• Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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• 2001.11b
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• pp.400-404
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• 2001

A micro-PIV(particle image velocimetry) measurement has been conducted to investigate flow fields in such microfluidic devices as microchannels and micronozzle. The present study employs a state-of-art micro-PIV system which consists of epi-fluorescence microscope, 620nm diameter fluorescent seed particles and an 8-bit megapixel CCD camera. Velocity vector fields with a resolution of $6.7\times6.7{\mu}m$ has been obtained, and the attention has been paid on the effect of varying measurement conditions of particle diameter and particle concentration on the resulting PIV results. In this study, the microfluidic elements were fabricated on plastic chips by means of MEMS processes and a subsequent molding process. Flow fields in a variety of microchannels as well as micronozzle have been investigated.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2006.11a
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• pp.15-18
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• 2006

Recently, experimental visualization of microscale fluid transport has attacted considerable attention in designing microelectromechanical systems. Fluid-surface interactions on hydrophobic and hydrophilic surfaces can play a key role in passively controlling microfluidics. Here we investigate the slip boundary condition depending on the surface characteristics; hydrophilic, hydrophobic wettabilities. Using the micro-PIV, velocity profiles are measured in the glass (hydrophilic), PDMS (hydrophobic) microchannels.

• Proceedings of the Optical Society of Korea Conference
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• 2003.07a
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• pp.244-245
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• 2003

비대칭형 미소공진기는 방향성방출을 가지기 때문에 원형공진의 단점인 등방성 방출특성을 극복하기 위한 대안으로 많은 흥미를 끌어왔다. 또한 공진기 내에서 빛살궤적이 혼돈현상을 보이기 때문에 고전혼돈과 양자혼돈현상을 연구하기 위한 좋은 시스템을 제공한다. 우리는 높은 신뢰도의 사중극자변형 공진기를 만들기 위해 측면에서 공기를 불던 기존의 방법 대신 비원형 노즐을 이용하는 방법을 개발하였다. (중략)

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• v.21 no.2
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• pp.146-154
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• 1996

농약의 직주입 혼합방식은 작업자의 안전에 기여하며 남은 농약은 용기와 함께 수거되어 재사용 되므로 환경보전 및 경제적 이점이 있다. 그러나 주입식 방제기의 분관내 농약혼합액이 노즐에 이르는 시간까지의 유동특성인 지연시간은 농약 살포량에 오차를 유발한다. 본 연구는 이 지연시간이 미치는 실제 살포오차의 정도를 파악하려 시뮬레이션을 행하였다. 시뮬레이션의 결과에 의하면 오차는 상당히 심각한 것으로 판단되었으며 지연시간을 단축하려는 여러 방법을 검토하였다. 분관의 직경을 줄여 유동속도를 빠르게 하거나, 혼입 농약의 양을 일정하게 유지하며 방제속도를 가능한 목표속도에 맞추는 방법 등은 약간의 오차를 줄일 수 있을 뿐이었고, 농약을 각 노즐에 주입함으로써 오차를 최소화할 수 있으나 미소계략의 문제를 내포하였다. 따라서 농도의 변화에 따른 지연시간을 없앤 직주입 총유량 제어방식을 통하여 노즐 배출유량을 방제속도의 변이에 따라 보상하며 비례적으로 농약을 주입하여 농도를 일정하게 유지할 수 있을 것으로 판단된다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 1993.04b
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• pp.66-70
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• 1993

미세드릴가공은 드릴 직경의 소경화로 발생하는 공구강성저하, 지동 발생, 칩배출 곤란 등으로 인해 수많은 기계가공 중에서도 가장 어려운 가공 중의 하나이며 이로인해 설계의 단계에서 가능한 피하고있는 실정이다. 그러나 근래 각종 제품의 소형 경량화 추세가 일어나면서 미세구멍가공 기술에 대한 중요성이 높아지고 있으며, 특히 시계부품, 소형 정밀 부품, 연료분사용 노즐, 광파이버 관련품, 우주항공기 부품 등에 수요가 급증하고 있다. 또한 최근 전기.전자 공업의 발달과 함께 등장한 표면실장기술(SMT)은 프린터 배선기판의 고밀도화를 더욱 진전시켰으며 이는 구멍밀도, 구멍지름의 미소화 등 미세구멍가공 관점에서 보완해야 할 기술적인 과제를 남겨 놓았다. 본 연구는 미세드릴가공의 메카니즘을 규명하고 그 문제점을 해결하여 미소경 드릴링 머신을 개발하는 데 주력함과 동시에그 절삭현상의 기초적인 연구를 수행하였다

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2007.04a
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• pp.25-29
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• 2007

Minimization of conventional propulsion device has been studied for altitude control of micro satellite. We studied micro nozzle performance and found higher significant loss for a micro nozzle with smaller nozzle throat diameter. To overcome this loss, we proposed thermal transpiration based micro propulsion system. This new system has no moving parts and can control flow by temperature gradient, and this can be an option for potential new micro propulsion system.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.22 no.1
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• pp.321-326
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• 2021

This paper presents a technique to minimize damaged wafers during loading. A thin wafer used in solar cells and semiconductors can be damaged easily. This makes it difficult to separate the wafer due to surface tension between the loaded wafers. A technique for minimizing damaged wafers is to supply compressed air to the wafer and simultaneously apply a small horizontal movement mechanism. The main experimental factors used in this study were the supply speed of wafers, the nozzle pressure of the compressed air, and the suction time of a vacuum head. A higher supply speed of the wafer under the same nozzle pressure and lower nozzle pressure under the same supply speed resulted in a higher failure rate. Furthermore, the damage rate, according to the wafer supply speed, was unaffected by the suction time to grip a wafer. The optimal experiment conditions within the experimental range of this study are the wafer supply speed of 600 ea/hr, nozzle air pressure of 0.55 MPa, and suction time of 0.9 sec at the vacuum head. In addition, the technology improved by the repeatability performance tests can minimize the damaged wafer rate.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers
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• v.8 no.2
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• pp.54-61
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• 2004

Miniaturization of subsystems including propulsion systems is recent trends in spacecraft technology. Small space vehicle propulsion is not only a technological challenge of a scaling system down, but also a combination of fundamental flow/combustion constraints. In this paper, physical constraints of micronozzle for cold gas micro-thruster are reviewed and discussed. Method to measure small thrust are also described.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Propulsion Engineers Conference
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• 2006.11a
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• pp.377-381
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• 2006

This paper describes experimental work to control supersonic jet noise using a mesh screen that is placed at the nozzle exit plane. The mesh screen is a wire-gauze screen that is made of long stainless wires with a very small diameter. The nozzle pressure ratio is varied to obtain the supersonic jets which are operated in a wide range of over-expanded to moderately under-expanded jets. In order to perturb mainly the initial jet shear layer, the hole is perforated in the central part of the mesh screen. The hole size is varied to investigate the noise control effectiveness of the mesh screen. A schlieren optical system is used to visualize the flow fields of supersonic jet with and without the mesh screen device. Acoustic measurement is performed to obtain the OASPL and noise spectra. The results obtained show that the present mesh screen device leads to a substantial suppression of jet screech tones. The hole size is an important factor in reducing the supersonic jet noise. For over-expanded jets, the noise control effectiveness of the mesh screen appears more significant, compared to correctly and under-expanded jets