• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2006.10a
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• pp.75-76
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• 2006

• Transactions of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering
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• v.17 no.4 s.121
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• pp.356-362
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• 2007

Magnetostrictive materials have been used for linear actuators due to its large strain, large force output with moderate frequency band in the presence of magnetic field. However their performance analysis is difficult because of nonlinear material behaviors in terms of coupled strain-magnetic field dependence, nonlinear permeability, pre-stress dependence and hysteresis. This paper presents a finite element analysis technique for magnetostrictive linear actuator. To deal with coupled problems and nonlinear behaviors, a simple finite element approach is proposed, which is based on separate magnetic field calculation and displacement simulation. The finite element formulation and an in-house program development are illustrated, and a simulation model is made for a magnetostrictive linear actuator. The fabrication and performance test of the linear actuator are explained, and the performance comparison with simulation result is shown. Since this approach is simple, it can be applied for analyzing magnetostrictive underwater projectors and ultrasonic transducers.

• Transactions of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering
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• v.20 no.12
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• pp.1200-1209
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• 2010

The main subject of this paper is to develop analytic method with which output power or sensitivity variations of a magnetostrictive ultrasonic transducer can be estimated with no aid of experiments. After the bias magnetic field deployed over the patch is calculated using finite element analysis for magnetostatics, the representative value is extracted by averaging these field values. The operating point on the characteristic curve for magnetostriction is identified by this value and then the output performance is calculated from it. It is verified that the results from this simple model match well with those of its experimental version and some limits of this modeling technique are also considered.

• Journal of KSNVE
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• v.21 no.2
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• pp.29-34
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• 2011

이번 기초강좌 코너에서는 앞으로 4회 혹은 5회에 걸쳐서 소위 영어로 'magnetostriction' 한국말로는 '자기변형 혹은 자왜현상'(이하 자기변형 현상으로 통일하여 지칭함)이라고 불리는 현상에 대한 연재를 진행할 예정이다. 지능형 물질에 대한 관심이 어느 때보다 높아진 요즘에 독자들의 요구에 부합하는 시의적절한 연재물이 되기를 기대하며 때때로 필자의 근거 없는 사견이 포함되더라도 독자 여러분들의 많은 양해를 부탁드린다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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• 2002.11b
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• pp.705-710
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• 2002

Magnetostrictive materials are used low frequency sonar transmitter instead of piezoelectric materials. But it is difficult to analyze due to the nonlinearity and hysteresis of magnetostrictive materials. This paper deals with the program development for the finite element modeling of magnetostrictive tonpilz transducers and for analyzing their acoustic characteristics. To take into account the nonlinearity of magnetostrictive materials, the magnetic field calculation is separated form the displacement calculation, and a curve fitting is adopted for the nonlinear behavior of the magnetic and mechanical strain fields. At first, the magnetic field is obtained by using a commercial FEM software and the displacement of the transducer is calculated by plugging the obtained magnetic field into forcing term. To verity the accuracy of the developed program, a comparison is made with a commercial code, ATILA.

• Transactions of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering
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• v.19 no.11
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• pp.1177-1183
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• 2009

The effects of biasing magnetic fields on the performances of magnetostrictive ultrasonic transducers are investigated. The transducers are patch-type ones which are used for SHM of plate structures. Various kinds of configurations of biasing magnets are covered experimentally. It is experimentally verified that how the biasing magnetic field deploys is the most significant factors on maximizing the transducer output. From the magnetostriction curve of nickel, it is concluded qualitatively that it is not the absolute values of biasing magnetic field but the slope of magnetostriction curve to be taken account of.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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• 2003.11a
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• pp.544-548
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• 2003

The objective of this investigation is to develop an efficient method to generate and measure torsional waves in non-ferromagnetic waveguides by using magnetostrictive transducers. In existing methods using a nickel strip that is attached circumferentially to the test specimen such as aluminum pipes, large current input to the magnetostrictive transducer often generates undesired wave modes in addition to desired torsional wave. However, we propose an improved method to generate the torsional waves without being accompanied by other undesirable wave modes regardless of the input current magnitude. The specific transducer configuration and its performance will be presented in the present investigation.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.25 no.1
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• pp.108-114
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• 2008

Recently, there have been several instances that the nuclear power plants were shut down due to the mechanical faults in the main transformer of the plants. These mechanical faults are primarily originated from the electromagnetically induced mechanical vibrations. Magnetostriction is identified to be the main cause of the mechanical vibration after analyzing the vibration data of the main transformers in nuclear power plants. In this study, we derived a mathematical model of the magnetostriction based on the Jiles-Atherton hysteresis model. The validity of the model is checked by matching the simulations with the experimental observations. The magnetostriction model used in this study will be the first step toward developing a design tool far the transformers that have minimal mechanical vibrations and are robust to mechanical faults.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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• 2005.05a
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• pp.587-592
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• 2005

Main transformer's integrity assessment in nuclear power plant is estimated by the electrical test of electrical core and wire and the chemical analysis of insulating oil. Mechanical test or analysis has not been so far. So this study makes it with the vibration velocity rating. The vibration velocity rating in main transformer which is based on the real data of vibration velocity measurement under operating and other machinery vibration code such as ISO code is renewed.

• Proceedings of the Acoustical Society of Korea Conference
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• autumn
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• pp.251-256
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• 1999

보일러등의 관벽에 부착되는 스케일 방지용으로 설계된 초음파 발신기는 전기적 신호를 기계적신호로 변환시켜주는 진동자와 발생된 초음파를 부하매질에 전달하는 도파봉으로 구성된다. 본 논문에서는 진동자로 사용되는 자왜소자의 형상설계와 진동자에서 발생된 초음파를 증폭시켜 부하매질로 전달되기위한 몇가지 형태의 도파봉에 대해 이론해석 및 FEM 해석을 수행하였다. 또한 제작된 초음파 발신기의 성능을 음압측정을 통해 확인하였다.