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  2. Thermogravitational cycle - Wikipedia

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    The efficiency η of a thermogravitational cycle depends on the thermodynamic processes the working fluid goes through during each step of the cycle. Below some examples: If the heat exchanges at the bottom and top of the column with a hot source and cold source respectively, occur at constant pressure and temperature, the efficiency would be equal to the efficiency of a Carnot cycle: [1]

  3. Induced gravity - Wikipedia

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    Induced gravity (or emergent gravity) is an idea in quantum gravity that spacetime curvature and its dynamics emerge as a mean field approximation of underlying microscopic degrees of freedom, similar to the fluid mechanics approximation of Bose–Einstein condensates. The concept was originally proposed by Andrei Sakharov in 1967.

  4. Entropic gravity - Wikipedia

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    The theory claims to be consistent with both the macro-level observations of Newtonian gravity as well as Einstein's theory of general relativity and its gravitational distortion of spacetime. Importantly, the theory also explains (without invoking the existence of dark matter and tweaking of its new free parameters ) why galactic rotation ...

  5. Common-path interferometer - Wikipedia

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    Examples include the Sagnac interferometer, Zernike phase-contrast interferometer, and the point diffraction interferometer. A common-path interferometer is generally more robust to environmental vibrations than a "double-path interferometer" such as the Michelson interferometer or the Mach–Zehnder interferometer . [ 1 ]

  6. Mechanical explanations of gravitation - Wikipedia

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    The theory posits that the force of gravity is the result of tiny particles or waves moving at high speed in all directions, throughout the universe. The intensity of the flux of particles is assumed to be the same in all directions, so an isolated object A is struck equally from all sides, resulting in only an inward-directed pressure but no ...

  7. Gravitoelectromagnetism - Wikipedia

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    Diagram regarding the confirmation of gravitomagnetism by Gravity Probe B. Gravitoelectromagnetism, abbreviated GEM, refers to a set of formal analogies between the equations for electromagnetism and relativistic gravitation; specifically: between Maxwell's field equations and an approximation, valid under certain conditions, to the Einstein field equations for general relativity.

  8. Granular convection - Wikipedia

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    Granular convection is a phenomenon where granular material subjected to shaking or vibration will exhibit circulation patterns similar to types of fluid convection. [2] It is sometimes called the Brazil nut effect , [ 3 ] when the largest of irregularly shaped particles end up on the surface of a granular material containing a mixture of ...

  9. Random vibration - Wikipedia

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    Some common examples include an automobile riding on a rough road, wave height on the water, or the load induced on an airplane wing during flight. Structural response to random vibration is usually treated using statistical or probabilistic approaches. Mathematically, random vibration is characterized as an ergodic and stationary process.