Computer simulation of magnetic levitation of thin steel plate

Issue title: Proceedings of the tenth International Symposium on Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics ISEM-Tokyo

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Marunaga, Kazuo^a | Oshinoya, Yasuo^b | Ishibashi, Kazuhisa^{c; *}

Affiliations: [a] Graduate Student, Course of Mechanical Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Tokai University, Japan | [b] Department of Mechanical Engineering, Future Science and Technology Joint Research Center, Tokai University, Japan | [c] Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Tokai University, 2-28-4 Tomigaya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, 151-0063 Japan

Correspondence: [*] Corresponding author: Kazuhisa Ishibashi, Tel.: +81 3 3467 2211 ext. 381; E-mail: [email protected]

Abstract: This paper describes how to simulate magnetic levitation of a thin steel plate by using electromagnets. Since the levitation system is essentially unstable, the steel plate is levitated by controlling the attractive force produced by the electromagnets with feedback signals: the displacement and velocity of the steel plate and the current of the electromagnet. The motion equation of the steel plate is solved by the finite difference method. The attractive magnetic force by electromagnets is obtained by using the finite element method.

DOI: 10.3233/JAE-2002-314

Journal: International Journal of Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics, vol. 13, no. 1-4, pp. 35-43, 2002