H. Farzanehfard, G. Askari and S. Gazor,
Volume 21, Issue 2 (1-2003)
Abstract
In recent years, active filters have been considered and developed for elimation of harmonics in power networks. Comparing with passive, they are smaller and have better compensating characteristics and resistance to line distortions. In this paper, a novel idea based on adaptive filter theory in presented to develop an active filter to eliminate the distortions of an arbitrary signal. Using this idea, new methods of active power filters, are introduced to remove harmonic distortions in single phase power networks. Stability of these methods are analyzed and the simulation results are shown. Design and implementation of this adaptive active filter are done and the performance and advantages of this technique are affirmed by the practical results. Exact estimation of amplitude, frequency and phase of input signal first harmonic is the most important advantage of this adaptive technique. Furthermore, this method is for canceling the harmonic of any arbitrary signal and can easily be modified for other systems, and three phase networks.
Due to its adaptive nature, this technique can adopt itself with variation in environment and system parameters and be adjusted for optimal behaviour.
Keywords: Adaptive active filter, ac network, amplitude, Phase and frequency Estimation, Floque theorem, Averaging theorem.
M. Rezaee, Sh. Amiri Jahed Amiri Jahed,
Volume 36, Issue 1 (9-2017)
Abstract
In the vibration of a cracked structure with small amplitude oscillations, the crack necessarily is not fully open or fully closed. Therefore, in order to provide a realistic model for the crack, one should relate the stiffness and damping at the crack location to the amount of the opening of the crack. In this study, a continuous model for vibration of a beam with a fatigue crack under low amplitude oscillations is presented in which the crack is not fully open or fully closed. By introducing a nonlinear model for the crack, the equation governing the vibration of the cracked beam is extracted. In order to consider the nonlinear behavior of the crack and to take into account the energy loss at the crack during the vibration, the bending moment at the crack location was considered as a nonlinear function of the angle of crack opening and its variations with respect to the time. The governing nonlinear equation is solved using the perturbation method. The solution reveals the dependency of the resonance frequency on the vibration amplitude. Analytical and explicit expressions are also derived for the nonlinear stiffness coefficient and the damping coefficient of the crack at the crack location. Finally, using the derived expressions for the crack parameters and experimental tests results for cracked beam, the nonlinear stiffness coefficient and the damping coefficient at the crack location is obtained.
