Ratchet Device with Broken Friction Symmetry
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2002

An experimental setup (gadget) has been made for demonstration of a ratchet mechanism induced by broken symmetry of a dependence of dry friction on external forcing. This gadget converts longitudinal oscillating or fluctuating motion into a unidirectional rotation, the direction of which is in accordance with given theoretical arguments. Despite the setup being three dimensional, the ratchet rotary motion is proved to be described by one simple dynamic equation. This kind of motion is a result of the interplay of friction and inertia.

Författare

Bengt Nordén

Institutionen för fysikalisk kemi

Y. Zolotaryuk

P. Christiansen

A. Zolotaryuk

Applied Physics Letters

0003-6951 (ISSN) 1077-3118 (eISSN)

Vol. 80 4 2601-2603

Styrkeområden

Nanovetenskap och nanoteknik (SO 2010-2017, EI 2018-)

Energi

Livsvetenskaper och teknik (2010-2018)

Materialvetenskap

Ämneskategorier

Fysikalisk kemi

Fundament

Grundläggande vetenskaper

DOI

10.1063/1.1468900

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Skapat

2017-10-06