Title :
Analysis of a novel type of ferrofluid actuator with permanent magnets in Halbach pattern
Author :
Petrescu, Camelia ; Olaru, Radu
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Electr. Eng., Energetics & Appl. Inf., “Gheorghe Asachi” Tech. Univ. of Iasi, Iasi, Romania
Abstract :
A novel type of ferrofluidic actuator that uses a Halbach array of permanent magnets is proposed and analysed. Numerical simulations show an increase of the transmitted force and the preservation of the linearity of the force-current characteristic in the analyzed configurations.
Keywords :
magnetic actuators; magnetic fluids; permanent magnets; Halbach pattern; ferrofluid actuator; force-current characteristic; linearity; numerical simulations; permanent magnets; transmitted force; Actuators; Arrays; Force; Iron; Magnetic levitation; Magnetomechanical effects; Permanent magnets; Halbach arrays; ferrofluidic actuators; numerical electromagnetic field analysis;
Conference_Titel :
Electrical and Power Engineering (EPE), 2014 International Conference and Exposition on
Conference_Location :
Iasi
DOI :
10.1109/ICEPE.2014.6969901
