• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2003.06a
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• pp.1123-1126
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• 2003

In this research 4 plate type ER-Valves which have same surface but different width and length are designed and an experimental apparatus is constructed. With this experimental apparatus, flow rate and pressure drop of ER fluid flowing in ER-Valve are measured by varying electric field strength of ER-valve, and relation between valve types and pressure drop is also experimented. ER fluid is made silicon oil mixed with 40wt% starch having hydrous particles. The pressure drop according to the strength of electric field by differential pressure gauge in the present ER-Valve was used. This test reviewed experiment for the special changes of ER fluids in the steady flow condition.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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• 2000.06a
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• pp.1338-1343
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• 2000

This paper deals with an application of Magneto-Rheological (MR) fluid to a small size mount for precision equipment of automobiles. MR fluid is known as a class of functional fluids with controllable apparent viscosity of fluid by the applied magnetic field strength. A typical MR fluid is a suspension where pure iron particles of $1{\sim}20mm$ in diameter are dispersed in a liquid such as mineral oil or silicone oil, at the concentration of $20{\sim}40$ vol%. Electro magnetic coil is installed at the bottom of a variable-damping mount filled with MR fluid, and its performance was investigated experimentally. Furthermore, the properties of the MR Mount on experimental Study were explained analytically by mechanical model of the MR mount.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.20 no.6
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• pp.27-36
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• 2003

The Electro-Rheological (ER) fluid has been used to the ultraprecision polishing of single crystal silicon as new polishing slurry whose properties such as yield stress and particle structure changed with the application of an electric field. In this work, it is aimed to find the effective parameters in the ER fluid on material removal in the polishing system whose structure is similar to that of the simple hydrodynamic bearing. The generated pressure in the gap between a moving wall and a workpiece, as well as the electric field-induced stress of the mixture of ER fluid-abrasives, is evaluated experimentally, and their influence on the polishing of single crystal silicon is analyzed. Moreover, the behavior of abrasive and ER particles is described.

• The Korean Journal of Rheology
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• v.6 no.1
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• pp.20-29
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• 1994

본 논문에서는 실리콘 오일을 용매로 사용하여 조성된 전기유동유체의 전기장 부하 변화에 따른 역학적 특성을 고찰하였으며 그응용성에 대하여 연구하였다. 유체에 가해지는 전기장은 0~0.25kV/mm까지 변화시켰고 외부에서 가해지는 회전력은 0∼500rpm까지의 범위로 설정하였으며 용매의 점성계수 및 각각의 용매에 대한 입자 중량비를 달리하여 자체 조성한 4종류의 전기유동유체에 대하여 특성을 고찰하였고, 전기유동유체의 항복응력도 부 하되는 전기장의 함수로 증가함을 알수 있었다. 또한 부하되는 전기장의 크기 뿐만이 아니 라 입자의 중량비 용매의 점성계수도 전기유동유체의 거동에 많은 영향을 미침을 알수 있었 다. 또한, 전기유동유체를 이용한 응용예로서 지능구조물을 제작하여 전기장에 따른 진동특 성변화를 고찰하였다. 실험결과 부하되는 전기장의 강도가 증가함에 따라 구조물의 고유진 동수가 점차적으로 증가하였으며 입자의 중량비가 증가할수록 증가폭이 커 넓은 범위의 제 어영역을 가짐을 알수 있었다. 전기유동유체의 진동제어 이용가능성을 입증하기 위하여 시 간영역에서 구조물의 전기장에 대한 과도 진동제어 응답과 강제진동제어 응답을 실험하였다.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Manufacturing Technology Engineers
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• v.7 no.3
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• pp.7-13
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• 1998

This paper presents a new concept of a commercial vehicle seat suspension system. The proposed suspension system features an ER(electro-rheological)damper which can produce continuously tunable damping forces by control elecric fields. A dynamic model of the ER damper is first achieved by incorporating Bingham property of the ER fluid, followed by the formulation of governing equations of motion for the suspension system The effectiveness of the proposed ER seat suspension system is evaluated by investigating vibration with respect to sinusoidal inputs.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering Conference
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• 1997.04a
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• pp.394-399
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• 1997

This paper presents a new concept of a semi-active suspension system for a commercial vehicle seat. The proposed suspension system features an ER(electro-rheological) damper which can produce continuously tunable damping forces by control electric fields. A dynamic model of the ER damper is first achieved by incorporating Bingham property of the ER fluid, followed by the formulation of governing equations of motion for the suspension system. A sliding mode controller is then designed on the basis of the hyper-plane sliding mode scheme. The effectiveness of the proposed control system is evaluated by investigating control performance for vibration isolation.

• The Korean Journal of Rheology
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• v.11 no.2
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• pp.97-104
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• 1999

This paper presents vibration control of a drive feeding system consisting of a new type of CD-ROM(compact discread only memory) mount using electro-rheologocal(ER) fluid. Chemically treated starch particles and silicon oil are used for ER fluid. and its field-dependent yield stresses are experimentally distilled under both the shear and the flow modes. On the basis of the yield stress, an appropriate size of ER CD-ROM mount adapted to conventional feeding system is designed and manufactured. Vibration isolation performance of the proposed mount is evaluated in the frequency domain and compared with that of conventional rubber mount. The ER CD-ROM mount is then installed to the drive feeding system and the system equation of motion is derived. Following the formulating the sky-hook controller, computer simulation is undertaken in order to evaluate vibration suppression of the feeding system subjected to various disturbances(excitations).

• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.18 no.9
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• pp.45-52
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• 2001

This paper presents two different models of electrorheological(ER) valves which can be applicable to an automatic cargo handling system at the seaport. Four different ER fluids, which are commercially available, are adopted and their Bingham characteristics are experimentally evaluated with respect to the intensity of electric field. The field-dependent Bingham models are used in the design of two types of ER valves; single-type and divided-type. The governing equations of motion of the ER valves are derived and the principal design parameters are determined based on 200ton platform to be vertically controlled by the ER valves. Both pressure drops due to the applied field and current density required to operate the ER valves are analyzed. In addition, the pressure drops of the cylinder system are evaluated for both ER valves.