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ICAT Research Activities

 

Actuator Modeling

 

Various FEM calculations have been made on the above actuator fields. Particularly, we are developing a software which can predict the temperature distribution in a piezoelectric device due to the heat generation during the mechanical vibration.

 


 

ultrasonic motor

 

windmill

Figure 9: Vibration mode analysis using

ATILA Finite Element Method software.