Integrated engineering education through design activities: A signal phase module design case study for traffic engineering course

This article presents an integrated educational module for undergraduate traffic engineering at the microscale level. When dealing with a complex transportation system, the education program should cultivate students’ acquisition of both in-depth traffic specialization and breadth of engineering knowledge. For the educational instruction of...

An efficient multi-objective optimization strategy for Halbach array permanent magnet synchronous machines based on nonlinear semi-analytical model

In this article, an efficient multi-objective optimization strategy for the Halbach array permanent magnet synchronous machine (PMSM) is developed by taking into consideration the nonlinear B-H behavior of soft magnetic materials. Based on the harmonic modeling (HM) technology, the electromagnetic performances (EPs) of the Halbach array PMSM...

Wave attenuation by flattened vegetation (Scirpus mariqueter)

With the capacity to reduce wave energy and trap sediment, Scirpus mariqueter has become an important native species of annual grass for ecology restoration at the Yangtze Estuary in eastern China. Due to seasonal variances of biophysical characteristics, S. mariqueter usually bends and breaks in winter, resulting in flattened stems that may...

Continuous Occupancy Mapping in Dynamic Environments Using Particles

Particle-based dynamic occupancy maps were proposed in recent years to model the obstacles in dynamic environments. Current particle-based maps describe the occupancy status in discrete grid form and suffer from the grid size problem, wherein a large grid size is unfavorable for motion planning while a small grid size lowers efficiency and...

Compensation Method of Position Estimation Error for High-Speed Surface-Mounted PMSM Drives Based on Robust Inductance Estimation

This article proposes a compensation method of position estimation error for high-speed surface-mounted permanent magnet synchronous motors based on robust inductance estimation. The proposed method relies on the variation of the estimated δ-axis back back-electromotive force when a small current is injected into the γ axis. The inductance...

Discrete-Time Dynamic-Decoupled Current Control for LCL-Equipped High-Speed Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machines

This article proposes a discrete-time dynamic-decoupled current controller for an LCL-equipped high-speed permanent magnet synchronous machine with only the motor currents measured. The controller is designed in the synchronous coordinate based on a complex z-domain transfer function. The main contribution of the proposed current controller...

Dynamic-Decoupled Active Damping Control Method for Improving Current Transient Behavior of LCL-Equipped High-Speed PMSMs

In this article, a novel dynamic-decoupled active damping current controller is proposed for an LCL-equipped high-speed permanent magnet synchronous machine. Compared with the conventional stationary current-control method for the LCL-type system, the proposed method is established in the synchronous rotating frame for improving the current...

A General Single-Sensor Damping Framework for LCL-Equipped High-Speed PMSM Drives

This letter proposes a general single-sensor active damping framework for LCL-equipped high-speed permanent magnet synchronous machines. By the proposed method, arbitrary damping assignment and stability for the LCL resonance within the Nyquist frequency are achieved with only the inverter-current feedback or motor-current feedback. Moreover,...

Rotor Eddy Current Loss Reduction with Permeable Retaining Sleeve for Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machine

This article presents a new rotor design to reduce rotor eddy current loss of a high-speed permanent magnet synchronous machine for flywheel energy storage system. Instead of using common nonmagnetic sleeves, the new rotor incorporates permeable retaining sleeves (PRSs) to fix permanent magnets on the rotor hub. The PRSs are made of permalloy...

A New Rotor Structure for High Speed Flywheel Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machine

This paper presents a new rotor design with assembled permeable retaining sleeve (APRS) to improve performances of a high speed permanent magnet synchronous machine (PMSM). The APRS consists of equal number of permeable and nonmagnetic parts, which are alternately arranged and assembled together circumferentially via keyways. Electromagnetic and...

Investigation Study of the Influence of Pole Numbers on Torque Density and Flux-Weakening Ability of Fractional Slot Concentrated Winding Wheel-Hub Machines

Fractional slot concentrated winding machines (FSCWMs) with the low operation speed and large diameter usually have a large number of poles and slots; thus, numerous pole/slot combinations are feasible. The common practice to choose pole/slot combinations by multiplying the basic combinations may neglect some competitive candidates. Taking 36...