Optimizing a Ratchet Gear
Statistical Mechanics
2007-05-23 v1 Soft Condensed Matter
Abstract
The energetic efficiencies of rocked ratchets reported in the literature typically lie in the sub-percent range. We discuss the problem of optimization of the energetic efficiency of a ratchet, and show that considerably higher efficiencies can be achieved; however this assumes a fine-tuning of the parameters of the system. The domain of parameters corresponding to high efficiencies is typically narrow.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0207685,
title = {Optimizing a Ratchet Gear},
author = {I. M. Sokolov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0207685},
year = {2007}
}