Northern Virginia Community College awarded 2016 SPS Chapter Research Award
OCT 01, 2016
Northern Virginia Community College awarded 2016 SPS Chapter Research Award
Zone and Chapter: Northern Virginia Community College
Project
Project Name: Physics of Propulsion and Levitation of a Self-Driven Electromagnetic Wheel
Project Leaders: Nathan Gaul, Hannah Lane
Chapter Advisors: Walerian Majewski
Project Description: We constructed an electrodynamic wheel with Nd magnets of 1 T strength attached to its rim. The rotation of this magnetic multipole near a conducting plate creates both levitation and propulsion forces. We need to upgrade this experiment by doubling the number of magnets to achieve full levitation.
Project Media:
Project Proposal (.pdf, 537 kb)