• Journal of the Korean Society of Clothing and Textiles
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• v.44 no.6
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• pp.1154-1162
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• 2020

In this study, the soft textile actuator is produced for a smart wearable with the shape memory effects from linear shape memory alloys of Nickel and Titanium using the driving force through the fabrication process. The measurement model was designed to measure dynamic characteristics. The heating method, and memory shape of the linear shape memory alloy were set to measure the operating temperature. A shape memory alloy at 40.13℃, was used to heat the alloy with a power supply for the selective operation and rapid reaction speed. The required amount of current was obtained by calculating the amount of heat and (considering the prevention of overheating) set to 1.3 A. The fabrication process produced a soft textile actuator using a stitching technique for linear shape memory alloys at 0.5 mm intervals in the general fabric. The dynamic characteristics of linear shape memory alloys and actuators were measured and compared. For manufactured soft textile actuators, up to 0.8 N, twice the force of the single linear shape memory alloy, 0.38 N, and the response time was measured at 50 s.

• Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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• v.37 no.4
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• pp.259-265
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• 2024

Shape memory alloy (SMA)-textile actuators have attracted significant attention across various fields, including soft robotics and wearable technology. These smooth actuators are developed by combining SMA and simple textile fibers and then knitting them into two loop patterns known as the knit (K-loop) and plain (P-loop) patterns. Both loops are distinguished by opposite bending characteristics owing to loop head geometry. However, the knitting processes for these actuator sheets require expertise and time, resulting in high production costs for knitted loop actuation sheets. This study introduces a novel method by which to assess the strain in SMA textile-based actuators, which experience large deformations when subjected to voltage. Owing to the highly nonlinear constitutive equations of the SMA material, developing an analytical model for numerical analysis is challenging. Therefore, this study employs a novel approach that utilizes a linear constitutive equation to analyze large deformations in SMA material with nonlinear geometry considerations. The user-defined material (UMAT) subroutine integrates the linear constitutive equation into the ABAQUS software suite. This equivalent unit cell (EUC) model is validated by comparing the experimental bending actuation results of K-loops and P-loops.

• Fashion & Textile Research Journal
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• v.24 no.6
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• pp.812-824
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• 2022

This study proposes to develop a 3D printed re-entrant(RE) strip by shape memory thermoplastic polyurethane that can be deformed and recovered by thermal stimulation. The most suitable 3D printing infill density condition and temperature condition during shape recovery for mechanical behavior were confirmed. As the poisson's ratio indicated, the higher the recovery temperature, the closer the poisson's ratio to zero and the better the auxetic properties. After recovery testing for five minutes, it appeared that the shape recovery ratio was the highest at 70℃. The temperature range when the shape recovery ratio appeared to be more than 90% was a recovery temperature of more than 50℃ and 60℃ when deformed under a constant load of 100 gf and 300 gf, respectively. This indicated that further deformation occurred after maximum recovery when recovered at a temperature of 80℃, which is above the glass transition temperature range. As for REstrip by infill density, a shape recovery properties of 100% was superior than 50%. Additionally, as the re-entrant structure exhibited a shape recovery ratio of more than 90%, and exhibited auxetic properties. It was confirmed that the infill density condition of 100% and the temperature condition of 70℃ are suitable for REstrips for applying the actuator.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2003.04a
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• pp.113-115
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• 2003

Recently, many linear motion generators and are rapidly finding applications that ranges from short stroke linear motion vibrators, such as dynamic cone type loud speakers tostirling engine driven linear reciprocatings, alternators, compressors, textile machines etc. In this paper the dynamic performance with load is computed by a general purpose method, which the equation of electromagnetic field, the equation of electric circuit and the equation of motion are coupled together. We fumed out the driving system and the dynamic characteristics of current, voltage and displacement is confirmed experiment.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2003.07b
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• pp.1048-1050
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• 2003

Recently, many linear motion generators and motors are rapidly finding applications that ranges from short stroke linear motion vibrators, such as dynamic con type loud speakers to stilting engine driven linear reciprocating alternators, compressors, textile machines etc. In this paper, we analyze the characteristics of tubular linear motor with Halbach and radial magnet array respectively. We already derived magnetic field solutions due to the PMs and to the currents and Motor thrust. On the basis of analytical field solutions, this paper deals with flux linkages and back emf. The results are validated extensively by comparison with finite element analyses. Then, this parer also presents thrust characteristics according to design parameters for each model.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers B
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• v.48 no.5
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• pp.241-248
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• 1999

Recently, many linear motion generators and motors are rapidly finding applications that ranges from short stroke linear motion vibrators, such as dynamic cone type loudspeakers to stirling engine driven linear reciprocating alternators, compressors, textile machines etc. The stroke-length may go up to 2m, and the maximum speed is in the range of 5 to 10m/s with oscillating frequency as high as 15 kHz. Therefore, the linear oscillating actuators(LOAs) may be considered as variable speed drivers of precise controller with stoke-length and reversal periods during the reciprocating motion. In this paper, the design, fabrication, experiments, and extraction of control parameters of a moving coil type LOA for driving of linear reciprocating motion control systems, are treated. The actuator consists of the NdFeB permanent magnets with high specific energy as the stator produced magnetic field, a coil-wrapped nonmagnetic hollow rectangular bobbin structure, and an iron core as a pathway for magnetic flux. Actually, the design is accomplished by using FEM analysis for the basic configuration of a magnetic circuit, and characteristic equations for coil design. In order to apply as the drivers of a linear motion reciprocating control system, the control parameters and circuit parameters, such as input voltage-stoke, exciting frequency-stoke, coil inductance and so on, are extracted from the analysis and experiments on concerning a fabricating LOA.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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• 2009.06a
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• pp.20-20
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• 2009

치아의 치석제거 및 치골절삭에 사용되는 초음파 스케일러는 일반적으로 마그넷형과 압전형으로 구분할 수 있으며, 최근에 들어 소형화, 저전력, 정밀성, 저비용 등의 장점으로 인해 압전형이 주로 사용되고 있다. 국내의 대부분의 치과에서 한 대 이상 운용되는 초음파 스케일러는 대부분 유럽 제품으로며, 국내에서는 이를 대체하기 위한 제품이 출시되고 있으나 아직까지 유럽 제품에 비해 출력강도, 정밀도 등에서 성능이 모자란 현실로 시장에서 외면 받고 있다. 본 연구에서는 앞서 언급한 압전 초음파 스케일러에 대한 체계적인 연구를 진행하여 외국에 비해 상대적으로 성능이 떨어지는 초음파 스케일러의 성능을 개선하고자 하였다. 이를 위하여 스케일러의 진동 발생부, 즉 압전 세라믹과 SUS 재질의 head, tail 부로 구성된 진동발생부의 최적구조톨 도출하기 위하여 유한요소 해석을 실시하였으며, 스케일러의 중심주파수 28kHz에서 최대 출력이 발생할 수 있는 구조를 도출하였다. 스케일러의 Head 와 Tail 부문의 두께와 직경, 길이 변화에 따른 중심주파수 및 출력 변위의 경향분석을 실시하였으며, 이상의 결과를 바탕으로 실제 스케일러를 제작하여 시뮬레이션의 유효성을 검증하였다. 이상의 과정으로 거쳐 개발된 압전 초음파 스케일러는 다양한 Tip 종류의 영향을 최소화할 수 있으며, 중심주파수는 28~30kHz 에서 뛰어난 성능을 나타내어 기종 유럽제품의 성능을 앞지르는 특성을 확보할 수 있었다.