Modeling and simulation of artificial hair cell sensor for underwater applications

This article uses finite volume and finite element methods for optimization of the artificial hair cell sensor. The performance of the sensor was investigated for different materials such as sicon and polysilicon and by varying hair cell dimensions including width and length. The silicon material wh...

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Main Authors: Nawi, Mohd Norzaidi Mat, Manaf, Asrulnizam Abd, Arshad, Mohd Rizal
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Language:English
Published: Akademi Sains Malaysia 2013
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author Nawi, Mohd Norzaidi Mat
Manaf, Asrulnizam Abd
Arshad, Mohd Rizal
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Manaf, Asrulnizam Abd
Arshad, Mohd Rizal
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description This article uses finite volume and finite element methods for optimization of the artificial hair cell sensor. The performance of the sensor was investigated for different materials such as sicon and polysilicon and by varying hair cell dimensions including width and length. The silicon material which has low young modulus was proposed based on the simulation performance. The performance of the hair cell sensor was achieved by increasing the hair cell length while increasing the width did not significantly influence the performance. The performance of the sensor was studied for its viscous force, deflection, von mises stress and sensitivity. From the simulation, the hair cell with a length of 1600 μm and 80 μm width was suggested for the subsequent analysis. Another way to improve the performance was by modifying the hair cell geometry and it was proved that the modified hair cell was more sensitive, based on the deflection. The angle of flow that hit the hair cell also affected the deflection of the sensor where the zero angle flow which was parallel to the substrate was the most effective angle. The limitations of the performance of hair cell for various fluid velocity were also discussed in this paper.
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spelling usm-340572018-08-17T07:11:44Z http://eprints.usm.my/34057/ Modeling and simulation of artificial hair cell sensor for underwater applications Nawi, Mohd Norzaidi Mat Manaf, Asrulnizam Abd Arshad, Mohd Rizal TK7800-8360 Electronics This article uses finite volume and finite element methods for optimization of the artificial hair cell sensor. The performance of the sensor was investigated for different materials such as sicon and polysilicon and by varying hair cell dimensions including width and length. The silicon material which has low young modulus was proposed based on the simulation performance. The performance of the hair cell sensor was achieved by increasing the hair cell length while increasing the width did not significantly influence the performance. The performance of the sensor was studied for its viscous force, deflection, von mises stress and sensitivity. From the simulation, the hair cell with a length of 1600 μm and 80 μm width was suggested for the subsequent analysis. Another way to improve the performance was by modifying the hair cell geometry and it was proved that the modified hair cell was more sensitive, based on the deflection. The angle of flow that hit the hair cell also affected the deflection of the sensor where the zero angle flow which was parallel to the substrate was the most effective angle. The limitations of the performance of hair cell for various fluid velocity were also discussed in this paper. Akademi Sains Malaysia 2013 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en cc_by http://eprints.usm.my/34057/1/MODELLING_USM_213.pdf Nawi, Mohd Norzaidi Mat and Manaf, Asrulnizam Abd and Arshad, Mohd Rizal (2013) Modeling and simulation of artificial hair cell sensor for underwater applications. ASM Science Journal, 7 (2). pp. 144-151. ISSN 1823-6782 http://www.akademisains.gov.my/asmsj
spellingShingle TK7800-8360 Electronics
Nawi, Mohd Norzaidi Mat
Manaf, Asrulnizam Abd
Arshad, Mohd Rizal
Modeling and simulation of artificial hair cell sensor for underwater applications
title Modeling and simulation of artificial hair cell sensor for underwater applications
title_full Modeling and simulation of artificial hair cell sensor for underwater applications
title_fullStr Modeling and simulation of artificial hair cell sensor for underwater applications
title_full_unstemmed Modeling and simulation of artificial hair cell sensor for underwater applications
title_short Modeling and simulation of artificial hair cell sensor for underwater applications
title_sort modeling and simulation of artificial hair cell sensor for underwater applications
topic TK7800-8360 Electronics
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http://eprints.usm.my/34057/1/MODELLING_USM_213.pdf