• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers D
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• v.51 no.11
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• pp.494-502
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• 2002

In this paper, a suspension control of a magnetic levitation(MagLev) system with flexible rail is designed and presented. The numerical modelling for the electromagnetic system to be controlled as a target plant is carried out. And dome kinds of the hardware system including CPU board, AD board, DA board, sensors, and switching power amplifier are described. Using the derived model, the stabilizing controllers, such as PID and $H_{\infty}$ controller, for the MagLev system are designed using the MATLAB toolbox. The designed controllers are validated by some experimental results as well as numerical simulations. So it is shown that $H_{\infty}$ controller can give the better performance for the plant with flexible modes than PID controller.

• The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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• v.65 no.11
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• pp.1820-1826
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• 2016

This paper deals with dynamic characteristics of the experimental magnetic levitation vehicle employing LSM(Linear Synchronous Motor) for propulsion. To predict the dynamic characteristics of the system, the dynamic model which is composed of the electrical elements such as electromagnets and LSM and mechanical components and is developed based on multibody dynamics is developed. The resulting system equations of motion for the model are a coupled one representing all the mechanical and electrical parts. To verify the dynamic model of the system, air gaps are measured in both running tests and simulation, and the frequency characteristics of air gaps are analyzed. From the results, it can be seen that the frequency responses are almost the same. Finally, to evaluate the levitation stability and the designed controller, numerical simulations are carried out.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1994.07a
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• pp.199-201
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• 1994

In this paper, The characteristics of the new superconducting maglev system which has quadruple armature windings is examined. This system can generate guidance force and levitation force as well as propulsion force by single ground coil. The time-domain analysis method and phasor analysis method are derived to analyze the characteristics of the proposed system. From the numerical examples for two kind of armature winding configurations, it is shown that the levitation force and guidance force can be generated by single armature winding of the linear synchronous motor without any other ground coils for levitation and guidance, and that double layer configuration has better characteristics in the qualitive characteristics. like as efficiency, pulsation of the electromagnetic forces and drag ratio, than the single layer configuration.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2003.10a
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• pp.1082-1087
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• 2003

In this paper, we address the development of magnetic levitation positioning system. This planar magnetic levitator employs four permanent magnet liner motors. Each motor generates vertical force for suspension against gravity, as well as horizontal force for drive levitation object called a platen This stage can generate six degrees of freedom motion by the vertical and horizontal force. We derived the mechanical dynamics equation using lagrangian method and used coenergy to express an electromagnetic force. We proposed control algorithm for the position and posture control from its initial value to its desired value using sliding mode control. Some simulation result is provided to verify the effectiveness of the proposed control scheme.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• v.28 no.6
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• pp.906-915
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• 2004

In this paper, we address the development of magnetic levitation positioning system. This planar magnetic levitator employs four permanent magnet liner motors. Each motor generates vertical force for suspension against gravity, as well as horizontal force for driving levitation object called a platen. This stage can generate six degrees of freedom motion by the vertical and horizontal force. We derived the mechanical dynamics equation using Lagrangian method and used coenergy to express an electromagnetic force. We proposed a control algorithm for the position and posture control from its initial value to its desired value using sliding mode control. Some simulation results are provided to verify the effectiveness of the proposed control scheme.

• Transactions of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering
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• v.26 no.7
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• pp.875-880
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• 2016

A new hybrid permanent magnet biased magnetic levitation actuator (maglev) is developed. This new maglev actuator is composed of two C-core electromagnetic cores separated with two permanent magnets. Compared to the conventional hybrid maglev actuators, the new actuator has unique flux paths such that bias flux paths are separated with control flux paths. The control flux paths have minimum reluctances only developed by air gaps, so the currents to produce control fluxes can be minimized. The gravity load can be compensated with the permanent magnet bias fluxes developed at off-centered air gap positions while external disturbances are controlled with control fluxes by currents. The consumed power to operate this levitation system can be minimized. 1-D magnetic circuit model is developed for this model such that the flux densities and magnetic forces are extensively analyzed. 3-D finite element model is also developed to analyze the performances of the maglev actuator.

• Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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• 2011.10a
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• pp.2609-2614
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• 2011

A proportional integral derivative (PID) controller is designed and applied to a magnetic levitation conveyor system to control the levitation gap length of the electromagnet constantly. The PID gain parameters are optimized by response surface methods (RSM). The controller is verified with the state-space model of electromagnetic suspension by MATLAB/SIMULINK program. And, the controller and the state-space model are also verified experimentally. Simulation and experimental results shows the effectiveness of the PID gain tuning by RSM as compared with the classical PID tuning.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1995.07a
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• pp.62-64
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• 1995

This paper describes the characteristics of electromagnetic forces of Combined superconducting maglev system. Generation of the levitation, the propulsion and the guidance force by a single coil is proved by the phasor- analysis. It is also shown that double-layered configuration has better characteristics in efficiency, pulsation of the forces and drag ratio than single-layered configuration.

• The Proceeding of the Korean Institute of Electromagnetic Engineering and Science
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• v.2 no.3
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• pp.17-25
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• 1991

Magnetic leakage flux which is generated from the levitation magnets, linear induction motors, and guide magnets of a MagLev(Magnetic Levitation) system is directly related to inter - system EMI, intra - system EMI, and biological effects. In this paper, the magnetic leakage flux from MagLev vechicles designed by Korea Resarch Institute of Ships & Ocean Engineering was calculated considering the various parameters which influence ma- gnetic field intensity around the MagLev system. Based on the calculated field intensity, the thickness of shielding material and shielding position for MagLev floor and side walls are calculated, taking into account the shielding effectiveness of a shield with minimum weight. For the nonuniform shielding method derived from the above procedure, the weight of a shield con- sisting of floor and side walls shielding can be reduced to more 50% than uniform shielding method.

• Proceedings of the KSR Conference
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• 2007.11a
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• pp.865-871
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• 2007

The levitation system of Maglev is composed with electro-magnet, power supplier, controller and sensor. The complex interactions between above subcomponents define the characteristics of electromagnetic suspension of the vehicle. In this study, to understand the influence of controller on the running performance of Maglev, the new controller based on LQ theory will be designed and be simulated with simplified vehicle model. Then the influence of controller on the characteristics of electromagnetic suspension will be reviewed through comparison with existing control algorithm of our prototype vehicle.