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3 unusual facts about Woodward effect


Woodward effect

In 2006, Martin Tajmar, Nembo Buldrini, Klaus Marhold and Bernhard Seifert, researchers of the Austrian Research Centers reported results of a study of the effect using a very sensitive thrust balance.

In the future, Woodward plans to scale thrust levels, switching from the current piezoelectric dielectric ceramics (PZT stacks) to new High-k dielectric nanocomposite polymers, like PMN, PMN-PT or CCTO.

Woodward started to design and build devices using capacitors and a series of PZT thick disks.



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