557 research outputs found
A current controller for a switched reluctance motor based on model reference adaptive control
Abstract--Switched reluctance motors (SRMs) have some mechanically structural and electrical advantages. They also have disadvantages not only related to noise but also to nonlinearity in electromechanical responses. Unlike, for example, dc motors, the responses of current and torque of SRMs heavily depend on operating point associated with current and speed. Adaptive control based on model reference adaptive control is proposed for current control of SRMs. Experiment validates that the controller can regulate current response regardless of the operating points
Dynamic Ad-Dimer Twisting Assisted Nanowire Self-Assembly on Si(001)
Based on ab initio total energy calculation, we show that a dynamic ad-dimer twisting assisted (DATA) process plays a crucial role in facilitating a novel structural reconstruction involving surface and subsurface atoms on Si(001). It leads to self-assembly of long nanowires of group-V elements (Bi, Sb) in the trenches of surface dimer vacancy lines (DVLs) with a characteristic double-dimer configuration. The key to this is the lowering of the kinetic barrier by the DATA process in conjunction with a favorable interaction between ad-dimers and step edges in DVLs. The present results provide an excellent account for experimental observations and reveal the atomistic origin and the dynamic transformation path for nanowire self-assembly on Si(001)
High-precision CTE measurement of hybrid C/SiC composite for cryogenic space telescopes
This paper presents highly precise measurements of thermal expansion of a
"hybrid" carbon-fiber reinforced silicon carbide composite,
HB-Cesic\textregistered - a trademark of ECM, in the temperature region of
\sim310-10K. Whilst C/SiC composites have been considered to be promising for
the mirrors and other structures of space-borne cryogenic telescopes, the
anisotropic thermal expansion has been a potential disadvantage of this
material. HB-Cesic\textregistered is a newly developed composite using a
mixture of different types of chopped, short carbon-fiber, in which one of the
important aims of the development was to reduce the anisotropy. The
measurements indicate that the anisotropy was much reduced down to 4% as a
result of hybridization. The thermal expansion data obtained are presented as
functions of temperature using eighth-order polynomials separately for the
horizontal (XY-) and vertical (Z-) directions of the fabrication process. The
average CTEs and their dispersion (1{\sigma}) in the range 293-10K derived from
the data for the XY- and Z-directions were 0.8050.003\times10
K and 0.837\pm0.001\times10 K, respectively. The absolute
accuracy and the reproducibility of the present measurements are suggested to
be better than 0.01\times10 K and 0.001\times(10)^{-6} K^{-1},
respectively. The residual anisotropy of the thermal expansion was consistent
with our previous speculation regarding carbon-fiber, in which the residual
anisotropy tended to lie mainly in the horizontal plane.Comment: Accepted by Cryogeincs. 12 pages, 3 figures, 1 tabll
Preliminary Considerations from the 2nd Phase of Experiments at the SIET/SWAM Facility
Severe accident codes study the thermo-hydraulics of the suppression chamber with a limited numbers of nodes, generally solving mass and energy equations and assuming perfect mixing conditions. In a long station black out the effect of the sparger’s design might create local phenomena (e.g. stratification, hot-spots) which are hardly predicted by the current practices, resulting in mispredictions of the containment pressure evolution. In order to understand the effect of the sparger geometry, steam mass flux, water sub-cooling and air concentration the SWAM facility (Steam Water Air Mixing) at the SIET laboratory was employed performing around twenty different experiments, in conditions close to what is expected during the Fukushima Daiichi accident. The test facility (poll and pipes) is built with polycarbonate (transparent material) to ease the acquisition of the standard and high-speed cameras. Vertically distributed thermocouples and high-frequency pressure measurements are employed to obtain quantitative values for phenomena investigation and future CFD validations. It was shown that experiments with pure steam and relatively large diameter holes induce chugging that enhances mixing in the pool. Once chugging ceases, because of the reduced sub-cooling, a hot water layer is created in the upper part of the pool. The presence of air in the pipe induces large stratification from the condition of large subcooling because of the limited mixing introduced in the region below the pipe mouth
Relaxation of classical many-body hamiltonians in one dimension
The relaxation of Fourier modes of hamiltonian chains close to equilibrium is
studied in the framework of a simple mode-coupling theory. Explicit estimates
of the dependence of relevant time scales on the energy density (or
temperature) and on the wavenumber of the initial excitation are given. They
are in agreement with previous numerical findings on the approach to
equilibrium and turn out to be also useful in the qualitative interpretation of
them. The theory is compared with molecular dynamics results in the case of the
quartic Fermi-Pasta-Ulam potential.Comment: 9 pag. 6 figs. To appear in Phys.Rev.
Electronic properties and Fermi surface of Ag(111) films deposited onto H-passivated Si(111)-(1x1) surfaces
Silver films were deposited at room temperature onto H-passivated Si(111)
surfaces. Their electronic properties have been analyzed by angle-resolved
photoelectron spectroscopy. Submonolayer films were semiconducting and the
onset of metallization was found at a Ag coverage of 0.6 monolayers. Two
surface states were observed at -point in the metallic films,
with binding energies of 0.1 and 0.35 eV. By measurements of photoelectron
angular distribution at the Fermi level in these films, a cross-sectional cut
of the Fermi surface was obtained. The Fermi vector determined along different
symmetry directions and the photoelectron lifetime of states at the Fermi level
are quite close to those expected for Ag single crystal. In spite of this
concordance, the Fermi surface reflects a sixfold symmetry rather than the
threefold symmetry of Ag single crystal. This behavior was attributed to the
fact that these Ag films are composed by two domains rotated 60.Comment: 9 pages, 8 figures, submitted to Physical Review
Generalized Boltzmann Equation for Lattice Gas Automata
In this paper, for the first time a theory is formulated that predicts
velocity and spatial correlations between occupation numbers that occur in
lattice gas automata violating semi-detailed balance. Starting from a coupled
BBGKY hierarchy for the -particle distribution functions, cluster expansion
techniques are used to derive approximate kinetic equations. In zeroth
approximation the standard nonlinear Boltzmann equation is obtained; the next
approximation yields the ring kinetic equation, similar to that for hard sphere
systems, describing the time evolution of pair correlations. As a quantitative
test we calculate equal time correlation functions in equilibrium for two
models that violate semi-detailed balance. One is a model of interacting random
walkers on a line, the other one is a two-dimensional fluid type model on a
triangular lattice. The numerical predictions agree very well with computer
simulations.Comment: 31 pages LaTeX, 12 uuencoded tar-compressed Encapsulated PostScript
figures (`psfig' macro), hardcopies available on request, 78kb + 52k
Commutative -algebras of Toeplitz operators on complex projective spaces
We prove the existence of commutative -algebras of Toeplitz operators on
every weighted Bergman space over the complex projective space
. The symbols that define our algebras are those that
depend only on the radial part of the homogeneous coordinates. The algebras
presented have an associated pair of Lagrangian foliations with distinguished
geometric properties and are closely related to the geometry of
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