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Applications and Research Topics for Active Magnetic Bearings

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More than 30 years of research and application experience have lead to active magnetic bearings (AMB), which allow unique applications for rotating machinery with excellent performance. The paper will briefly discuss the state of art by giving historic examples and actual industrial applications. The main part is devoted to recent research topics, as a challenge to young researchers in rotor dynamics, mechatronics design and control. As an outlook, novel applications for nuclear and underwater environment, and for a superconductive bearing are addressed.

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    Gerhard Schweitzer

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    K. Gupta

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Schweitzer, G. (2011). Applications and Research Topics for Active Magnetic Bearings. In: Gupta, K. (eds) IUTAM Symposium on Emerging Trends in Rotor Dynamics. IUTAM Bookseries, vol 1011. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0020-8_23

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