• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.36 no.5
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• pp.481-486
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• 2012

We discuss the design, fabrication, and testing of a large-displacement electromagnetic actuator with the meander springs partially exposed to a magnetic field. We compared two prototypes: a prototype (F) of the conventional actuator with the meander springs fully exposed to a magnetic field and a prototype (P) of the proposed actuator with the meander springs partially exposed to a magnetic field. For a 5 Hz square input current varying from 10.40 mA, P showed an increase of $16.9{\pm}1.2%$ in the amplitude, which was greater than the increase in the case of F. Thus, we experimentally demonstrated the large-displacement actuation performance of the proposed actuator in a small volume and at low currents (below 40 mA). The proposed electromagnetic actuator can be used for low-power and large-displacement manipulation of optical switches and optical choppers.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Railway
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• v.19 no.3
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• pp.324-330
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• 2016

A magnetic contactor is a switching device widely used for electric circuits. For the operation of magnetic contactors, magnetic coils are essential; these coils create and interrupt the electric circuit. In this paper, the finite element analysis model was developed to reflect the experimental data, and was verified through alteration of the applied voltages and the numbers of turns. Effects of electromagnetic force on the geometrical variations of the facing poles for fixed and moving cores of two magnet coils were investigated. In addition, effects of slope and air gap size between two facing poles on the electromagnetic force were explored through the distribution of the magnetic flux density in the magnetic coils of a push-type solenoid. Through this analysis, the characteristics of the electromagnetic force against the facing poles were explored.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2003.10a
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• pp.290-292
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• 2003

탐침형 고밀도 정보저장장치의 구현에 필수적인 초정밀 구동기의 성능을 개선하기 위해 단순화된 모형을 설정하고 각 설계 변수들이 구동 특성에 미치는 영향을 분석하여 이를 통해 원하는 사양의 구동기를 설계하고 실제 제작을 통해 그 모형의 타당성을 검증하였다. 전자기력을 이용한 구동기는 변위, 공진 주파수 등 여러 조건을 동시에 만족시켜야하나 전자기-기계가 복합적으로 결합된 시스템이므로 그 특성의 이해와 설계를 위해서는 보다 단순화된 모형의 도입이 필요하다. 본 논문에서는 코일부를 단순화하고 자석으로부터 인가되는 평균자기장을 통해 구동 특성을 분석하였으며 이는 실제 제작 결과와 잘 일치하였다.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.40 no.1
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• pp.17-22
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• 2016

A voice coil actuator with moving coil type for scanning mirror system of barcode reader has been developed. The actuator has a simple structure including a magnet, a coil and a pin. The performance of the actuator is analyzed by a linearized theoretical model. And the dynamic performance of the proposed actuator is predicted through motor constant and restoring constant obtained by finite element simulations. The theoretical model was verified by the prototype which has 64 Hz resonance frequency and 60 deg reflecting angle. We also discovered that that 3 V input can make the actuator rotate over 61.8 deg reflecting angle at 50 Hz resonance frequency. The proposed actuator can simplify its driving configuration because of its implementation of open-loop control.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2007.07a
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• pp.1530-1531
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• 2007

본 논문은 미러 표면에 형성된 코일과 미러 양쪽에 위치한 영구자석간의 전자기력에 의해 구동되는 마이크로미러의 설계 및 결과를 나타낸다. $4mm\;{\times}\;4mm$ 크기를 갖는 미러의 전자기 특성 및 구동을 유한요소해석 프로그램인 COMSOL Multiphysics를 이용하여 시뮬레이션 하였다. 4 kHz의 공진주파수 특성을 갖도록 설계된 마이크로미러는 코일에 $3.6\;A/mm^2$의 current density 적용 시 x-, y-axis displacement가 각각 $1.2{\mu}m$, $12{\mu}m$가 되는 것으로 나타났다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2005.06a
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• pp.1988-1991
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• 2005

A micro fluid actuator driven by electromagnetic force at MEMS(Micro Electro Mechanical System) level has been designed. The operation of the actuator was simulated in three steps. First, fluid flow analysis has been performed to determine the actuator load. With the load, dynamic behavior of the actuator structure has been analysed. Finally, fluid-structure interaction analysis has been performed to predict the performance of the actuator. To avoid excessive amount of computation, axisymmetric and plane strain 2-D models were used.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.37 no.12
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• pp.1529-1534
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• 2013

A voice coil actuator with a rotating moving magnet has been developed for a miniaturized mobile robot. The actuator has simple structure comprising a magnet, a coil, and a yoke. Actuator performance is predicted using a linearized theoretical model, and dynamic performance based on the air-gap between the magnet and the coil is predicted using motor constant and restoring constant obtained through finite element simulations. The theoretical model was verified using a prototype with 60 Hz resonance and 80 Hz bandwidth. We found that an input of 1.5 V can make the actuator rotate by $20^{\circ}$ statically. The driving configuration of the proposed actuator can be simplified because of its implementation of open-loop control.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
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• v.34 no.10
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• pp.1385-1391
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• 2010

In this study, we present small-size, low-power, and high-speed electromagnetic flapping shutters for phone cameras. These shutters are composed of trapezoidal twin blades suspended by H-type torsional springs. The existing electrostatic rolling and flapping shutters need high input voltage, while the existing electromagnetic rotating shutters are too big to be used for phone cameras. To achieve low-power and high-speed angle motion for small-size electromagnetic flapping shutters for camera phones, low-inertia trapezoidal twin blades, each suspended by the low-stiffness H-type torsional springs, are employed. The electromagnetic flapping shutters used in this experimental study have steady-state rotational angles of $48.8{\pm}1.4^{\circ}$ and $64.4{\pm}1.0^{\circ}$ in the magentic fields of 0.15 T and 0.30 T, respectively, for an input current of 60 mA; the maximum overshoot angles are $80.2{\pm}3.5^{\circ}$ and $90.0{\pm}1.0^{\circ}$ in the magentic fields of 0.15 T and 0.30 T, respectively. The rising/settling times of the shutter while opening are 1.0 ms/20.0 ms, while those while closing are 1.7 ms/10.3 ms. Thus, we experimentally demonstrated that the smallsize (${\sim}8{\times}8{\times}2\;mm^3$), low-power (${\leq}60\;mA$), and high-speed (~1/370 s) electromagnetic flapping shutters are suitable for phone cameras.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers B
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• v.35 no.12
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• pp.1265-1272
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• 2011

We performed numerical simulations of the recirculation flow of an electrolyte fluid in a circular container driven by an AC electromagnetic force for solving continuity and momentum equations. We also conducted an experiment to obtain flow data, which were in good agreement with the numerical simulation results. Furthermore, we performed a parametric study on both numerical and experimental aspects and found that the fluid velocity increases with an increase in the electrolyte concentration and magnetic intensity and with a decrease in the fluid depth and AC frequency.

• Proceedings of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute Conference
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• 2011.04a
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• pp.594-597
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• 2011

본 논문에서는 태양광 추적기에 구동하기 위하여 적용된 기존 기계식 방식의 단점을 극복하기 위하여 전자력을 사용하였다. 영구자석과 전자석의 배치와 형상에 따라서 자속밀도를 분석하고 두 개의 자석이 맞대어 있을 때 척력과 인력을 이용하여 태양광 추적기의 회전 매카니즘에 적용하였다.