Mr Will Robertson

Publications

2012

Theoretical analysis of a non-contact spring with inclined permanent magnets for load-independent resonance frequency (pdf)

Will Robertson, Ben Cazzolato, Anthony Zander

Journal of Sound and Vibration

DOI: 10.1016/j.jsv.2011.11.011

2011

A simplified force equation for coaxial cylindrical magnets and thin coils (pdf)

Will Robertson, Ben Cazzolato, Anthony Zander

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2011.2129524

2010

Maximising the force between two cuboid magnets (pdf)

Will Robertson, Ben Cazzolato, Anthony Zander

IEEE Magnetics Letters

DOI: 10.1109/LMAG.2010.2081351

Parameters for optimising the forces between linear multipole magnet arrays (pdf)

Will Robertson, Ben Cazzolato, Anthony Zander

IEEE Magnetics Letters

DOI: 10.1109/LMAG.2010.2047716

2009

Theoretical design parameters for a quasi–zero stiffness magnetic spring for vibration isolation (pdf)

Will Robertson, Mike Kidner, Ben Cazzolato, Anthony Zander

Journal of Sound and Vibration

DOI: 10.1016/j.jsv.2009.04.015

Conference presentations and papers

I've presented at a couple of conferences over the last few years. Here are copies of the slides I've used and the papers I've presented.

ICSV14 (2007) in Cairns, Australia

Nonlinear control of a one axis magnetic spring (pdf)

Will Robertson, Ben Cazzolato, Anthony Zander

Slides (pdf)

Active 2006 in Adelaide, Australia

Zero-stiffness magnetic springs for active vibration isolation (pdf)

Will Robertson, Rohin Wood, Ben Cazzolato, Anthony Zander

Slides (pdf)

InterMag 2005 in Nagoya, Japan

A Multipole Array Magnetic Spring (pdf)

Will Robertson, Ben Cazzolato, Anthony Zander

Slides (pdf)

Reports and theses

PhD Thesis-to-be

2012. ‘This thesis is currently under construction.’

PhD progress report (pdf)

2004. Half-baked thoughts on where my research was heading.

PhD research proposal (pdf)

2003. Long time ago, now.

Pool playing robot (pdf)

Honours thesis (2002).

Justin Ghan, Tomas Radzevicius, Will Robertson, and Alexandra Thornton

Unpublished writings

Feb 2010

A public framework for calculating the forces between magnets and multipole arrays of magnets (pdf)

Will Robertson, Ben Cazzolato, Anthony Zander

Nov 2009

Beware magnetic nodes: a comment on calculating torques between magnets (pdf)

Will Robertson, Zebb Prime, Ben Cazzolato, Anthony Zander

LaTeX

LaTeX interview by Dave Walden.

LaTeX publications

Unicode mathematics in LaTeX: Advantages and challenges (pdf)
(TUGboat 2010 vol. 31 no. 2)

Peter Wilson's Herries Press packages (pdf)
(TUGboat 2009 vol. 30 no. 2)

Productivity with macros and packages
(The PracTeX Journal 2006 no. 3)

An exploration of the Latin Modern fonts
(The PracTeX Journal 2006 no. 1)

Advanced font features with XeTeX: the fontspec package (pdf)
(TUGboat 2005 vol. 26 no. 3)

Square cells: an array cooking lesson
(The PracTeX Journal 2005 no. 2)

Entry last updated: Saturday, 4 Feb 2012