A Numerical Simulation and an Experimental Study on the Steady-State Levitation Characteristics of a Magnetic Ball Driven by External Electromagnets in a Fluid Tube: Applications to Micromachines in Human Blood Vessels

CUI, Zhanxiang ;LU, Yonghua ;ZHU, Yun ;WANG, Zezheng ;WANG, Ziyuan .
A Numerical Simulation and an Experimental Study  on the Steady-State Levitation Characteristics  of a Magnetic Ball Driven by External Electromagnets  in a Fluid Tube: Applications to Micromachines  in Human Blood Vessels. 
Strojniški vestnik - Journal of Mechanical Engineering, [S.l.], v. 71, n.3-4, p. 103-113, december 2024. 
ISSN 0039-2480.
Available at: <https://www.sv-jme.eu/sl/article/numerical-simulation-and-experimental-study-on-the-steady-state-levitation-characteristics-of-magnetic-ball-driven-by-external-magnets-in-arterial-blood-vessels/>. Date accessed: 29 may. 2025. 
doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.5545/sv-jme.2024.1080.

Cui, Z., Lu, Y., Zhu, Y., Wang, Z., & Wang, Z.
(2025).
A Numerical Simulation and an Experimental Study  on the Steady-State Levitation Characteristics  of a Magnetic Ball Driven by External Electromagnets  in a Fluid Tube: Applications to Micromachines  in Human Blood Vessels.
Strojniški vestnik - Journal of Mechanical Engineering, 71(3-4), 103-113.
doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.5545/sv-jme.2024.1080

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Cui, Z.,Lu, Y.,Zhu, Y.,Wang, Z.,Wang, Z.
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Cui, Zhanxiang, Yonghua  Lu, Yun  Zhu, Zezheng  Wang, & Ziyuan  Wang.
"A Numerical Simulation and an Experimental Study  on the Steady-State Levitation Characteristics  of a Magnetic Ball Driven by External Electromagnets  in a Fluid Tube: Applications to Micromachines  in Human Blood Vessels." Strojniški vestnik - Journal of Mechanical Engineering [Online], 71.3-4 (2025): 103-113. Web.  29 May. 2025

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Cui, Zhanxiang, Lu, Yonghua, Zhu, Yun, Wang, Zezheng, AND Wang, Ziyuan.
"A Numerical Simulation and an Experimental Study  on the Steady-State Levitation Characteristics  of a Magnetic Ball Driven by External Electromagnets  in a Fluid Tube: Applications to Micromachines  in Human Blood Vessels" Strojniški vestnik - Journal of Mechanical Engineering [Online], Volume 71 Number 3-4 (12 December 2024)