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This paper aims to clarify the flight dynamics characteristics and improve the flight performance for large-scale morphing aircrafts. With specific focus on the effects of…
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Purpose
This paper aims to clarify the flight dynamics characteristics and improve the flight performance for large-scale morphing aircrafts. With specific focus on the effects of morphing on mass distribution, aerodynamics and flight stability, the study aims to develop the dynamic model, outline the morphing strategies design and evaluate the flight stability in transient stage of morphing.
Design/methodology/approach
The mode of relaxing the rigidity condition was opted, which introduced the functions of position of center of mass and moments of inertia with respect to the morphing parameters, and yielded a parameter-dependent flight dynamics model. The morphing strategies were designed by optimizing the morphing parameters with the corresponding performance metric of each mission segment, where the aerodynamics was estimated concurrently by DATCOM. Based on the decoupled and linearized longitudinal parameter-dependent model, the flight stability in transient stage of morphing was evaluated based on Hurwitz rules, with the stability condition proposed.
Findings
The research suggests that the longitudinal flight stability in transient stage of morphing can be evaluated by the relationship of aerodynamic pitching moment derivatives and the effects of morphing on the mass distribution, which results in a constraint on the morphing rate.
Research limitations/implications
The aerodynamics is computed under quasi-steady aerodynamic assumption in low morphing rate and only the longitudinal flight stability is analyzed. Therefore, researchers are encouraged to evaluate the lateral stability and aerodynamics in high morphing rate.
Practical implications
The paper includes implications for the improvement of the flight performance of a multi-mission morphing aircraft and the design of the flight control system.
Originality/value
Methods of dynamic modeling and morphing strategies design are proposed for large-scale morphing aircrafts, and the condition of flight stability in transient stage of morphing is obtained. The results provide reference to research works in the field of dynamics and control of large-scale morphing aircrafts.
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Badr-El-Boudour Bidouche, Thierry Lubin and Smaïl Mezani
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the transient performance of an induction machine coupled with a magnetic gear for industrial applications with low speed and high…
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The purpose of this paper is to investigate the transient performance of an induction machine coupled with a magnetic gear for industrial applications with low speed and high torque requirements. This new solution increases mechanical reliability and does not require maintenance and lubrication. The main objective is to study the direct-on-line starting ability of the electrical machine and its stability regarding a sudden change for the load torque.
Design/methodology/approach
A nonlinear analytical model for the induction machine and the magnetic gear is first developed. The model is then linearized around an operating point to obtain the transfer function between the load angle and the electromagnetic torque from which an analytical expression for the mechanical resonant frequency is obtained.
Findings
It is shown that the direct on-line starting is possible, if the moment of inertia of the load is not greater than a maximum value. Moreover, it is demonstrated that this new system present inherent overload protection.
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A new high-performance direct-on-line starting electrical machine is proposed to achieve high torque at low speed without mechanical gear to improve reliability and reduce maintenance.
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Ananthan Nagarajan, Sivachandran P., Suganyadevi M.V. and Muthukumar P.
The purpose of this study is to help the researchers, public, industries and government to realize the tremendous trends to improve the power quality of both sources and load side.
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The purpose of this study is to help the researchers, public, industries and government to realize the tremendous trends to improve the power quality of both sources and load side.
Design/methodology/approach
The work carried out in the Facts device and power quality issues.
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Maintaining the quality of electric power is always a challenging task. The effect of power electronics devices leads to improper power quality. The use of FACTS devices is preferably the best approach to treat power-quality-related problems. Usually, all FACTS devices are constructed to operate on the side of either the source side or the load.
Originality/value
This paper explores a broad comprehensive study of various types of power quality problems and classification of FACTS devices with its recent developments. Furthermore unified power quality conditioner (UPQC) is particularly reviewed to highlight the advantages over other compensating devices. An exhaustive study of literature has been carried out and most significant concepts are presented
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Flavio Allella, Elio Chiodo and Davide Lauria
Series capacitive compensation in electrical power systems is generally recognized as a very economical and powerful means for increasing the transmission capability of…
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Series capacitive compensation in electrical power systems is generally recognized as a very economical and powerful means for increasing the transmission capability of long‐distance transmission lines, resulting in relevant technical advantages in power system behavior: increased steady‐state and transient stability margins, reduced voltage drop in receiving systems during occurrence of severe contingencies and reduction of transmission losses. In this paper, a general method for choosing the series compensation degree is proposed, focusing the attention on the transient stability aspect. The approach, based upon a probabilistic framework, allows to properly select – at the design stage – the optimal degree of series compensation in order to contain the instability risk at an acceptable value. The transient stability problem is formulated by using the transient energy function method. In order to show the feasibility of the proposed approach, a numerical application to the Cigre test network is performed in the final part of the paper.
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Masoud Azarbik and Mostafa Sarlak
This paper aims to report how one can assess the transient stability of a power system by using stacked auto-encoders.
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This paper aims to report how one can assess the transient stability of a power system by using stacked auto-encoders.
Design/methodology/approach
The proposed algorithm works in a power system equipped with the wide area measurement system. To be more exact, it needs pre- and post-disturbance values of frequency sent from phasor measurement units.
Findings
The authors have investigated the performance of the proposed method. Going through details, the authors have simulated many contingencies, and then have predicted the transient stability in each of which by using the proposed algorithm.
Originality/value
The results demonstrate that the algorithm is fast, and it has acceptable performance under different circumstances including the change of system topology and failures of telecommunication channels.
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Acute and transient psychotic disorders (ATPD), introduced in the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) diagnostic system in 1992, are not receiving much attention in…
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Acute and transient psychotic disorders (ATPD), introduced in the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) diagnostic system in 1992, are not receiving much attention in developing countries. Therefore, the main objective of this article is to review the literature related to the diagnostic stability of ATPD in developing countries. A PubMed search was conducted to review the studies concerned with this issue in the context of developing countries, as diagnostic stability is more of a direct test of validity of psychiatric diagnoses. Four publications were found. According to the literature search, the stability percentage of the ICD-10 ATPD diagnosis is 63-100%. The diagnostic shift is more commonly either towards bipolar disorder or schizophrenia, if any. Shorter duration of illness (<1 month) and abrupt onset (<48 hours) predict a stable diagnosis of ATPD. Based on available evidence, the diagnosis of ATPD appears to be relatively stable in developing countries. However, it is difficult to make a definitive conclusion, as there is a substantial lack of literature in developing country settings.
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Francisco Jurado and José Carpio
This paper describes models of micro‐turbines and fuel cells, which can be used in stability studies.
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This paper describes models of micro‐turbines and fuel cells, which can be used in stability studies.
Design/methodology/approach
The plants models derived are based on the main equations. These models are developed in the Laplace domain and transient simulation is done using a software developed based on the MATLAB package.
Findings
The micro‐source is capable of providing effective load‐following service in the distribution system. However, the results also show that the micro‐source is not an uninterruptible power supply and does not protect the load from voltage instability while in grid‐connect mode. When a micro‐turbine plant is connected to a point where it gives support to a load in fault conditions, the lower the inertia of micro‐turbine plant, the greater is the destabilizing tendency for faults in the distribution system. On the other hand, transient stability is enhanced with aid of the SOFC inverter.
Originality/value
The effects of these micro‐sources on the network performance are shown and a distribution system embedded with the micro‐sources is used as an example. Finally, transient stability and voltage stability of the system are investigated.
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Nicola Massarotti, Michela Ciccolella, Gino Cortellessa and Alessandro Mauro
The purpose of this paper is to focus on the numerical analysis of transient free convection heat transfer in partially porous cylindrical domains. The authors analyze the…
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The purpose of this paper is to focus on the numerical analysis of transient free convection heat transfer in partially porous cylindrical domains. The authors analyze the dependence of velocity and temperature fields on the geometry, by analyzing transient flow behavior for different values of cavity aspect ratio and radii ratio; both inner and outer radius are assumed variable in order to not change the difference ro-ri. Moreover, several Darcy numbers have been considered.
Design/methodology/approach
A dual time-stepping procedure based on the transient artificial compressibility version of the characteristic-based split algorithm has been adopted in order to solve the transient equations of the generalized model for heat and fluid flow through porous media. The present model has been validated against experimental data available in the scientific literature for two different problems, steady-state free convection in a porous annulus and transient natural convection in a porous cylinder, showing an excellent agreement.
Findings
For vertically divided half porous cavities, with Rayleigh numbers equal to 3.4×106 for the 4:1 cavity and 3.4×105 for the 8:1 cavity, the numerical results show that transient oscillations tend to disappear in presence of cylindrical geometry, differently from what happens for rectangular one. The magnitude of this phenomenon increases with radii ratio; the porous layer also affects the stability of velocity and temperature fields, as oscillations tend to decrease in presence of a porous matrix with lower value of the Darcy number.
Research limitations/implications
A proper analysis of partially porous annular cavities is fundamental for the correct estimation of Nusselt numbers, as the formulas provided for rectangular domains are not able to describe these problems.
Practical implications
The proposed model represents a useful tool for the study of transient natural convection problems in porous and partially porous cylindrical and annular cavities, typical of many engineering applications. Moreover, a fully explicit scheme reduces the computational costs and ensures flexibility.
Originality/value
This is the first time that a fully explicit finite element scheme is employed for the solution of transient natural convection in partially porous tall annular cavities.
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Francisco Jurado and José Ramón Saenz
This paper presents method to discriminate between transient voltage stability and voltage sag. The discrete wavelet transform (WT) is a powerful tool in the analysis of the…
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This paper presents method to discriminate between transient voltage stability and voltage sag. The discrete wavelet transform (WT) is a powerful tool in the analysis of the transient phenomena in power systems because of its ability to extract information in both the time and frequency domain. This paper introduces a technique for accurate discrimination by combining WTs with neural networks (NNs). The WT is first applied to decompose the signals into a series of detailed wavelet components. The wavelet components are calculated and then employed to train a NN. The simulated results presented clearly show that the proposed technique can accurately discriminate between transient voltage stability and voltage sag in power system protection.
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Julian Sotelo-Castañon, Jose Alberto Gutierrez-Robles, Pablo Moreno, Veronica Adriana Galván-Sánchez, Jorge Luis García-Sánchez and Eduardo Salvador Bañuelos-Cabral
Most systems have a non-linear (NL) behavior and measured signals reflect this non-linearity such that in general they are composed with more than one sinusoidal component. NL…
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Most systems have a non-linear (NL) behavior and measured signals reflect this non-linearity such that in general they are composed with more than one sinusoidal component. NL analysis methods represent an option for analyzing such signals, however these methods have been developed for single frequency signals, this forces to implement a components separation procedure before performing the signal analysis. The purpose of this paper is to present a new method for analyzing multi-component signals that allows calculating amplitude, frequency and damping constants of the contained sinusoidal components. The method is able to simultaneously identify the different components within a detection bandwidth without previous separation of mono-components, as needed for most methods in used today.
Design/methodology/approach
The method proposed in this work characterizes sinusoidal signals determining their amplitude, frequency and damping constant. This method is based on transforming from the time domain to the z-domain an oscillatory signal that may or may not possess damping. Since frequency and damping of a signal can be determined knowing its z-domain poles, using the signal in z-transform domain an equations system to find the signal poles can be written.
Findings
From the results it can be concluded that the proposed method is reliable and consistent. One quality of the method is its short delay, when the procedure starts there is a delay equal to the time needed to accumulate four samples for each detectable frequency in order to perform the first calculation, after this, the algorithm can deliver a result at each sampling instant. This short delay and the low complexity of the algorithm can permit using the method in real time applications.
Originality/value
The proposed method is able to determine frequencies, damping constants and amplitudes of the components of a signal without a previous separation of mono-components, in contrast with other methods that require filter banks tuned using a previous knowledge of the signal. Moreover unlike techniques such as the Hilbert-Huang Transform the proposed method can be applied to signals with components having very close frequencies.
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