here, the techniques of data acquisition and analysis for thermophysical property measurements under electrostatic levitation are presented, with …
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Studies of Structural and Chemical Ordering in Metallic Liquids and Glasses Using Electrostatic Levitation
… states are made possible through the use of the electrostatic levitation (ESL) technique. Presented here are the results of <italic>in situ</italic> high-energy X-ray scattering studies of metallic liquids and glasses utilizing the Washington University Beamline Electrostatic Levitation (WU-BESL) …
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Development of a micromachined electrostatically suspended gyroscope
In this thesis, a new approach based on an electrostatically suspended gyroscope (ESG) was explored in order to improve the performance of micromachined gyroscopes. Typically, a conventional micromachined gyroscope consists of a vibrating mass suspended on elastic beams that are anchored to a …
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Phase Formation, Liquid Structure, and Physical Properties of Amorphous- and Quasicrystal-forming Alloys
… alloys will be presented and analyzed. Beamline electrostatic levitation: BESL), a method for determining supercooled liquid structure and phase formation insitu, was used. Using BESL, the development of structural and chemical inhomogeneity was observed in supercooled liquid Cu46Zr54: a BMG when …
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Thermophysical and Thermochemical Property Measurement and Prediction of Liquid Metal Titanium Alloys with Applications in Additive Manufacturing
… important in the material design process. Vacuum electrostatic levitation (ESL) is an important technique through which both thermophysical and thermochemical property measurements can be accomplished without physical contact with the liquid. We performed ESL measurements on molten Ti-based …
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Electrostatically Levitated Object Handoff to Minimize Wear and Particle Generation
… have developed the concept of object handoff by electrostatic levitation, establishing a small upward bow shape to make first contact at the object center and then flattening outward. Our research solution converts the transfer problem from a three-body contact (handoff stage, object, and pickup …