Development of nanocrystalline Mn–Zn ferrites for forward type DC–DC converter for switching mode power supplies

Abstract

Nanocrystalline Mn–Zn ferrites have been successfully synthesised using the microwave–hydrothermal method for high frequency applications. The nanopowders were characterised using X-ray diffraction (XRD) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). They were annealed using the microwave sintering method at 900°C for 20 min. The frequency dependence of the dielectric constant ?′ and and the initial permeability μ _i were measured in the range 10 Hz to 1·3 GHz. The saturation magnetisation M _s and coercive force H _c were obtained using a vibration sample magnetometer (VSM) in the field of 20 kOe. The total power loss was measured in the range of 100 kHz to 1 MHz with a flux density of 50 mT on the annealed samples. Conductor-embedded ferrite transformers were fabricated and the output power P _o and efficiency η were measured; 80% efficiency was obtained for a forward-type multilayered transformer.     

Electron meets nitrogen: combination of electron beam hardening and nitriding

Abstract

Combined heat treatments, also known as duplex or hybrid technologies, offer new structure/property relationships in layered matrix compounds. The treatment sequence is critical. There are within reach both properties and property gradients that are impossible to achieve using the respective single treatment processes alone nor by simple addition of the effects of the single processes. Good technical progress is given by the combination of thermochemical treatment with high energy beam surface hardening, in particular electron beam hardening. After a historical survey (milestones) of the combination of thermochemical with thermal (surface) heat treatment technologies, the paper deals with the principles of the combining electron beam hardening after nitriding and vice versa , electron beam hardening before nitriding and the effects on microstructure and properties. Typical examples of industrial application are discussed. In this field of heat treatment, further development is focused on combinations of high energy beam hardening (electron or laser beam) with hard coating.     

FUZZY GLOBAL SLIDING MODE CONTROL BASED ON GENETIC ALGORITHM AND ITS APPLICATION FOR FLIGHT SIMULATOR SERVO SYSTEM

To alleviate the chattering problem, a new type of fuzzy global sliding mode controller (FGSMC) is presented. In this controller, the switching gain is estimated by fuzzy logic system based on the reachable conditions of sliding mode controller(SMC), and genetic algorithm (GA) is used to optimize scaling factor of the switching gain, thus the switch chattering of SMC can be alleviated. Moreover, global sliding mode is realized by designing an exponential dynamic sliding surface. Simulation and real-time application for flight simulator servo system with Lugre friction are given to indicate that the proposed controller can guarantee high robust performance all the time and can alleviate chattering phenomenon effectively.     

Doping effects on robotic systems with ionic polymer–metal composite actuators

Ionic polymer–metal composite (IPMC) materials are one of the most promising electro-active polymer actuators for applications, and have good properties of response and durability. The characteristics of IPMC materials depend on the type of counter-ion. When applied to mechanical systems such as a robot, there exist possibilities to change the properties of the system dynamics by changing the counter-ions and system parameters according to the environment or purpose. We focus on this 'doping effect' property of the system and will verify the effect on robotic applications. In this paper, we consider dynamic walking of a small-sized biped robot and swimming motion of a snake-like robot, and demonstrate the doping effects by numerical simulations and experiments.     

Chlorination of vulcanized SBR rubber by immersion or brushing in TCI solutions

The effectiveness of the chlorination treatment of synthetic vulcanized styrene-butadiene rubbers is determined by several experimental variables. In this study, trichloroisocyanuric acid (TCI) solutions in butanone have been used as chlorinating agents for a difficult-to-bond vulcanized styrene-butadiene rubber (R2). The influence of the TCI concentration (0.5 and 2 wt% TCI/MEK) was studied and a comparison between the immersion and brushing procedures to apply the chlorinating agent has been carried out. Characterization of the chlorinated surfaces was carried out using contact angle measurements (water, 25°C), ATR-IR spectroscopy, and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). T-peel tests on similarly treated R2 rubber/polyurethane adhesive joints were carried out to quantify adhesion. The chlorination by immersion of R2 rubber with TCI/MEK solutions was less effective than using a brush. The effects of the chlorination were similar using both procedures (creation of roughness, improved wettability, C Cl moieties formation and deposition of TCI particles), but the extent of the modifications was more marked when using a brush. The higher concentration of chlorinating agent allows a higher degree of chlorination. Peel strength values were lower for brush-chlorinated R2 rubber because the migration of wax (which created a weak layer on the rubber surface) from the bulk to the R2 rubber surface was favoured. However, the presence of waxes on the R2 rubber surface still allowed a reasonable level of adhesion due to the predominance of polar moieties.     

TECHNOLOGY AND APPLICATION OF PRODUCT EVOLUTIONARY DESIGN BASED ON CONFIGURATION IN MASS CUSTOMIZATION MODE

Product customization has been recognized as an effective means to implement mass cus-tomization (MC). A new theory and method for MC-oriented evolutionary design of configuration product is presented based on the study of developing law of evolutionary design in integrated envi-ronment, which focuses on the innovation and reuse properties of configuration product. The key technologies for general requirement modeling in quick response to customer requirement, multi-level stepwise configuration optimization driven by customer requirement and evolutionary deduction of product variable structure based on configuration association are thoroughly investigated. The suc-cessful application of the presented method in the development of real-life products demonstrates its utility, flexibility and robusticity.     

地区电力系统的频率动态过程仿真

针对东北电网辽阳地区系统与主系统的一次解列事故,采用动态潮流法,进行了地区电力系统频率动态过程的仿真研究,对该地区的低频减载方案进行了分析,计算结果说明该方法可以清晰地描述电力系统的频率动态过程,为运行人员进行事故分析提供可靠的依据。     

PARAMETERS OPTIMIZATION OF CONTINUOUS WAVELET TRANSFORM AND ITS APPLICATION IN ACOUSTIC EMISSION SIGNAL ANALYSIS OF ROLLING BEARING

Morlet wavelet is suitable to extract the impulse components of mechanical fault signals. And thus its continuous wavelet transform (CWT) has been successfully used in the field of fault diagnosis. The principle of scale selection in CWT is discussed. Based on genetic algorithm,an opti-mization strategy for the waveform parameters of the mother wavelet is proposed with wavelet en-tropy as the optimization target. Based on the optimized waveform parameters,the wavelet scalogram is used to analyze the simulated acoustic emission (AE) signal and real AE signal of rolling bearing. The results indicate that the proposed method is useful and efficient to improve the quality of CWT.     

HYBRID WAVELET PACKET-TEAGER ENERGY OPERATOR ANALYSIS AND ITS APPLICATION FOR GEARBOX FAULT DIAGNOSIS

Based on wavelet packet decomposition (WPD) algorithm and Teager energy operator (TEO), a novel gearbox fault detection and diagnosis method is proposed. Its process is expatiated after the principles of WPD and TEO modulation are introduced respectively. The preprocessed signal is interpolated with the cubic spline function, then expanded over the selected basis wavelets. Grouping its wavelet packet components of the signal based on the minimum entropy criterion, the interpolated signal can be decomposed into its dominant components with nearly distinct fault frequency contents. To extract the demodulation information of each dominant component, TEO is used. The performance of the proposed method is assessed by means of several tests on vibration signals collected from the gearbox mounted on a heavy truck. It is proved that hybrid WPD-TEO method is effective and robust for detecting and diagnosing localized gearbox faults.