Decentralized PID neural network control for five degree-of-freedom active magneticbearing

A decentralized proportional–integral–derivative neural network (PIDNN) control scheme is proposed to regulate and stabilize a fully suspended five degree-of-freedom (DOF) active magnetic bearing (AMB) system which is composed of two radial AMBs (RAMBs) and one thrust AMB (TAMB). First, the structure and operating principles of the five-DOF AMB system are introduced. Then, the adopted differential driving mode (DDM) for the drive system of the AMB is analyzed. Moreover, due to the exact dynamic model of the five-DOF AMB system is vague, a decentralized PIDNN controller is proposed to control the five-axes of the rotor simultaneously in order to confront the uncertainties including inherent nonlinearities and external disturbances effectively. Furthermore, the connective weights of the PIDNN are trained on-line and the convergence analysis of the regulating error is provided using a discrete-type Lyapunov function. Based on the decentralized concepts, the computational burden is reduced and the controller design is simplified. Finally, the experimental results show that the proposed control scheme provides good control performances and robustness for controlling the fully suspended five-DOF AMB system in different operating conditions.     

Recurrent Functional-Link-Based Fuzzy-Neural-Network-Controlled Induction-Generator System Using Improved Particle Swarm Optimization

A recurrent functional-link (FL)-based fuzzy-neural-network (FNN) controller with improved particle swarm optimization (IPSO) is proposed in this paper to control a three-phase induction-generator (IG) system for stand-alone power application. First, an indirect field-oriented mechanism is implemented for the control of the IG. Then, an AC/DC power converter and a DC/AC power inverter are developed to convert the electric power generated by a three-phase IG from variable frequency and variable voltage to constant frequency and constant voltage, respectively. Moreover, two online-trained recurrent FL-based FNNs are introduced as the regulating controllers for both the DC-link voltage of the AC/DC power converter and the AC line voltage of the DC/AC power inverter. Furthermore, IPSO is adopted to adjust the learning rates to improve the online learning capability of the recurrent FL-based FNNs. Finally, some experimental results are provided to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed recurrent FL-based FNN-controlled IG system.     

Direct decentralized neural control for nonlinear MIMO magnetic levitation system

A direct modified Elman neural networks (MENNs)-based decentralized controller is proposed to control the magnets of a nonlinear and unstable multi-input multi-output (MIMO) levitation system for the tracking of reference trajectories. First, the operating principles of a magnetic levitation system with two moving magnets are introduced. Then, due to the exact dynamic model of the MIMO magnetic levitation system is not clear, two MENNs are combined to be a direct MENN-based decentralized controller to deal with the highly nonlinear and unstable MIMO magnetic levitation system. Moreover, the connective weights of the MENNs are trained online by back-propagation (BP) methodology and the convergence analysis of the tracking error using discrete-type Lyapunov function is provided. Based on the direct and decentralized concepts, the computational burden is reduced and the controller design is simplified. Furthermore, the experimental results show that the proposed control scheme can control the magnets to track various periodic reference trajectories simultaneously in different operating conditions effectively.     

Adaptive complementary sliding-mode control for thrust active magnetic bearing system

An adaptive complementary sliding-mode control (ACSMC) system with a multi-input-multi-output (MIMO) recurrent Hermite neural network (RHNN) estimator is proposed to control the position of the rotor in the axial direction of a thrust active magnetic bearing (TAMB) system for the tracking of various reference trajectories in this study. First, the operating principles and dynamic model of the TAMB system using a linearized electromagnetic force model is derived. Then, a conventional sliding-mode control (SMC) system is designed for the tracking of various reference trajectories. Moreover, a complementary sliding-mode control (CSMC) system is adopted to reduce the guaranteed ultimate bound of the tracking error by half while using the saturation function as compared with the SMC. Furthermore, since the system parameters and the external disturbance are highly nonlinear and time-varying, the ACSMC is proposed to further improve the control performance and increase the robustness of the TAMB system. In the ACSMC, the MIMO RHNN estimator with estimation laws is proposed to estimate two complicated dynamic functions of the system on-line. In addition, a robust compensator is proposed to confront the minimum approximated errors and achieve the robustness. Finally, some experimental results for the tracking of various reference trajectories show that the control performance of the ACSMC is significantly improved comparing with the SMC and CSMC.     

Finite Element Simulations of Four-holes Indirect Extrusion Processes of Seamless Tube

Finite element simulations are performed to investigate the plastic deformation behavior of Ti-6Al-4V titanium alloy during its indirect extrusion through a four-hole die. The simulations assume the die, mandrel and container to be rigid bodies and ignore the temperature change induced during the extrusion process. Under various extrusion conditions, the present numerical analysis investigates the effective stress and profile of product at the exit. The relative influences of the friction factors, the temperature of billet and the eccentricity of four-hole displacement are systematically examined. The simulations focus specifically on the effects of the friction factor, billet temperature and eccentricity ratio of the four-hole die on the maximum load and effective stress induced within the billet and the taper angle of the extruded tubes. The simulation results provide a useful insight into the optimal processing conditions for the four-hole indirect extrusion of seamless titanium alloy tubes.