Mechanism of Electro-conjugate Fluid Flow and Design of Micro Fluid Power Source using Electro-conjugate Fluid

电共轭流体是一种功能流体，当受到高压时会产生强大的流动。为了阐明其流动机理，本研究在牛顿流体运动方程中引入电场作用于介质的电场。用该模型计算的流速分布与实验结果定量吻合。此外，利用基于该模型的知识设计了电极对，并将其应用于机器人手的研制，证明了电共轭流体作为微流体压力源的潜力。

Electro-conjugate fluid is a functional fluid, which generates a powerful flow when subjected to high voltage. In order to clarify its flow mechanism, this study introduces an electric force induced to a dielectric under electric field to Newtonian fluid equation of motion. The calculated flow velocity distribution using this model quantitatively corresponds to that obtained by an experiment. In addition, an electrode pair designed using the knowledge based on the model is introduced to develop a robot hand, and the hand proved the potential of electro-conjugate fluid as a micro fluid pressure source.