This citation summarizes a one-page announcement of technology available for utilization. A proposed single-axis acoustic resonance system incorporates concave drivers and reflectors to increase the levitation force up to a factor of 6 as compared to conventional flat-shaped elements. A ring element inserted between the concave surfaces controls the standing-wave pressure pattern, particularly critical in levitating liquids. In the new arrangement a cylindrical aluminum reflecctor and a driver have spherically-machined concave surfaces facing each other and separated by a distance equal to the smaller raduis of curvature of one of the elements. ...FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Contact: The Patnet Counsel, Marshall Space Flight Center, Alabama. Refer to MFS-25050.


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    Title :

    Improved Acoustic Levitation Apparatus: Concave surfaces enhance and shape acoustic forces to lift heavier objects


    Publication date :

    1981


    Size :

    1 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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