Enhanced energy con®nement in discharges with impurity induced radiating power fractions, Prad/Pin, from 50% to 100% have been observed in the DIII-D tokamak with neon and argon gas pung. These radiating mantle enhanced con®nement discharges have been obtained in the DIII-D tokamak under a variety of conditions: diverted and limited con®gurations with both an H-mode and L-mode edge. Con®nement...

This paper presents a fuzzy controller for high-speeds four-wheel-steering vehicles based on the state feedback and the sliding-mode control methods. In the proposed fuzzy controller, the consequent part of the fuzzy IF-THEN rules consists of either a sliding-mode controller or a state-feedback controller. Also, it will be proved that, if every fuzzy rule is stable in the sense of Lyapunov for ...

this paper presents a systematic approach based on eigenstructure assignment to determine the mode shape and transient response of a STATCOM utilized as an exciter for induction generators (IG). A physical control scheme, including four control loops: ac voltage, dc voltage, ac active current and ac reactive current controllers, is pre-specified for the STATCOM. A synthetic algorithm is propose...

In this work, we derive different systems of mesoscopic moment equations for the heat-conduction problem and analyze the basic features that they must hold. We discuss twoand three-equation systems, showing that the resulting mesoscopic equation from two-equation systems is of the telegraphist’s type and complies with the Cattaneo equation in the Extended Irreversible Thermodynamics Framework. ...

The high-power generation capability of pulsed mode Silicon Double Drift Region (DDR) IMPATT devices has been studied by using generalized simulation software developed by the authors. The software is based on drift-diffusion modeling scheme, incorporating thermal design. After optimization of the device design, it is observed that a maximum efficiency of 9% with an output power of 15W can be a...

Automated control systems play an important part in many industrial domains and the medium used for communication between devices in these systems is in transition from wired to wireless for cost reasons. Control systems have strict requirements on delay, throughput, and reliability, that vary with time during operation. Addressing these requirements requires predictable and robust protocols to...

In this work, we derive different systems of mesoscopic moment equations for the heat-conduction problem and analyze the basic features that they must hold. We discuss twoand three-equation systems, showing that the resulting mesoscopic equation from two-equation systems is of the telegraphist’s type and complies with the Cattaneo equation in the Extended Irreversible Thermodynamics Framework. ...

Transient processes that occur in pumped storage power plants can cause high-pressure conditions, which turn result vibrations the pump–turbine structure and even damage to structural components. It is therefore crucial research transient process of large units flow-induced The three-dimensional flow field models a high-head prototype were constructed study its characteristics under turbine sta...

We study initial transient stages in directional solidification by means of a non-variational phase field model with fluctuations. This model applies for the symmetric solidification of dilute binary solutions and does not invoke fluctuation-dissipation theorem to account for the fluctuation statistics. We devote our attention to the transient regime during which concentration gradients are bui...

Excited-state vibrational coherence of solution-phase polyatomic molecules was studied by two different timedomain spectroscopic methods. Raman-active low-frequency vibrations in the excited state of trans-stilbene were observed by transient impulsive stimulated Raman scattering spectroscopy. In transient absorption spectroscopy with a 40-fs resolution, a different vibrational mode of the same ...