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Experimental Analysis of Passive Intermodulation at Waveguide Flange Bolted Connections

2007

[EN] In this paper, the generation of passive intermodulation at rectangular waveguide flange bolted connections is investigated. An exhaustive series of tests has been performed in order to provide understanding on the physics lying behind such a phenomenon. In particular, the intermodulation response of the system has been studied as a function of the applied torque to the flange screws. It has been found that, in some situations, the intermodulation response differs from its expected behavior. An interpretation of such discrepancies is given, and practical guidelines for the design of waveguide flanges free of passive intermodulation are provided as well.

A numerical study of postshock oscillations in slowly moving shock waves

2003

Abstract Godunov-type methods and other shock capturing schemes can display pathological behavior in certain flow situations. This paper discusses the numerical anomaly associated to slowly moving shocks. We present a series of numerical experiments that illustrate the formation and propagation of this pathology, and allows us to establish some conclusions and question some previous conjectures for the source of the numerical noise. A simple diagnosis on an explicit Steger-Warming scheme shows that some intermediate states in the first time steps deviate from the true direction and contaminate the flow structure. A remedy is presented in the form of a new flux split method with an entropy i…

Two optimizing procedures for the solution of complex systems of equations: a powerful tool for modelling and simulation of metabolism

2000

Introduction Standard calculations for the evaluation of indirect calorimetry (IC) are based on two-dimensional nonlinear systems of equations. For a more sophisticated evaluation metabolic models can be used, which are described by complex systems of equations. Since the solutions are multidimensional, a concrete result must be selected by means of constraints, using optimizing procedures. These multidimensional optimizations are critical concerning processing time and reproducibility of minimum detection. Methods In order to simulate the status of metabolism of ICU patients on the basis of IC data, a complex model of metabolism was developed. The model was described by a system of equatio…

Numerical scheme influence on Pseudo Dynamic tests results

2008

Adaptive type-2 fuzzy control of non-linear systems

2009

The paper describes the development of two different type-2 adaptive fuzzy logic controllers and their use for the control of a non linear system that is characterized by the presence of bifurcations and parameter uncertainty. Although a type-2 fuzzy logic controller is able to handle the non linearities and the uncertainties present in a system, its robustness and effectiveness can be increased by the use of an opportune adaptive algorithm. A simulation study was conducted to compare the behavior of adaptive controllers with that of simple type-1 and type-2 fuzzy logic controllers. The system to be controlled, used for the simulation, is a continuous bioreactor for the treatment of mixed w…

Control of a nonlinear continuous bioreactor with bifurcation by a type-2 fuzzy logic controller

2008

The object of this paper is the application of a type-2 fuzzy logic controller to a nonlinear system that presents bifurcations. A bifurcation can cause instability in the system or can create new working conditions which, although stable, are unacceptable. The only practical solution for an efficient control is the use of high performance controllers that take into account the uncertainties of the process. A type-2 fuzzy logic controller is tested by simulation on a nonlinear bioreactor system that is characterized by a transcritical bifurcation. Simulation results show the validity of the proposed controllers in preventing the system from reaching bifurcation and instable or undesirable s…

Control of a non-isothermal continuous stirred tank reactor by a feedback–feedforward structure using type-2 fuzzy logic controllers

2011

A control system that uses type-2 fuzzy logic controllers (FLC) is proposed for the control of a non-isothermal continuous stirred tank reactor (CSTR), where a first order irreversible reaction occurs and that is characterized by the presence of bifurcations. Bifurcations due to parameter variations can bring the reactor to instability or create new working conditions which although stable are unacceptable. An extensive analysis of the uncontrolled CSTR dynamics was carried out and used for the choice of the control configuration and the development of controllers. In addition to a feedback controller, the introduction of a feedforward control loop was required to maintain effective control…

A counterexample to a conjecture on linear systems on ℙ3

2004

In this paper [1] Ciliberto proposes a conjecture in order to characterize special linear systems of IPn through multiple base points. In this note we give a counterexample to this conjecture by showing that there is a substantial difference between the speciality of linear systems on IP 2 and those of IP3.

D-stability for discrete-time t-s fuzzy descriptor systems with multiple delays

2014

In this work, the D-stability problem is considered for a class of discrete-time Takagi-Sugeno (T-S) fuzzy descriptor systems with multiple state delays. In terms of linear matrix inequality, sufficient conditions are proposed to ensure that all poles of the descriptor T-S fuzzy system are located within a disk contained in the unit circle. Moreover, a sufficient condition is presented such that the singular system is regular, causal and D-stable in spite of multiple state delays. Finally, an example is given to show the effectiveness and advantages of the proposed techniques Refereed/Peer-reviewed

Stability measures in metastable states with Gaussian colored noise

2009

We present a study of the escape time from a metastable state of an overdamped Brownian particle, in the presence of colored noise generated by Ornstein-Uhlenbeck process. We analyze the role of the correlation time on the enhancement of the mean first passage time through a potential barrier and on the behavior of the mean growth rate coefficient as a function of the noise intensity. We observe the noise enhanced stability effect for all the initial unstable states used, and for all values of the correlation time $\tau_c$ investigated. We can distinguish two dynamical regimes characterized by weak and strong correlated noise respectively, depending on the value of $\tau_c$ with respect to …