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Magneto-Hydrodynamic Non-Newtonian Curved Circular Squeeze Films, Jaw-Ren Lin, Li-Ming Chu, Chi-Ren Hung, Rong-Fang Lu Oct 2014

Magneto-Hydrodynamic Non-Newtonian Curved Circular Squeeze Films, Jaw-Ren Lin, Li-Ming Chu, Chi-Ren Hung, Rong-Fang Lu

Journal of Marine Science and Technology

The squeeze film performances between curved circular plates lubricated with an electrically conducting non-Newtonian fluid in the presence of external magnetic fields are investigated in this paper. Based upon the magneto-hydrodynamic flow theory together with the Stokes microcontinuum theory, the magneto-hydrodynamic non-Newtonian Reynolds equation is derived and applied to predict the curved circular squeeze film behaviors. Comparing with the hydrodynamic Newtonian case, the squeeze film characteristics for curved circular plates are improved by the use of an electrically conducting non-Newtonian fluid in the presence of external magnetic fields. Numerical values of the load capacity and the approaching time are provided …


Analysis Of Rolled Piece Deformation In Straightening Process Using Fm-Bem, Hai-Lian Gui, Qiang Li, Yao Li, Pu Li, Qing-Xue Huang Oct 2014

Analysis Of Rolled Piece Deformation In Straightening Process Using Fm-Bem, Hai-Lian Gui, Qiang Li, Yao Li, Pu Li, Qing-Xue Huang

Journal of Marine Science and Technology

Rolled piece deformation in a straightening process is regarded as an inverse problem of the plate bending problem. The straightening force was obtained accurately by applying the fast multipole boundary element method (FM-BEM) to the plate bending problem. Furthermore, the straightening process of a nine-roller straightening roller system with a variable roller distance was simulated using numerical analysis, and a function describing the neutral layer offset was obtained from an analysis of FM-BEM results. In this paper, the principle stress values and neutral layer offset of the microunits in the tension and compression regions are discussed. It is concluded that …


An Application Of Space Syntax To Critical Working Space Analysis: The Case Of Building Construction, Li-Wen Wu, Sy-Jye Guo Oct 2014

An Application Of Space Syntax To Critical Working Space Analysis: The Case Of Building Construction, Li-Wen Wu, Sy-Jye Guo

Journal of Marine Science and Technology

The definition of critical space used in this paper is identical to the critical path definition employed in the critical path method (CPM). This definition implies that there is no extra floating space; thus, any conflict is expected to result in productivity loss. Space syntax is a theory developed to reveal the hidden interrelationships between spaces using architectural diagrams. Existing studies have indicated the potential for space syntax to identify critical spaces and to assist in reducing conflicts leading to productivity loss. However, there is not yet quantitative evidence demonstrating whether the quantitative parameters of relative convenience and relative control …


Real-Time Load Balancing And Power Factor Correction Of Three-Phase, Four-Wire Unbalanced Systems With Dstatcom, Wei-Neng Chang, Kuan-Dih Yeh Oct 2014

Real-Time Load Balancing And Power Factor Correction Of Three-Phase, Four-Wire Unbalanced Systems With Dstatcom, Wei-Neng Chang, Kuan-Dih Yeh

Journal of Marine Science and Technology

This paper presents the design and implementation of a distribution-level static synchronous compensator (DSTATCOM) used for the real-time load compensation of three-phase, fourwire power distribution systems with unbalanced loads. First, use of the symmetrical components method derives a feedforward compensation scheme for the DSTATCOM. The system block diagram of the DSTATCOM is then built. A computer simulation is performed for preliminary verification. Finally, a hardware prototype is built using a TMS320C6711- based controller. Experimental results verify the functionality of the DSTATCOM.


Geometric Solution In Progressive Collapse Analysis Of Hull Girder, Ertekin Bayraktarkatal, Gökhan Tansel Tayyar Aug 2014

Geometric Solution In Progressive Collapse Analysis Of Hull Girder, Ertekin Bayraktarkatal, Gökhan Tansel Tayyar

Journal of Marine Science and Technology

This paper presents a calculation model for stiffened plates to determine the ultimate strength of ship hull girders from their curvatures using a geometrical approach. The present study employed Smith’s method, in which the cross-section is divided into smaller elements consisting of a stiffener(s) and attached plating. The strength of beam-columns and stiffened plates was obtained using an iterative numerical approach. The deflection curve was evaluated using the curvature values directly instead of by solving differential equations. The deflection curve was taken as an assembly of chains of circular arcs. The ultimate strength of the hull girder of a 1/3 …


Reversing Sensitization Of Naturally Exfoliated 5456-H116 Aluminum Alloys, Ren-Yu Chen, Cheng-Chyuan Lai Aug 2014

Reversing Sensitization Of Naturally Exfoliated 5456-H116 Aluminum Alloys, Ren-Yu Chen, Cheng-Chyuan Lai

Journal of Marine Science and Technology

5456-H116 Al-Mg alloy has been broadly used in the U.S. Navy in order to meet the demand of reducing ship hull weight while considering high specific strength, corrosion resistance, and weldability. A particular concern of these alloy is sensitization, which causes it to be sensitized when highly anodic β phase (Al3Mg2) is precipitated at grain boundaries especially in service exceeding 65~200°C, leading to intergranular corrosion (IGC), exfoliation and stress corrosion cracking (SCC). This study investigated the reversal of sensitization of a naturally exfoliated 5456-H116 alloy plate by planned heating treatment with a short exposure to 250°C. The properties of sensitized …


Contrast Enhancement And Visual Effects Based On Gray-Level Grouping, Yen-Ching Chang, Chun-Ming Chang, Li-Chun Lai, Liang-Hwa Chen Aug 2014

Contrast Enhancement And Visual Effects Based On Gray-Level Grouping, Yen-Ching Chang, Chun-Ming Chang, Li-Chun Lai, Liang-Hwa Chen

Journal of Marine Science and Technology

Contrast enhancement plays a crucial role in the field of image processing. Histogram equalization is a simple and automatic method for contrast enhancement. Conventional contrast-enhancement techniques, such as histogram specification and contrast stretching, require manual parameters to achieve satisfactory results. To automatically produce enhanced results for low-contrast images, a new histogram-based optimized contrast-enhancement technique, called gray-level grouping (GLG), was proposed. GLG performs satisfactorily in dark and low-contrast images and always increases the contrast values to a maximum. Extravagant contrast enhancement typically means sacrificing the visual effects of an image. Through scrutinizing the GLG procedure, we discovered potential limitations and observed …


Boundary Knot Method Solution Of Helmholtz Problems With Boundary Singularities, De-Jian Shen, Ji Lin, Wen Chen Aug 2014

Boundary Knot Method Solution Of Helmholtz Problems With Boundary Singularities, De-Jian Shen, Ji Lin, Wen Chen

Journal of Marine Science and Technology

This paper proposes a boundary knot method (BKM) formulation in conjunction with the singularity subtraction technique to solve Helmholtz problems with boundary singularities. The solution breaks down into the singular solution and the regular solution. The singular solution is derived analytically and satisfies the governing equation and the corresponding boundary conditions containing singularities. Then the regular solution is approximated by the BKM. Numerical results demonstrate the accuracy and efficiency of the proposed technique.


Robust Adaptive Motion Control With Environmental Disturbance Rejection For Perturbed Underwater Vehicles, Hamid Reza Koofigar Aug 2014

Robust Adaptive Motion Control With Environmental Disturbance Rejection For Perturbed Underwater Vehicles, Hamid Reza Koofigar

Journal of Marine Science and Technology

This paper addresses the motion control problem of autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) perturbed by unknown hydrodynamic coefficients, unmodelled dynamics and environmental disturbances. The proposed algorithm consists of an adaptive subcontroller to tackle the parametric uncertainties and a robust term to vanish the effects of unstructured uncertainties and disturbances. The resulting robust adaptive controller ensures the convergence of tracking error, without any assumption on the upper bound of perturbations in the design procedure. The closed loop stability is shown, using the Lyapunov stability theorem, and verified by various simulations.


Optimization Of Electrical Discharge Machining Parameters For Niti Shape Memory Alloy By Using The Taguchi Method, Saeed Daneshmand, Ehsan Farahmand Kahrizi, Ali Akbar Lotfineyestanak, Vahid Monfared Aug 2014

Optimization Of Electrical Discharge Machining Parameters For Niti Shape Memory Alloy By Using The Taguchi Method, Saeed Daneshmand, Ehsan Farahmand Kahrizi, Ali Akbar Lotfineyestanak, Vahid Monfared

Journal of Marine Science and Technology

Electrical discharge machining (EDM) is among the most essential nontraditional machining processes. Material removal rate (MRR) and surface roughness are the two main parameters applied in this method. A desired surface roughness can be achieved at the maximal MRR by selecting the optimal input parameters. Because of the mechanical properties and hardness of shape-memory nickel titanium (NiTi) alloy, material can be removed using an EDM method. NiTi alloy is widely used in marine science and aerospace industries. Surface roughness is a critical parameter affecting the machining of this alloy. This study examined the effect the input parameters (pulse current, gap …


Impact Characteristics Of Free Over-Fall In Pool Zone With Upstream Bed Slope, Shi-I Liu, Jen-Yan Chen, Yao-Ming Hong, Hung-Shin Huang, Rajkumar V Raikar Aug 2014

Impact Characteristics Of Free Over-Fall In Pool Zone With Upstream Bed Slope, Shi-I Liu, Jen-Yan Chen, Yao-Ming Hong, Hung-Shin Huang, Rajkumar V Raikar

Journal of Marine Science and Technology

This paper presents the theoretical equations for the impact characteristics of free over-fall (ICFOF) in the pool zone with sloping upstream bed. The various impact characteristics considered are the brink depth, the impact position and impact angle, the tail water depth and the depth of water pool. In order to overcome the complexity in determining the ICFOF, they were expressed in dimensionless forms as functions of upstream bed slope (UBS), upstream Froude number and Drop number. The multiple regression analysis was used to obtain the empirical expressions for the ICFOF using the laboratory experimental results. It was found that the …


Behaviors Of Large-Scale Driven Pc Piles, Shih-Tsung Hsu Aug 2014

Behaviors Of Large-Scale Driven Pc Piles, Shih-Tsung Hsu

Journal of Marine Science and Technology

This study developed a numerical method for evaluating ground movements while a pile is being driven and obtained a comprehensive load-displacement curve for a driven pile. The tested pile exhibited a larger scale than those tested in previous studies, and was penetrated into a considerable depth of the stratum. Numerical results revealed that both the ground movement and residual force caused by the pile driving was able to be analyzed using the proposed numerical procedure. Although the load applied to the tested piles differed from that determined by numerically analyzing incremental pile displacement, the load-displacement behavior of the piles calculated …


An Image Display Device Without A Concrete And Definitive Screen, Junewen Chen, Jing-Bin Duan, Li-An Chiu, Chuan-Sheng Hong, Ya-Ping Kang Aug 2014

An Image Display Device Without A Concrete And Definitive Screen, Junewen Chen, Jing-Bin Duan, Li-An Chiu, Chuan-Sheng Hong, Ya-Ping Kang

Journal of Marine Science and Technology

We present a novel and practical hardwareless display system that was developed for the 3-D projection of real objects in the absence of a concrete screen. In this report, the design and experimental results are presented to demonstrate the display of 360°-viewable objects. Images that are projected on an annular stream of aerosol or fluid can penetrate the layerlike aerosols, thereby displaying a 3-D image. Software can be used to normalize the image data to display life-like images of any model, including customers, and various outfits can be added. Moreover, the images can be visualized in full 360°, and the …


Added Mass Computation For Control Of An Open-Frame Remotely-Operated Vehicle: Application Using Wamit And Matlab, You-Hong Eng, Cheng-Siong Chin, Michael Wai-Shing Lau Aug 2014

Added Mass Computation For Control Of An Open-Frame Remotely-Operated Vehicle: Application Using Wamit And Matlab, You-Hong Eng, Cheng-Siong Chin, Michael Wai-Shing Lau

Journal of Marine Science and Technology

In this paper, numerical modeling and testing of a complexshaped remotely-operated vehicle (ROV) are shown. The paper emphasizes on systematic modeling of hydrodynamic added mass using computational fluid dynamic software WAMITTM on the open frame ROV that is not commonly applied in practice. From initial design and prototype testing, a small-scale test using a free-decaying experiment is used to verify the theoretical models obtained from WAMITTM. Simulation results have shown to coincide with the experimental tests. The proposed method is able to determine the hydrodynamic added mass coefficients of the open frame ROV.


Intelligent Dynamic Acquisition Learning Fuzzy Modeling Systems Design, Hsuan-Ming Feng, Ching-Yi Chen Aug 2014

Intelligent Dynamic Acquisition Learning Fuzzy Modeling Systems Design, Hsuan-Ming Feng, Ching-Yi Chen

Journal of Marine Science and Technology

Secretary General, Taiwan Group on Earth Observations, Taiwan, R.O.C


Effects Of Power System Stabilizer On Inter-Area Oscillations In Vietnam Power System, Van-Dien Doan, Ta-Hsiu Tseng, Pei-Hwa Huang Aug 2014

Effects Of Power System Stabilizer On Inter-Area Oscillations In Vietnam Power System, Van-Dien Doan, Ta-Hsiu Tseng, Pei-Hwa Huang

Journal of Marine Science and Technology

The main objective of this paper is to report a preliminary study of the effects of the power system stabilizer on the small-signal stability and the damping of low-frequency oscillations of the Vietnam power system which is under fast development and has a longitudinal grid pattern. Spontaneous low-frequency oscillations are potential to occur in the exchange of regional power flow of a power system with longitudinal network structure under normal operation. The method of eigen-analysis is utilized to perform the study of the inter-area oscillations with an emphasis on the oscillation mode with low frequency and light damping. The eigenvalues, …


Wavelet Support Vector Machine For Face Recognition, Chen-Chia Chuang, Ping-Lun Liao, Jin-Tsong Jeng Jun 2014

Wavelet Support Vector Machine For Face Recognition, Chen-Chia Chuang, Ping-Lun Liao, Jin-Tsong Jeng

Journal of Marine Science and Technology

In this paper a tool system with wavelet support vector machine (WSVM) under dimension reduction for face recognition is proposed. Eigenfaces and fisherfaces are the major methods used to reduce the dimension of face images in the proposed face recognition tool system. At the same time, noise interference image cases, namely Gaussian noise, with no ears and no eyes are also considered in this paper. Finally, the implementation of proposed system is based on objectoriented design software; the dimension reduction and wavelet kernel support vector machine are applied to the proposed tool system that can deal with face recognition problems …


Design Of A Chart-Based Radar Simulator Augmented With A Multi-Agent Ship Traffic Simulation Platform, Shwu-Jing Chang, Yu-Ting Lai, Chun-Mai Hsu Jun 2014

Design Of A Chart-Based Radar Simulator Augmented With A Multi-Agent Ship Traffic Simulation Platform, Shwu-Jing Chang, Yu-Ting Lai, Chun-Mai Hsu

Journal of Marine Science and Technology

This paper presents a radar simulation system developed under a request to deliver a radar and an Electronic Chart Display and Information System (ECDIS) for the navigation bridge of a ship maneuvering simulator. It is designed to dynamically generate radar image based on the electronic navigational chart database and sensor information to provide flexibility in navigation area for exercise and maintain consistency with other sensors or systems of the bridge, especially the ECDIS. Since the successful delivery of our study, the radar simulation system has been augmented with a Multi-Agent Ship Traffic (MAST) simulation platform and evolved into a versatile …


A Particle Swarm Optimization-Like Algorithm For Constrained Minimal Spanning Tree Problems, Chun-Chao Yeh, Ying-Che Chien Jun 2014

A Particle Swarm Optimization-Like Algorithm For Constrained Minimal Spanning Tree Problems, Chun-Chao Yeh, Ying-Che Chien

Journal of Marine Science and Technology

Previous studies have discussed various constrained minimal spanning tree (MST) problems. In this paper, we propose an efficient algorithm for solving a class of constrained MST problems. The proposed PSO (Particle Swarm Optimization)- like strategy for solving constrained MST problems identifies optimal MSTs under degree and delay constraints. The solution quality and computation time of the proposed PLCMST (PSO-Like algorithm for Constrained MST problems) algorithm is compared with two other algorithms: one based on ant colony optimization, and the other based on a genetic algorithm strategy. Our experimental results show that the PLCMST outperforms the other two approaches, particularly when …


Linear State Feedback Design For Surge Control Of Axial Flow Compressor Dynamics, Der-Cherng Liaw, Yun-Hua Huang, Wen-Ching Chung Jun 2014

Linear State Feedback Design For Surge Control Of Axial Flow Compressor Dynamics, Der-Cherng Liaw, Yun-Hua Huang, Wen-Ching Chung

Journal of Marine Science and Technology

Based on Moore and Greitzer’s model [15], the surge behavior of axial flow compression system was found to be attributed to the appearance of Andronov-Hopf bifurcationin [12]. In this paper, we focus on the design of control law to prevent and/or delay the occurrence of the bifurcations, which will then suppress the surge behavior. Both types of linear dynamic state feedback and linear washout filter controllers are proposed. The proposed washout design does not require the explicit knowledge of the operating point and keep the original equilibrium characteristic while the dynamic feedback design will change the equilibrium operating points for …


Mimo Transmission In Spatially Correlated Fading, Joy Iong-Zon Chen, Chi-Tsung Huang, Yu-Hsing Chien Jun 2014

Mimo Transmission In Spatially Correlated Fading, Joy Iong-Zon Chen, Chi-Tsung Huang, Yu-Hsing Chien

Journal of Marine Science and Technology

A multiple-input, multiple-output (MIMO) system transmission over a channel characterized by spatially correlated fading is addressed in this article. Two scenarios that involved using well-known statistical fading distributions, correlatedRician and correlated-Nakagami-m fading, were deployed in analysis. The moment-generating function obtained using a stochastic process was applied to determine the ergodic, or average, channel capacity, thus by passing the difficulty traditionally associated with calculating the probability density function of the signal-to-noise ratio. The results of several numerical and Monte-Carlo comparisons are offered for validating the accuracy of the theoretically derived formulae. Furthermore, many plots were designed by combining different numbers of …


Global Localization Using Dead-Reckoning And Kinect Sensors For Robots With Omnidirectional Mecanum Wheels, Ching-Chih Tsai, Feng-Chun Tai, Yu-Cheng Wang Jun 2014

Global Localization Using Dead-Reckoning And Kinect Sensors For Robots With Omnidirectional Mecanum Wheels, Ching-Chih Tsai, Feng-Chun Tai, Yu-Cheng Wang

Journal of Marine Science and Technology

This paper presents a low-cost global pose localization method using least-squares method and extended Kalman filter (EKF) for an anthropomorphous dual-arm mobile robot (ADAMR) driven by omnidirectional Mecanum wheels in indoor environments. This method is developed by fusing measurements from the KINECT sensor and four encoders mounted on the omnidirectional Mecanum wheels. The KINECT sensor is used to recognize landmarks in the working environments of the robot, and then obtain the azimuth angles and distances between these landmarks and the robot. Based on these measured information, a static global pose initialization algorithm using least-squares method is applied to estimate both …


A Wheeled Mobile Robot Path-Tracking System Based On Image Processing And Adaptive Cmac, Jih-Gau Juang, Ko-Jui Hsu, Chih-Min Lin Jun 2014

A Wheeled Mobile Robot Path-Tracking System Based On Image Processing And Adaptive Cmac, Jih-Gau Juang, Ko-Jui Hsu, Chih-Min Lin

Journal of Marine Science and Technology

This study entailed applying image-processing techniques and an intelligent control method to a wheeled mobile robot (WMR) for real-time trajectory recognition and tracking. The WMR was fitted with a charge-coupled device (CCD) camera to capture images of the environment, and the hue-saturationintensity color space was used to classify the color features of the captured images. The WMR calculates the relative position of a target object by using image-processing and edgedetection algorithms. This paper proposes a cerebellar model articulation controller (CMAC) and adaptive CMAC to replace conventional proportional-integral-derivative (PID) controller for guiding the WMR to track a desired path. Moreover, using …


The Development Of A Cost-Effective And Optimized Dp-Spiv System For Fluid Turbulence Researches, Yu-Chi Chang, Yi-Hung Chang, Yaw-Huei Lee, Yi-Chih Chow Jun 2014

The Development Of A Cost-Effective And Optimized Dp-Spiv System For Fluid Turbulence Researches, Yu-Chi Chang, Yi-Hung Chang, Yaw-Huei Lee, Yi-Chih Chow

Journal of Marine Science and Technology

Turbulent flows and issues of turbulence modeling have long been intriguing and important in fluid researches and practices. The mean or instantaneous velocity gradient tensors with six independent components, or other tensorial variables involving gradients, play a key role in turbulence dynamics and models. The advancement of the knowledge of these parameters relies on measurement systems built on sophisticated flow diagnostic techniques that enable both detailed and complete measurements. However, such systems seem inevitably complicated to operate and costly to build and maintain. Therefore, we develop and optimize a dual-plane stereoscopic particle image velocimetry (DP-SPIV) system that is much more …


Active Appearance Model Algorithm With K-Nearest Neighbor Classifier For Face Pose Estimation, Bing-Fei Wu, Chih-Chung Kao, Cheng-Lung Jen, Chia-Rong Chiang, Po-Hung Lai Jun 2014

Active Appearance Model Algorithm With K-Nearest Neighbor Classifier For Face Pose Estimation, Bing-Fei Wu, Chih-Chung Kao, Cheng-Lung Jen, Chia-Rong Chiang, Po-Hung Lai

Journal of Marine Science and Technology

In this paper, a face pose estimation (FPE) algorithm using active appearance model (AAM) with a k-nearest neighbor (kNN) classifier is presented. AAM is a model-based image representation method used to describe non-rigid visual objects, with both shape and texture variations, using a mean vector and linear combinations of a set of variation modes. Since AAM is a deformable model, it has several variations. Owing to the variations, the model is adjusted to the input test face image using iterative searching and fitting. The error, which measures the difference between the model and a test image, is minimized with the …


Numerical Modeling Of Wave-Induced Rotations Of A Bottom-Hinged Flapper With A Sph Model, Da-Wei Chen, Shiaw-Yih Tzang, Chih-Min Hsieh, Yi-Chih Chow, Jiahn-Horng Chen, Chen-Chou Lin, Robert Rong-Jiann Hwang Jun 2014

Numerical Modeling Of Wave-Induced Rotations Of A Bottom-Hinged Flapper With A Sph Model, Da-Wei Chen, Shiaw-Yih Tzang, Chih-Min Hsieh, Yi-Chih Chow, Jiahn-Horng Chen, Chen-Chou Lin, Robert Rong-Jiann Hwang

Journal of Marine Science and Technology

In this study, a Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics model for simulating wave-induced rotations of a bottom-hinged flapper was established in a 2-D numerical wave flume. The simulated rotating angles illustrated that the flapper could swing back and forth following harmonic wave loadings. The simulations were also seen to be in good agreement with experimental data, confirming the applicability of the present numerical model. The simulated hydrodynamic behaviors at different phases showed that the flapper moved downstream under the wave crest and upstream under the wave trough following the elliptical form of water particle trajectory. The energy conversions of a flapper during …


Development Of A Strapdown Inertial Navigation System Simulation Platform, Dah-Jing Jwo, Jyun-Han Shih, Chia-Sheng Hsu, Kai-Lun Yu Jun 2014

Development Of A Strapdown Inertial Navigation System Simulation Platform, Dah-Jing Jwo, Jyun-Han Shih, Chia-Sheng Hsu, Kai-Lun Yu

Journal of Marine Science and Technology

This paper presents a strapdown inertial navigation system (SINS) simulation platform. The numerical simulator solves the navigation equations in navigation frame where the quaternion vector is employed for attitude calculation. The measured quantities (angular body rates and specific force) are generated by the numerical simulator. The results are also confirmed with the navigation solutions given by a commercial inertial navigation system toolbox using the generated body angular rates and specific force of the SINS. The paper can provide the readers with further information for developing their own SINS simulation tools.


Dynamic Output Feedback Sliding Mode Controller Design For Chattering Avoidance, Jeang-Lin Chang, Jui-Che Tsai Jun 2014

Dynamic Output Feedback Sliding Mode Controller Design For Chattering Avoidance, Jeang-Lin Chang, Jui-Che Tsai

Journal of Marine Science and Technology

For a class of linear MIMO uncertain systems, a dynamic output feedback sliding mode control algorithm that avoids the chattering problem and high gain control is proposed in this paper. Without using any differentiator, we develop a modified asymptotically stable second order sliding mode control law in which the developed controller can guarantee the finite time convergence to the sliding mode and the system states asymptotically approach to zero. Finally, a numerical example is explained for demonstrating the applicability of the proposed scheme.


Application Of Adaptive Variable Speed Back-Stepping Sliding Mode Controller For Pmlsm Position Control, Mei-Yung Chen, Jian-Shiun Lu Jun 2014

Application Of Adaptive Variable Speed Back-Stepping Sliding Mode Controller For Pmlsm Position Control, Mei-Yung Chen, Jian-Shiun Lu

Journal of Marine Science and Technology

In this research, an adaptive variable speed back-stepping sliding mode controller (AVSBSMC) is proposed to control the permanent magnet linear synchronous motor (PMLSM) on high-precision positioning servo system platform. This controller combines the dynamic features of variable speed control (VSC) and the positioning characteristics of adaptive back-stepping sliding mode control (ABSMC). Firstly, the detailed dynamic machine model of PMLSM is established. Secondly, the proportional-integral-derivative (PID) and ABSMC controllers are proposed to compensate the uncertainties in position control. Then, the one provides the better servo performances is the position controller in the motor system. Thirdly, the variable speed controller (VSC) and …


Exponential Stability Analysis For Neural Networks With Time-Varying Delay And Linear Fractional Perturbations, Chang-Hua Lien, Ker-Wei Yu Apr 2014

Exponential Stability Analysis For Neural Networks With Time-Varying Delay And Linear Fractional Perturbations, Chang-Hua Lien, Ker-Wei Yu

Journal of Marine Science and Technology

In this paper, the global exponential stability and global asymptotic stability for a class of uncertain delayed neural networks (UDNNs) with time-varying delay and linear fractional perturbations are considered. Delay-dependent and delay-independent criteria are proposed to guarantee the robust stability of UDNNs via linear matrix inequality (LMI) approach. Additional nonnegative inequality approach is used to improve the conservativeness of the stability criteria. Some numerical examples are illustrated to show the effectiveness of our results. From the simulation results, significant improvement over the recent results can be observed.