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Sensors and Actuators A 157 (2010) 185–197 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Sensors and Actuators A: Physical j o u rn al h omepage: w w w. elsev /locate/sna Design, analysis and simulation of magnetostrictive actuator and its application to high dynamic servo valve S. Karunanidhi a,∗ , M. Singaperumal b a Research Centre Imarat (RCI), Hyderabad 500069, India b Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Madras, Chennai 600036, India a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: Flapper–nozzle type Electro Hydraulic Servo Valve (EHSV) operated by conventional torque motor actu- Received 28 April 2009 ators has been used in wide range of industrial applications. As their bandwidths are limited, they are Received in revised form not suitable for high-speed applications. The work presented in this paper deals with the mechatronic 18 September 2009 approach for the design of a magnetostrictive actuator with flexure amplifier and a magnetically biased Accepted 15 November 2009 Available online 24 November 2009 magnetostrictive actuator for application in high frequency flapper–nozzle servo valve. A magnetostric- tive actuator has been designed, built and integrated into an existing flapper–nozzle servo valve by replacing the torque motor. Incorporating the dynamics of the magnetostrictive actuator, the dynamics Keywords: Flapper–nozzle servo valve of the valve was simu