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MATEC Web Conf.
Volume 306, 2020
The 6th International Conference on Mechatronics and Mechanical Engineering (ICMME 2019)
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| Article Number | 02007 | |
| Number of page(s) | 7 | |
| Section | Mechanical Design and Manufacturing System | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/matecconf/202030602007 | |
| Published online | 14 January 2020 | |
Numerical Investigation on Magnetically Actuated Tunable Micro Liquid Lens
College of Astronautics, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing 210016, China
* Corresponding author: zhuguiping@nuaa.edu.cn
In this paper, magnetically actuated tunable liquid lens is fundamentally studied to have further potential application scope in research, industrial, aeronautical and astronautical areas. The magnetic field, which is generated by a magnetic potential applied to the permanent magnet domain, distributes non-uniformly in the computational domain and generates magnetic field force to obtain the deformation of the ferrofluid droplet. Consequently, the light-transmitting droplet deforms due to direct contact with the ferrofluid droplet by a connecting channel. The combined effects of gravitational, frictional, interfacial and pressure-driven force make light-transmissive droplet to be a programmable liquid lens. The light-transmissive droplet exhibits changes in the curvature of the contour, which results in different focal lengths for realizing the variable-focus liquid lens. This work focus on the driven mechanism by the magnetic force for a better understanding. The performance is numerically studied for a magnetically actuated varifocal liquid lens by finite element method. The results are presented individually for the distribution of magnetic and flow field, and light refraction.
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