A mechanical realization of a miniature Lorentz Force System was designed and constructed. The system consists of a series of magnets in an encasing, where a miniature cart runs on two copper rails between the encasing. The dynamic equations of the cart motion were developed. A control scheme was derived to achieve either maximum velocity or predefined position of the cart. The proportional-derivative (PD) controller was implemented using a MATLAB-based design tool along with a real-time data acquisition card.

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Creator

• Ross, Erik K.
• Aery, Alison Lee

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 04D207M

Advisor

• Gatsonis, Nikolaos A.
• Demetriou, Michael A.

Year

• 2004

Sponsor

• NASA Massachusetts Space Grant Consortium

Date created

• 2004-01-01

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Mechanical Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright