A generic method to construct new customized-shaped haotic systems using the relative motion concept

Constructing chaotic systems tailored for each particular real-world application has been a long-term research desideratum. We report a solution for this problem based on the concept of relative motion. We investigate the periodic motion on a closed contour of a coordinate frame in which a chaotic system evolves. By combining these two motions (periodic on a close contour and chaotic) new customized shape trajectories are acquired. We demonstrate that these trajectories obtained in the stationary frame are also chaotic and, moreover, conserve the Lyapunov exponents of the initial chaotic system. Based on this finding we developed an innovative method to construct new chaotic systems with customized shapes, thus fulfilling the requirements of any particular application of chaos

Path Planning Algorithm based on Arnold Cat Map for Surveillance UAVs

During their task accomplishment, autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles are facing more and more threats coming from both ground and air. In such adversarial environments, with no a priori information about the threats, a flying robot in charge with surveilling a specified 3D sector must perform its tasks by evolving on misleading and unpredictable trajectories to cope with enemy entities. In our view, the chaotic dynamics can be the cornerstone in designing unpredictable paths for such missions, even though this solution was not exploited until now by researchers in the 3D context. This paper addresses the flight path-planning issue for surveilling a given volume in adversarial conditions by proposing a proficient approach that uses the chaotic behaviour exhibited by the 3D Arnold’s cat map. By knowing the exact location of the volume under surveillance before take-off, the flying robot will generate the successive chaotic waypoints only with onboard resources, in an efficient manner. The method is validated by simulation in a realistic scenario using a detailed Simulink model for the X-4 Flyer quadcopter

OPTIMUM DESIGN ASPECTS OF A POWER AXIAL FLUX PMSM

Key words: High-energy permanent magnets, Permanent magnet synchronous machines, Finite element method analysis. The paper presents an axial flux permanent magnet synchronous machine (PMSM) with one disk rotor between two stators, which are wound in a concentrate winding type with sub unitary number of slots/pole/phase -a tooth-coil technology. Some structure, design and FEM analysis elements are presented. Aspects of the average performances obtained in the steady state operation mode are highlighted by digital simulation