In this study the influence of voluntary upper body exercise on the performance of stimulated paralysed human quadriceps was investigated in five subjects with spinal cord lesions in the thoracic spine. The experimental setup consisted of computer-controlled stimulation of the quadriceps using electrodes on the surface of the skin, a dynamometer for isometric or isokinetic loading of the lower ...

This article proposes a closed-loop (CL) high-starting torque (HST) scalar control scheme (SCS) for induction motors (IM). It endows the recently proposed HST-SCS with high-output capability beyond starting after using an outer speed loop feeding inner current adaptive controllers. Presenting cascade normalized passivity-based controller (N-APBC) nonlinear systems encompassing IM allows obtaini...

The demand for drives with high quality torque control has grown tremendously in a wide variety of applications. Direct torque control (DTC) for permanent magnet synchronous motors can provide this accurate and fast torque control. When applying DTC the change of the stator flux linkage vector is controlled. As such the estimation of the stator flux linkage is essential. In this paper the perfo...

In a Universal DC motor, brushes control the commutation by physically connecting the coils at the correct moment. In BLDC motors the commutation is controlled by electronics. The electronics can either have position sensor inputs that provide information about when to commutate or use the Back Electromotive Force generated in the coils. Position sensors are most often used in applications wher...

In order to improve the diesel engine performance under plateau (high altitude) conditions, a new Speed Adjustable Compound (SAC) supercharging method is proposed. A simulation model based on a six-cylinder V-type turbocharged intercooler diesel engine is built on the GT-POWER platform, and then simulation-based research is carried out. A genetic algorithm (GA) is used to identify the best oper...

introduction: some clinicians use a handheld screw driver instead of a torque wrench to definitively tighten abutment screws. the aim of this study was to compare the removal torque of one-piece and two-piece abutments tightened with a handheld driver and a torque control ratchet. methods: 40 iti implants were placed in acrylic blocks and divided into 4 groups. in groups one and two, 10 iti one...

1. A considerable amount of attention has been devoted to understanding the velocity-position transformation that takes place in the control of eye movements in three dimensions. Much of the work has focused on the idea that rotations in three dimensions do not commute and that a "multiplicative quaternion model" of velocity-position integration is necessary to explain eye movements in three di...

The starting torque of a single-phase permanent magnet brushless dc motor is investigated, for both radial and parallel magnetization. Finite element analysis is used to assess the relative merits of alternative methods of introducing the required airgap asymmetry, viz. tapered airgap, stepped airgap, asymmetric airgap, and slotted teeth. The predicted results are validated experimentally.

high variability in delivering the target torque is reported for friction-style mechanical torque limiting devices (f-s mtlds). the effect of aging (number of use) on the accuracy of these devices is not clear. the purpose of this study was to assess the effect of aging on the accuracy (±10% of the target torque) of f-s mtlds.fifteen new f-s mtlds and their appropriate drivers from three differ...

This paper presents the study of a single-phase synchronous motor with permanent magnets (PM) using some computer programs. This motor type is used especially in household applications, and it has a low power. It is known that PM synchronous motors have a great advantage consisting in the lack of rotor losses. For this motor the starting problem has been solved performing a variable air gap und...