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Properties of a Constricted-Tube Air-Flow Levitator

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

J. E. Rush ,
W. K. Stephens  and
E. C. Ethridge
J. E. Rush
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, Alabama, USA
W. K. Stephens
Affiliation:
Space Sciences Lab, Marshall Space Flight Center, Alabama, USA
E. C. Ethridge
Affiliation:
Space Sciences Lab, Marshall Space Flight Center, Alabama, USA
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Abstract

A constricted-tube gas flow levitator first developed by Berge, Oran, and Theiss shows promise both as a spacepositioning device and as a levitator for ground-based work. We present results of laboratory studies which were designed to predict the behavior of the device in a low-g environment.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 9 , 1981 , 131
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 1982

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