Using levitating vehicles for transportation

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This article is a return to the topic of levitation for short-distance transportation. Since levitation is vibrational mass accumulation, is vibration levitation? No. There are several definitions to levitation: illusion, paranormal, levitation of saints, and physics. In physics, vibrational mass accumulation is from the heat of gases, sound waves, and magnetic reactions.

Are the spiritual dimension and levitation of saints, and paranormal; a neural manifestation of physics? Anything paranormal, of a spiritual nature, or dimensional conception, are instantly affiliated with pseudoscience. The anomalous evidences are often perceived as misinterpretations, misunderstandings, or abnormal variations of natural phenomena, beyond the scope of normal scientific understanding or explanation. Common examples include extrasensory perception (ESP), telekinesis, ghosts, poltergeists, reincarnation, and UFOs. 

There is so little known about levitation, much of its field of understanding and study is held in the realm of fringe science. This is unaccountable scientific phenomena, similar in definition to a UFO. The literal definition of an Unidentified Flying Object is merely a flying apparatus that has no government class of identification; no registered FAA license number. Fringe science is the field of science that receives no authorized government funding, and is classified as pseudoscience. There are no political lobby groups representing the science practices that operate outside the prescribed institutional norms. This short diatribe is only to state that money for expanding nontraditional approaches to traditional scientific perspectives, are kept far from public view.

Commercial use for Levitation

How much research is being pursued for levitation in transportation? There is very little know research that investigates levitation as a viable method for transportation, other than magnetic levitation (maglev) train technology.

One of the few studies of levitation for transportation, specifically without maglev is this abstract from Mu, G., Zhao, J., Dong, H (2021). Smart Materials and Structures, a structural parameter study of dual transducers-type ultrasonic levitation-based transportation system. 

Having a continuous mode of transportation, in the manufacturing and pharmaceutical industries, is desirable and this facilitated by the usage of dual transducer-type ultrasonic levitation-based transportation systems. It is well known that the structural and electrical parameters determine what can be transported continuously, but the relationships between these important parameters are still not clear. In this study, the vibrating plate length and the phase shift between the two transducers were investigated as both of these are key parameters for the transportation system, and affect the standing wave ratios (SWRs), the acoustic radiation forces, and consequently the way the transportation system operates. Through numerical analysis and experimental verification, it can be seen that when the sum or difference of the spatial phase difference (determined by the vibrating plate length) and the phase shift is equal to 180°×(1+2n) (where n is an integer), except for the spatial phase difference of 180°·m (where m is also an integer) and the SWRs approaches unity, all this implying that traveling waves (TWs) are dominantly excited on the vibrating plate. As a consequence, the TW-induced acoustic radiation force, which greatly exceeds the standing wave-induced force, causes the continuous transportation of the particle being moved in the sound field. This paper not only clarifies the requirements for generating this continuous transportation, but also provides valuable information on the practical design of such a transportation system.

The goal of this and three dozen other research projects is short height levitation for transferring goods on conveyer belts for manufacturing.

A paper on measuring the distance of how far a measured load can levitate. Or, ‘Nonlinear coupling between radial and axial vibrations during single-axis acoustic levitation in mid-air.’ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0020740323000619

Another experiment using levitation is with an ultrasonic motor using the inverse piezoelectric effect of piezoelectric actuator and converting the energy of the voltage into mechanical energy in the form of ultrasonic vibration is driven by propulsion generated by flexural propagating waves. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0141635924002149

Experimenting with sound fields for levitation: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9593674

Levitation innovation

The expansive website, LevitationTrransportTechnologies, is an assembly of technological concepts delving deep along the edge of fringe scientific discovery in levitating transportation. This is a truly brilliant compilation of ideas that include contemporary AI designs. The website is an example of new perspectives which will advance transportation to brand-new modes for transportation’s future.

Another of innovative performance in leading today’s technology is with InvoStation. This company is building a wingless flying electric vertical take-off and landing vehicle (eVTOL). Its remarkable design removes external wings and spinning blades. With its structural design and intense operational computerization, this raises current safety and flight technology to the advanced level of contemporary transportation.

Levitation for transportation

Relating levitation to transportation, Wikipedia hosts an article about Ion-propelled aircraft, which is different than levitation but, close enough for this writing. The article mentions T. Townsend Brown and the Biefeld-Brown Effect. Brown’s work with electrogravitics is foundational to the ability of manipulating gravity and levitation.

The Wikipedia article of Ionic air propulsion describes the technique of creating a flow of air through electric differentials, without any moving parts; also referred to as a "solid-state" drive. This technology is based on the principle of electrohydrodynamics.

There are currently 40 CATTCC articles regarding new methodologies for short distance transportation.

Simplicity is the author of nature. The simplest of transportation designs is the levitating platform of Viktor Grebennikov. His device was based on the Cavity Structures Effect. That article’s conclusion:  The pursuit of Viktor Grebennikov’s work has a specific purpose. Its purpose is to create a levitating environment to enact a situation for atomic vibration. This vibration involves an interaction with Earth’s atmosphere or magnetosphere. The research thus far has clearly indicated this is not an aerodynamic principle; its lift is not a reaction of propulsion. The continuing pursuit is to develop a new mode of short distance transportation.



Conclusion

The conclusion to these previous studies is that levitation is an occurrence of molecular vibrations; a resonance of generally inaudible frequencies in a mass, producing a unified harmonic frequency.

Additionally, the study of levitation concludes that the word: antigravity, is a misnomer; a misunderstanding of what gravity is.

The social demand for transportation to evolve is imperative for it to match society’s technological advances.