Control and design of a single degree-of-freedom magnetic levitation demonstration
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Author(s)
Baranowski, Robert (Robert J.)
Advisor(s)
David L. Trumper.
Date Issued
2006
Publisher
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Abstract
Controlling and stabilizing magnetic suspension systems is a difficult design task because several non-linearities and noise in both magnet physics and sensor performance can cause instability. This thesis investigates methods of building and controlling a stable, single degree-of-freedom magnetic suspension system that will be robust to changes in ambient conditions. Synchronous detection is a technique that is successfully implemented in this hardware to create an optical position sensor that rejects a wide range of environmental light disturbances. Inspiration from two magnetic levitation demonstration setups at MIT yields a new operating, stable levitator with improved robustness.
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Thesis (S.B.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 2006.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 33).
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Mechanical Engineering.
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering
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