Unidirectional transport in the inertial ratchet

Li-feng Cai

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 2010, vol. 389, issue 3, 361-366

Abstract: In this article, the unidirectional transport of the inertial ratchet is presented. We observe that in the ratchet, there is positive, negative or even no current. Moreover, the structure of staircases of the ratchet is argued and we observe that it becomes more regular as the damping coefficient is increased.

Keywords: Unidirectional transport; Rotation number; Staircase (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2009.08.038

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