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G. G. Denisov, V. V. Novikov, and A. E. Fedorov, "On the levitation of a charged body in an electrostatic field," Mech. Solids. 42 (6), 842-850 (2007)
Year 2007 Volume 42 Number 6 Pages 842-850
Title On the levitation of a charged body in an electrostatic field
Author(s) G. G. Denisov (Lobachevskii Nizhnii Novgorod State University, pr-t Gagarina 23, Nizhnii Novgorod, 603950, Russia)
V. V. Novikov (Lobachevskii Nizhnii Novgorod State University, pr-t Gagarina 23, Nizhnii Novgorod, 603950, Russia, novikov@mm.unn.ru)
A. E. Fedorov (Lobachevskii Nizhnii Novgorod State University, pr-t Gagarina 23, Nizhnii Novgorod, 603950, Russia, alexander.fedotov@intel.com)
Abstract The possibility of levitation of a body bearing a point electric charge in the electric field of a fixed point charge of the same sign is demonstrated. Stabilization of the unstable equilibrium state of the body in which the body weight is balanced by the Coulomb force is provided by gyro forces due to body rotation. The conservative stability of the levitating body corresponds to a finite range of angular velocities. It is shown that dissipative and circulatory forces considered together can improve the stability of the system to asymptotic stability. The attraction domain of the stable equilibrium position is studied numerically as a function of system parameters.
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Received 20 January 2007
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