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Dynamic analysis of multi-functional maintenance platform based on Newton-Euler method and improved virtual work principle

  • Li, Dongyi;Lu, Kun;Cheng, Yong;Zhao, Wenlong;Yang, Songzhu;Zhang, Yu;Li, Junwei;Shi, Shanshuang
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • v.52 no.11
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    • pp.2630-2637
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    • 2020
  • The structure design of divertor Multi-Functional Maintenance Platform (MFMP) actuated by hydraulic system for China Fusion Engineering Test Reactor (CFETR) was introduced in this paper. The model of MFMP was established according to maintenance requirements. In this paper, Newton-Euler method and the improved virtual work principle were used, the equivalent driving force of each actuator was obtained through the equivalent Jacobian inverse matrix derived from velocity relationship among the components. The accuracy of the model was verified by ADAMS simulation. The stability control of the heavy-duty components driven by hydraulic cylinders based on Newton-Euler method and improved virtual work principle was established.

Improvement of the Low-Speed Friction Characteristics of a Hydraulic Piston Pump by PVD-Coating of TiN

  • Hong Yeh-Sun;Lee Sang-Yul;Kim Sung-Hun;Lim Hyun-Sik
    • Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
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    • v.20 no.3
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    • pp.358-365
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    • 2006
  • The hydraulic pump of an Electro-hydrostatic Actuator should be able to quickly feed large volume of oil into hydraulic cylinder in order to reduce the response time. On the other hand, it should be also able to precisely dispense small amount of oil through low-speed operation so that the steady state position control error of the actuator can be accurately compensated. Within the scope of axial piston type hydraulic pumps, this paper is focused on the investigation how the surface treatment of their cylinder barrel with TiN plasma coating can contribute to the reduction of the friction and wear rate of valve plate in the low-speed range with mixed lubrication. The results showed that the friction torque of the valve plate mated with a TiN coated cylinder barrel could be reduced to 22% of that with an uncoated original one when load pressure was 300 bar and rotational speed 100 rpm. It means that the torque efficiency of the test pump was expected to increase more than 1.3% under the same working condition. At the same time, the wear rate of the valve plate could be reduced to $40\sim50%$.

CONTROL OF SQUARE CYLINDER FLOW USING PLASMA SYNTHETIC JETS (플라즈마 합성제트를 이용한 사각 실린더 유동의 제어)

  • Kim, Dong-Joo;Kim, Kyoung-Jin
    • Journal of computational fluids engineering
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    • v.17 no.2
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    • pp.85-92
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    • 2012
  • Flows over a square cylinder with and without plasma actuation are numerically investigated to see whether plasma actuation can effectively modify vortex shedding from the cylinder and reduce the drag and lift fluctuations. In this study, a plasma synthetic jet actuator is mounted on the rear side of cylinder as a means of direct-wake control. The effect of plasma actuation is considered by adding a momentum forcing term in the Navier-Stokes equations. Results show that the reduction of mean drag and lift fluctuations is obtained for both steady and unsteady actuation. However, the steady actuation is better than the unsteady one in terms of mean drag as well as drag fluctuations. With the strong steady actuation considered, the interaction of two separating shear layers from rear corners is effectively weakened due to the interference of synthetic jets. It results in a merging of synthetic-jet and shear-layer vortices and the increase of vortex shedding frequency. On the other hand, the unsteady actuation generates pulsating synthetic jets in the near wake, but it does not change the vortex shedding frequency for the actuation frequencies considered in this study.

Performance Characteristics of a High-Speed Jet Produced by a Pulsed-Arc Spark Jet Plasma Actuator (펄스 아크 스파크 제트 플라즈마 구동기에 의해 발생된 고속 제트의 효율적 운전 성능 특성에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Young Sun;Shin, Jichul
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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    • v.45 no.11
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    • pp.907-913
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    • 2017
  • The performance of a spark jet driven by pulsed-arc plasma was investigated experimentally for various energy input. A high-speed jet (about 330 m/s) was obtained by rapid gas heating produced by 37 mJ of deposited energy per pulse. The peak velocity and penetration distance of the jet were proportional to the deposited power and the deposited energy per pulse, respectively. A smaller orifice diameter produces a higher velocity jet at lower energy levels. For the same deposited energy, higher-current pulses produce a higher jet velocity than higher-pulse-width pulses. A total deposited energy of about 10 mJ per pulse with a pulse duration of about $10{\mu}s$ was found to be the optimum for energy- efficient operation.

Analysis of the Adsorbed Plasma Proteins in the Moving Actuator type Total Artificial Heart

  • Gyu Ha Ryu;Jon
    • Journal of Biomedical Engineering Research
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    • v.14 no.4
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    • pp.307-314
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    • 1993
  • Plasma protein adsorption is the first event in the blood-material interaction and influenc- es subsequent platelet adhesion towards thlㅈombus formation. Thiㅈomboembolic events are strongly influenced by surface characteristics of materials and fluid dynamics inside the blood pump. In vitro flow visualizaion and an amimal experiment with the moving actuator type TAH were Performed in order to investigate fluid dynamic effects on the protein adsorption. The diffel'encl level, j of shear rate inside the ventricle Lvere determined by consid- ering the direction of the major opening of four healt valves in the implanted TAH and the visualized flow patterns as well. Each ventricle of the explanted TAH was sectionalized into 12 segments according to the shear rate level. The adsorbed protein on each segment was quantified using the ELISA method after soaking in 2% (wye)SDS/PBS for two days. Adsorbed protein layer thicknesses Itvere measured by the Immunogotd method under TEM. The SEM observation show that right ventricle (RV) , immobilized with albumin, displayed different degrees of platelet adhesion on each segment, whereas the left ventricle (LV), grafted by PEO-sulronate, indicated nearly , iame platelet adhesion behavior, regardless of shear rates. The surface concentrations of adsorbed proteins in the low shear rate region are hlghel'than those in the high region, which was confirmed statistically. A modified adsorption model of plasma protein onto polyurethane surface was suggested by considering the effect of the fluid dynamic characteristics.

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Design and Fabrication of Movable Micro-Fersnel Lens on XY-stage (XY-Stage에 의해 정적인 변위를 갖는 미세 프레넬 렌즈(Micro-Fresnel Lens)의 설계 및 제작)

  • Kim, Che-Heung;Ahn, Si-Hong;Lim, Hyung-Taek;Kim, Yong-Kweon
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 1998.07g
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    • pp.2515-2517
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    • 1998
  • The micro fresnel lens(MFL) was modeled and fabricated on a XY-stage electrostatically driven by comb actuator. The modeled MFL was approximated as a step shape with 4-phase and 4-zone plate. The focal length and diameter of the MFL is 20mm and 912${\mu}m$, respectively. The XY-stage suspending the MFL is designed to generate a large static displacement up to about 20${\mu}m$. On SOI substrates, we first fabricated MFL using the RIE(reactive Ion etching) technology and then patterned and etched bulk silicon to make XY-stage. After the fabrication of all structures on top side of the SOI substrates. $Si_3N_4$ was deposited for passivation of all structures using PECVD(plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition). All the MFL systems width comb drive actuator were released by KOH etching from the bottom side of the SOI wafer using double-sided alignment technique. In fabrication of MFL, a dry etching conditions is established in order to improve surface roughness and to control the etched depth.

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Attenuation Effects of Plasma on Ka-Band Wave Propagation in Various Gas and Pressure Environments

  • Lee, Joo Hwan;Kim, Joonsuk;Kim, Yuna;Kim, Sangin;Kim, Doo-Soo;Lee, Yongshik;Yook, Jong-Gwan
    • Journal of electromagnetic engineering and science
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    • v.18 no.1
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    • pp.63-69
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    • 2018
  • This work demonstrates attenuation effects of plasma on waves propagating in the 26.5-40 GHz range. The effect is investigated via experiments measuring the transmission between two Ka-band horn antennas set 30 cm apart. A dielectric-barrier-discharge (DBD) plasma generator with a size of $200mm{\times}100mm{\times}70mm$ and consisting of 20 layers of electrodes is placed between the two antennas. The DBD generator is placed in a $400mm{\times}300mm{\times}400mm$ acrylic chamber so that the experiments can be performed for plasma generated under various conditions of gas and pressure, for instance, in air, Ar, and He environments at 0.001, 0.05, and 1 atm of pressure. Attenuation is calculated by the difference in the transmission level, with and without plasma, which is generated with a bias voltage of 20 kV in the 0.1-1.4 kHz range. Results show that the attenuation varies from 0.05 dB/m to 9.0 dB/m depending on the environment. Noble gas environments show higher levels of attenuation than air, and He is lossier than Ar. In all gas environments, attenuation increases as pressure increases. Finally, electromagnetic models of plasmas generated in various conditions are provided.

Electroactive Polymer Actuator for Lens-Drive Unit in Auto-Focus Compact Camera Module

  • Lee, Hyung-Kun;Choi, Nak-Jin;Jung, Sun-Kyung;Park, Kang-Ho;Jung, He-Won;Shim, Jae-Kyu;Ryu, Jae-Wook;Kim, Jong-Dae
    • ETRI Journal
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    • v.31 no.6
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    • pp.695-702
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    • 2009
  • We propose a lens-drive unit composed of an ionic polymer-metal composite (IPMC) for an auto-focus compact camera module in cellular phones to solve the power consumption problem of voice coil motors which are widely used in commercial products. In this research, an IPMC incorporated into a lens-drive unit is designed to implement a large displacement in low-power consumption by using an anisotropic plasma treatment. Experimental results show that a camera module containing IPMCs can control and maintain the position of the lens by using proportional integral derivative control with a photo-reflective position sensor despite the non-linear actuation behavior of IPMCs. We demonstrate that the fabrication and commercialization of a lens actuator that has a large displacement and low power consumption using IPMCs is possible in the near future.

Improvement of the Low-speed Friction Characteristics of a Bent-Axis Type Hydraulic Piston Pump (사축식 유압 피스톤 펌프의 저속 마찰 특성 개선)

  • Hong Yeh-Sun;Lee Sang-Yul;Kim Chi-Bung;Kim Sung-Hoon;Rhim Hyeon-Sik;Kim Sung-Dae
    • Transactions of The Korea Fluid Power Systems Society
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    • v.1 no.3
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    • pp.7-13
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    • 2004
  • The hydraulic pump for a Electro-hydrostatic Actuator for aircrafts should be able to quickly feed large volume of oil into hydraulic cylinder in order to reduce the response time. On the other hand, it should be also able to precisely dispense small amount of oil by low-speed operation so that the steady state position control error of the EHA can be accurately compensated. This paper is focused on the investigation how the plasma coating surface treatment of cylinder barrel with CrSiN can contribute to the reduction of low-speed friction torque of a bent-axis type piston pump. The results showed that the reduction of the friction torque was not remarkable, but that the anti-wear characteristics of the CrSiN-coated cylinder barrel were much better that those of the original one.

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Fabrication of a Flexible Flap Valve for Drug Delivery Systems (약물 전달용 유연한 플랩 밸브의 제작)

  • Lim, In-Ho;Lee, Ki-Jung;Sim, Woo-Young;Yang, Sang-Sik
    • The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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    • v.58 no.4
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    • pp.801-805
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    • 2009
  • This paper reports on a flexible flap valve actuated by electromagnetic force under a constant pressure source. The flexible flap valve consists of the three main components: a flexible flap with a steel disk embedded in PDMS, an electromagnetic actuator and two glass plates with inlet and outlet. The flap valve is fabricated by SU-8 mold process, the EDM process and oxygen plasma treatment. The dimension of an assembled flap valve is $12[mm]{\times}20[mm]{\times}28[mm]$. The stroke volume of the flap valve is measured for various pressures. And the time of the applied input voltage is varied to change the open time of the valve. When the input voltage of 30[V] is applied for 0.25[s], the minimum stroke volume of the flap valve is $40[{\mu}L]$ at 70 [kPa].