Systematical experimental data on density, molar volume and the surface tension, measured in electromagnetic levitation, has been summarized for liquid Ti-V system. The optical dilatometry method as well oscillating drop technique have employed to investigate temperature- compositional dependence. A linear decrease density tension with increasing temperature observed all investigated compositio...

Since a power supply substation of the magnetic levitation train system includes an inverter which is necessary to change the frequency of power, it has a different characteristic comparing to any other railway system. Nowadays, a study is undergoing to determine rating of facilities constituting a power supply system and modeling that system. This paper proposes an analysis model for the power...

Research on Maglev (Magnetic Levitation) train is currently being conducted in Korea, concerning Urban Transit (110 km/h of maximum speed), semi-high-speed (200 km/h of maximum speed), and high-speed (550 km/h of maximum speed) trains. This paper presents a research study on the levitation and guidance systems for the Korean semi-high-speed maglev train. A levitation electromagnet was designed,...

Magnetic levitation conveyor systems have many advantages compared with the general conveyor systems. Because of the non-contact structure, magnetic levitation systems offer frictionless, low noise, and the ability to operate in highly clean environment. In this environment, materials are sensitive to change location. When materials move to the desired position, the controller is required to be...

A micromachined electrostatically suspended six-axis accelerometer, with a square plate as proof mass housed by a top stator and bottom stator, is presented. The device structure and related techniques concerning its operating principles, such as calculation of capacitances and electrostatic forces/moments, detection and levitation control of the proof mass, acceleration measurement, and struct...

Abstract The density of the liquid Ti–V system was systematically measured using optical dilatometry method in electromagnetic levitation. Possible error sources have been discussed and minimized. A linear temperature dependency with negative slope found for all investigated alloys. Pure vanadium shows highest $${\rho }_{V}\left(T\right)=5.55\pm 0.03{\mathrm{gcm}}^{-3}-6.01\pm 0.52 {10}^{-4}{\m...

The Ni83.25Zr16.75 peritectic alloy was undercooled by electromagnetic levitation method up to 198 K. The measured dendritic growth velocity shows a steep acceleration at a critical undercooling of ΔTcrit = 124 K, which provides an evidence of the transition of the primary growth mode from Ni7Zr2 phase to peritectic phase Ni5Zr. This is ascertained by combining the temperature-time profile and ...

In rapid alloy solidification the dendrite-growth velocity depends sensitively on the deviations from local interfacial equilibrium manifested by kinetic effects such as solute trapping. The dendrite tip velocityundercooling function was measured in dilute Ni~Zr! over the range 1–25 m/s and 50–255 K using electromagnetic levitation techniques and compared to theoretical predictions of the model...

A concept is developed and described which allows to measure the heat capacity and the effective thermal conductivity of stable and undercooled liquid metals and alloys in an electromagnetic levitation apparatus. We propose to use an ac pulse heating method which is used nowadays as a standard technique for precision measurement of low temperature heat capacities. The ideal process parameters i...