Horizontal spin of ratchet motor by vertical agitation.

Scientific Reports
Toshinobu TakahashiAkihisa Shioi

Abstract

The horizontal spin of a ratchet motor by vertical vibration is reported. A macroscopic ratchet gear is placed on a granular bed, where nearly half of the gear is penetrated in the bed. The gear and granular bed are mechanically vibrated. The gear shows a random motion or one-way spin that depend on the diameter of the granules, vibration frequency, and degree of vertical motion allowed for the gear. Even when one-way spin is observed, the spin direction depends on the abovementioned factors. Although the dependency is complicated, it is deterministic because the motion or flows of granular matter determines it. The characteristics observed in the experiments are explained by a simple model that accounts for the statistical variance in the motion of the granular matter. Extraction of systematic motion from small and non-useful motions such as mechanical agitation will be developed into energy harvest technology and may facilitate the science of a spontaneously moving system in a uniform potential field.

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