• Journal of Welding and Joining
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.24-29
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• 2007

Finite element analysis for induction heating process including magnetic and thermal situations is presented. Because magnetic and thermal material properties vary with the temperature, material properties depending on temperature are considered. As the inductor moves, the solution domains corresponding to the inductor change into those of the air and the solution domains corresponding to the air change into those of the inductor. For these reasons, modeling of induction heating process is very difficult with a general purpose commercial programs. In this paper, three dimensional analysis of induction heating process for moving inductor is analyzed using moving coordinate. The skin effect is confirmed inside the steel plate in the electro-magnetic analysis. The distribution of heat generation at the initial state is different from that at the quasi-stationary state. Therefore, material properties depending on temperature must be considered. The calculated results of finite element analysis agree well with the experimental temperature results. This approach is suitable to solve magneto-thermal coupled problems.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 제어로봇시스템학회 2003년도 ICCAS
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• pp.2010-2015
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• 2003

In this paper, a design and control of the safe arm with passive compliant joints(PCJ) is presented. Each PCJ has a magneto- rheological damper and maximum 6 springs. Compliance analysis in Cartesian space is performed with the compliance ellipsoid; this analysis shows a map between compliance in the joint space and compliance in Cartesian space. Vibration control of the arm using an input shaping technique is also presented; the results of a simulation and an experiment prove that a fast motion of the safe arm without residual vibration can be performed.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제26권4호
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• pp.421-437
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• 2018

Free vibration analysis of a three-layered microbeam including an elastic micro-core and two piezo-magnetic face-sheets resting on Pasternak's foundation are studied in this paper. Strain gradient theory is used for size-dependent modeling of microbeam. In addition, three-unknown shear and normal deformations theory is employed for description of displacement field. Hamilton's principle is used for derivation of the governing equations of motion in electro-magneto-mechanical loads. Three micro-length-scale parameters based on strain gradient theory are employed for prediction of vibrational characteristics of structure in micro-scale. The results show that increase of three micro-length-scale parameters leads to significant increase of three natural frequencies especially for increase of second micro-length-scale parameter. This result is according to this fact that stiffness of a micro-scale structure is increased with increase of micro-length-scale parameters.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제21권9호
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• pp.1432-1440
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• 1997

The flexibility as well as the stiffness is required to perform mechanical function of a structure such as compliant mechanisms, which can be applied to MEMS(Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems), flexible manufacturing devices, and design for no assembly. In this paper, the optimal design problem to achieve both structural flexibility and stiffness is formulated using multi-objective function, and the optimization problem is resolved by using Finite Element Method(FEM) and Sequential Linear Programming(SLP). Design examples of compliant mechanisms are presented to validate the design method.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제17권5호
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• pp.837-857
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• 2016

In the present study, for first time the size dependent vibration behavior of a rotating functionally graded (FG) Timoshenko nanobeam based on Eringen's nonlocal theory is investigated. It is assumed that the physical and mechanical properties of the FG nanobeam are varying along the thickness based on a power law equation. The governing equations are determined using Hamilton's principle and the generalized differential quadrature method (GDQM) is used to obtain the results for cantilever boundary conditions. The accuracy and validity of the results are shown through several numerical examples. In order to display the influence of size effect on first three natural frequencies due to change of some important nanobeam parameters such as material length scale, angular velocity and gradient index of FG material, several diagrams and tables are presented. The results of this article can be used in designing and optimizing elastic and rotary type nano-electro-mechanical systems (NEMS) like nano-motors and nano-robots including rotating parts.

• 한국초전도ㆍ저온공학회논문지
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.29-33
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• 2013

The understanding of the strain dependence of critical current, $I_c$, in the reversible region is important for the evaluation of the performance of coated conductor (CC) tapes in practical applications. In this study, the stress/strain tolerance of $I_c$ in GdBCO CC tapes with stainless steel substrate stabilized by additional Cu and brass laminate was analyzed quantitatively through $I_c$-strain measurement at 77 K under self-field. The variation in irreversible strain limits of CC tapes by the addition of stabilizing layers was analyzed through the consideration of the pre-strain induced on the GdBCO coating film. The results were then compared with the ones previously reported for GdBCO CC tapes with Hastelloy substrate. As a result, GdBCO CC tapes with stainless steel substrate showed much higher strain tolerance of $I_c$ as compared with those adopting Hastelloy substrate.

• Structural Engineering and Mechanics
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• 제53권6호
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• pp.1167-1182
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• 2015

In this study, the stresses and electric potential redistributions of a cylinder made from functionally graded piezoelectric material (FGPM) are investigated. All the mechanical, thermal and piezoelectric properties are modeled as power-law distribution of volume fraction. Using the coupled electro-thermo-mechanical relations, strain-displacement relations, Maxwell and equilibrium equations are obtained including the time dependent creep strains. Creep strains are time, temperature and stress dependent, the closed form solution cannot be found for this constitutive differential equation. A semi-analytical method in conjunction with the Mendelson method of successive approximation is therefore proposed for this analysis. Similar to the radial stress histories, electric potentials increase with time, because the latter is induced by the former during creep deformation of the cylinder, justifying industrial application of such a material as efficient actuators and sensors.

• 한국소음진동공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국소음진동공학회 2005년도 추계학술대회논문집
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• pp.541-544
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• 2005

In this paper, admittance is introduced to represent electro-mechanical characteristics of piezoelectric structures and to predict the performance of piezoelectric shunt system. Finite element method is used to obtain numerical admittance. In order to illuminate the effect of noise reduction in the shunt system, two experimental setups were constructed. One is for matching the resonant shunt damping. The other is a standard test setup according to SAE J1400 used to measure the transmission loss for the smart panel with shunt circuit. Shunt performance and noise reduction of smart panel are realized by these two experiments.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제18권6호
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• pp.21-28
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• 2017

농기계 상하차를 위한 전동 유압 슬라이딩 데크 시스템을 개발하는데 있어 경량화가 필수적이며, 이를 해결하기 위해 덤프 각도에 따른 슬라이딩 데크의 진출길이를 계산하고, 허용가능 각도 중 가강 큰 하중 받는 각도에서 재질과 두께를 변경하며 구조해석을 진행, 최적 두께와 재질을 선정하였다. 먼저 슬라이딩 데크 진출길이 계산식을 도출하기 위해 전체 시스템의 구성을 파악하고, 시스템을 단순화 하는 작업을 시행하였다. 또한 시스템의 입 출력 관계를 파악하기 위해 자유도 계산을 수행 하였고, 단순화한 모델을 이용하여 덤프각도에 따른 슬라이딩 데크의 진출길이 계산식을 도출하였다. 도출한 계산식을 수치해석 프로그램을 이용하여 덤프각도에 따른 슬라이딩 데크 진출길이 계산을 수행하였고, 시스템의 최대 최소 각도에서의 진출길이를 파악 하였다. 신뢰성 확보를 위해 시스템의 축소모형을 제작하여 실험을 통해 계산식을 검증하였다. 슬라이딩 데크 재질과 두께를 결정하기 위해 데크를 단순화 하였고, 데크 제작에 쓰이는 대표적인 재질 두 가지를 선정하였다. 단순화한 모델을 해석 프로그램을 사용하여 최대 하중을 받는 조건에서 두께와 재질에 따른 변형량과 응력을 비교하였다. 해석결과 ATOS80을 이용할 경우 두께를 줄이면서 더 적은 변형량을 가지게 되어 경량화를 이룰 수 있다.

• Advances in nano research
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.27-43
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• 2023

This article investigates the energy harvesting characteristics of a magneto-electro-elastic (MEE) cantilever beam reinforced with carbon nanotubes (CNT) under transverse vibration. To this end, the well-known lumped parameter model is used to represent the coupled multiphysics problem mathematically. The proposed system consists of the MEE-CNT layer on top and an inactive substrate layer at the bottom. The substrate is considered to be made of either an isotropic or composite material. Basic laws such as Gauss's Law, Newton's Law and Faraday's Law are used to arrive at the governing equations. Surface electrodes across the beam are used to harvest the electric potential produced, together with a wound coil, for the generated magnetic potential. The influence of various distributions of the CNT and its volume fraction, substrate material, length-to-thickness ratio, and thickness ratio of substrate to MEE layer on the energy harvesting behaviour is thoroughly discussed. Further, the effect of external resistances and changes in substrate material on the response is analysed and reported. The article aims to explore smart material-based energy harvesting systems, focusing on their behaviour when reinforced with carbon nanotubes. The results of this study may lead to an improved understanding of the design and analysis of CNT-based smart structures.