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July 8, 2021

Zak and Derek discuss acoustic levitaiton with Dr. David Jackson, Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Dickinson College.


Their published paper at AAJP (requires subscription), "Acoustic levitation and the acoustic radiation force":

https://aapt.scitation.org/doi/10.1119/10.0002764


You can contact Dr. Jackson to request a copy:

https://www.dickinson.edu/site/custom_scripts/dc_faculty_profile_index.php?fac=jacksond


Ming-Hua Chang's senior thesis, "Using Schlieren Optics to Visualize Ultrasonic Standing Waves In Acoustic Levitation":

https://scholar.dickinson.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1391&context=student_honors


Dr. Daniel A Russell's Acoustics and Vibration Animations:

https://www.acs.psu.edu/drussell/demos.html


Selected gifs of wave motion:

https://www.acs.psu.edu/drussell/Demos/waves/wavemotion.html

https://www.acs.psu.edu/drussell/Demos/Reflect-Particles/Reflect-Particles.html

https://www.acs.psu.edu/drussell/Demos/phase-p-u-sine/phase-p-u-sine.html

https://www.acs.psu.edu/drussell/Demos/SWR/SWR.html


Physics Girl video building an acoustic levitator on Youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABjRnSYw-4k


Acoustic levitation on Wikipedia:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acoustic_levitation

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