Rectification of the lateral Casimir force in a vibrating noncontact rack and pinion.

The nonlinear dynamics of a cylindrical pinion that is kept at a distance from a vibrating rack is studied, and it is shown that the lateral Casimir force between the two corrugated surfaces can be rectified. The effects of friction and external load are taken into account, and it is shown that the...

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Asıl Yazarlar: Ashourvan, A, Miri, M, Golestanian, R
Materyal Türü: Journal article
Dil:English
Baskı/Yayın Bilgisi: 2007
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Miri, M
Golestanian, R
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description The nonlinear dynamics of a cylindrical pinion that is kept at a distance from a vibrating rack is studied, and it is shown that the lateral Casimir force between the two corrugated surfaces can be rectified. The effects of friction and external load are taken into account, and it is shown that the pinion can do work against loads of up to a critical value, which is set by the amplitude of the lateral Casimir force. We present a phase diagram for the rectified motion that could help its experimental investigations, as the system exhibits a chaotic behavior in a large part of the parameter space.
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spelling oxford-uuid:0749ce8c-a8b4-4c88-89fa-176d1a5447b62022-03-26T09:06:46ZRectification of the lateral Casimir force in a vibrating noncontact rack and pinion.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:0749ce8c-a8b4-4c88-89fa-176d1a5447b6EnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2007Ashourvan, AMiri, MGolestanian, RThe nonlinear dynamics of a cylindrical pinion that is kept at a distance from a vibrating rack is studied, and it is shown that the lateral Casimir force between the two corrugated surfaces can be rectified. The effects of friction and external load are taken into account, and it is shown that the pinion can do work against loads of up to a critical value, which is set by the amplitude of the lateral Casimir force. We present a phase diagram for the rectified motion that could help its experimental investigations, as the system exhibits a chaotic behavior in a large part of the parameter space.
spellingShingle Ashourvan, A
Miri, M
Golestanian, R
Rectification of the lateral Casimir force in a vibrating noncontact rack and pinion.
title Rectification of the lateral Casimir force in a vibrating noncontact rack and pinion.
title_full Rectification of the lateral Casimir force in a vibrating noncontact rack and pinion.
title_fullStr Rectification of the lateral Casimir force in a vibrating noncontact rack and pinion.
title_full_unstemmed Rectification of the lateral Casimir force in a vibrating noncontact rack and pinion.
title_short Rectification of the lateral Casimir force in a vibrating noncontact rack and pinion.
title_sort rectification of the lateral casimir force in a vibrating noncontact rack and pinion
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