− This paper describes the principle of harmonic excitation of strain gages in bridge configuration. This system’s properties are mathematically determined and measurements are conducted with commutated excitation, AC and harmonic excitation with and without filtering. The possibility of increasing the accuracy of output bridge voltage measurement by using harmonic excitation is shown.

This paper presents the design, the analysis and the complete characterization of a novel split-path Data Driven Dynamic (sp-D3L) full adder cell in IBM’s 65 nm CMOS process. The split path D3L design style derived from standard D3L allows the design of high speed dynamic circuits without the power overhead of the clock tree while providing significantly higher performance than the D3L due to r...

Energy efficiency and energy-proportional computing have become major constraints in the design of modern exascale platforms. Dynamic Voltage and Frequency Scaling (DVFS) is one of the most commonly used and effective techniques to dynamically reduce power consumption based on workload characteristics. The focus of this paper is to survey several energy saving strategies designed for improving ...

the doubly fed induction generator (dfig) is one of the most popular technologies used in wind power systems. with the growing use of dfigs and increasing power system dependence on them in recent years, protecting of these generators against internal faults is more considered. loss of excitation (loe) event is among the most frequent failures in electric generators. however, loe detection stud...

OF THE DISSERTATION COMPILER-DIRECTED DYNAMIC VOLTAGE AND FREQUENCY SCALING FOR CPU POWER AND ENERGY REDUCTION by Chung-Hsing Hsu Dissertation Director: Ulrich Kremer The high power consumption of a processor is becoming a critical problem for both battery-powered devices and high-performance computers. It reduces circuit reliability, complicates the cooling technology, shortens the battery lif...

As processor clock gating becomes more and more prevalent, the resulting processor current fluctuations increase the chance of the power supply violating its operating voltage range. Today, low-power research has focused on hardware mechanisms to reduce the chances of these voltage emergencies. While these hardware solutions are very effective at reducing di/dt to an acceptable range, they do s...

The possibility of employing internal wall as mass absorber in rectangular water storage tanks subjected to harmonic ground motion excitation is investigated in this paper. Internal walls are used in these tanks usually for service performance purposes, which could be used as mass absorber to control seismic demand on tank's exterior walls. Derivation of the response of the coupled system inclu...

Although several studies have investigated the effect of degradation on the behavior of structures, investigations on collapse margin ratios are rare in the literature. In this study, the effect of strength and stiffness degradation on collapse capacity of steel moment frames is investigated. The aim is to determine margin of safety against collapse using a probabilistic approach. For this reas...

In stressed power systems with large induction machine component, there exist undamped electromechanical modes and unstable monotonic voltage modes. This article proposes a sequential design of an excitation controller and a power system stabiliser (PSS) to stabilise the system. The operating region, with induction machines in stressed power systems, is often not captured using a linearisation ...