Abstract
The motion characteristics and flow field variation of Thomson-type actuator have been investigated in this article, in which a two-dimensional axisymmetric cylindrical coordinate model is constructed and described by a set of multi-physical equations reflecting the flow field, transient electromagnetic field, electric circuit, and mechanical motion. The motion performance of the actuator and the pressure drag caused by the high-speed movement of metal plate are analyzed under different opening speeds. It shows that the pressure drag has a strong buffer effect on the actuator. The influence of the laminar and standard k - ε models on the pressure distribution, velocity distribution, and motion characteristics is focused on. In comparison with the laminar model, the pressure drag of the turbulence model is much higher than the laminar model and is more beneficial for the buffer design of the mechanism.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1-8 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Advances in Mechanical Engineering |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue number | 8 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 27 Aug 2015 |
Keywords
- Thomson-type actuator
- buffer effect
- pressure drag
- standard k-ε model