| dc.contributor.advisor | David L. Trumper. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | Baranowski, Robert (Robert J.) | en_US |
| dc.contributor.other | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Mechanical Engineering. | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2007-02-21T13:23:43Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2007-02-21T13:23:43Z | |
| dc.date.copyright | 2006 | en_US |
| dc.date.issued | 2006 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/36296 | |
| dc.description | Thesis (S.B.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 2006. | en_US |
| dc.description | Includes bibliographical references (p. 33). | en_US |
| dc.description.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. | en_US |
| dc.description.statementofresponsibility | by Robert Baranowski. | en_US |
| dc.format.extent | 33 p. | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | en_US |
| dc.rights | M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. | en_US |
| dc.rights.uri | http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 | |
| dc.subject | Mechanical Engineering. | en_US |
| dc.title | Control and design of a single degree-of-freedom magnetic levitation demonstration | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
| dc.description.degree | S.B. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.department | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering | |
| dc.identifier.oclc | 77729488 | en_US |
