Analyze Magnetic Levitation

Determine whether a given magnetic system can achieve stable levitation, identify which physical mechanism enables or forbids it, calculate the conditions for force balance and stability, and verify that the levitation is stable against perturbations in all spatial degrees of freedom including tilting modes.

When to Use

• Evaluating whether a proposed magnetic levitation design is physically viable
• Determining why a permanent magnet arrangement fails to levitate and identifying a workaround
• Analyzing superconducting levitation systems (Meissner effect, flux pinning, mixed-state trapping)
• Designing or troubleshooting active electromagnetic feedback levitation (maglev trains, magnetic bearings)
• Assessing diamagnetic levitation feasibility for a given material and field strength
• Understanding spin-stabilized magnetic levitation (Levitron) dynamics

Inputs

• Required: Description of the levitated object (mass, geometry, magnetic moment or susceptibility)
• Required: Description of the field source (permanent magnets, electromagnets, superconducting coils, arrangement geometry)
• Optional: Operating environment (temperature, vacuum, vibration constraints)
• Optional: Desired levitation height or gap