The annular momentum control device (AMCD) a thin hoop-like wheel with neither shaft nor spokes is described. The wheel floats in a magnetic field and can be rotated by a segmented motor. Potential advantages of such a wheel are low weight, configuration flexibility, a wheel that stiffens with increased speed, vibration isolation, and increased reliability. The analysis, design, fabrication, and testing is described of the laboratory model of the AMCD. (Author)


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    Title :

    Annular Momentum Control Device (AMCD). Volume 1: Laboratory Model Development


    Publication date :

    1975


    Size :

    108 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English