Magnetic Superconducting and Nano Materials

Selected, peer reviewed papers from the 6th Japanese-Mediterranean Workshop on Applied Electromagnetic Engineering for Magnetic Superconducting and Nano Materials, organized in Bucharest, Romania in July 27-29 2009

• Preface
• Committees
• I. Superconductivity
• Stability of Toroidal SMES Using YBCO Tapes for Simultaneous Quench of a few Coils
• Qualification of YBCO Rings and 100% YBCO Wire Loops with the Transformation of the DC Magnetic Field
• High Pressure Synthesized Magnesium Diboride- and Dodecaboride-Based Superconductors: Structure and Properties
• Impact of the Magnetic Flux Penetrating Vortex Core on the Critical Current of the HTc Superconductors
• Current-Phase Relation of YBa₂Cu₃O_7-X/Nb Unconventional Superconductor Junctions
• Design and Optimization of UAQ4 Experimental Maglev Module
• II. Advanced Magnetic Materials
• Construction of Development Technology of Next Generation Applied Electromagnetic Machinery in Japan
• Two-Dimensional Local Vector Magnetic Property Measurements by Use of Simple Transducers
• Study of the Magnetic Anisotropy of the Grain Oriented (GO) and Non-Oriented (NO) Silicon Iron Materials
• Comparison of Iron Losses in Multiple Grain Size Iron Laminations under Sinusoidal and SPWM Excitation
• Effect of Stress on the Magnetic Characteristics of SmFe Thin Films
• On the Magnetic and Magnetoelastic Uniformity Measurements on Fe₇₈Si₇B₁₅ Amorphous Ribbons and Wires
• III. Nanotechnology
• Magnetization and Giant Negative Magneto-Resistance in Nano-Scale Ni_3-δMn_1+δ in Pulsed Magnetic Fields up to 25 T
• Magnetic Torque Evaluation for Magnetized Nanoparticles
• Numerical Analysis of the Polishing Process of Inner Tube Wall Using Micron-Size Particles in Magnetic Fluids
• Nanostructure Formation in Silicon Photovoltaic Cells by Femtosecond Laser Pulses
• Measurements of Magnetic Properties of Fe-Mn-Cr-Si-Sm-B Ferromagnetic Shape Memory Ribbons Depending on Stress and Temperature
• Oblique Ion Etching for Copper at Elevated Temperature
• IV. Non-Destructive Testing and Sensors
• New Signal Processing Method for Electromagnetic Inspection Using Multidirectional Magnetizing Type Sensor
• Inductive Proximity Sensor with Novel Structure of Ferrite Core
• Non-Destructive Evaluation for Internal Defect of Metal Casting
• Adaptive Scanning Algorithm Based on Neural Network Prediction of Eddy Current Testing Signals
• A Magnetic Microsensor with Temperature Compensation Based on Optical Mechatronic Technology
• Integral-FEM Simulation and Independent Component Analysis for Multiple Defect Separation from Pulse Eddy Currents Signals
• V. Magnetic Fluids
• Characteristics of Hydrodynamic Pressure of a Magnetic Fluid in a Tuned Magnetic Fluid Damper
• Magnetic Micro Swimming Mechanism and Visualization of the Surface Flow Induced by the Mechanism Propulsion
• Ultrasonic Investigation of the Effect of Volume Fraction on the Clustering Structures of Magneto-Rheological Fluids
• A Coupled System of a Magnet and Magnetic Fluid in a U-Tube under Reciprocating Traveling Magnetic Field
• Surface Responses of Magnetic Fluid Adsorbed to Permanent Magnet Subject to Vertical Vibration
• VI. Permanent Magnets and Applications
• Improvement of PM-TFMs Characteristics by Flux Path Guiding
• Optimal Design of a Double-Sided Slotted Iron Core Type PMLSM with Manufacturing Considerations
• Design Comparison of Fractional-Slot IPM Machine Types for an Electric Power Steering Application
• Time Variation of Operational Characteristics for a Linear Permanent Magnet Synchronous Generator under Various Load Conditions
• Investigation of the Impact of the Operational Temperature on the Performance of a Surface Permanent Magnet Motor
• Coupled Field and Circuit Model Analysis of Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machine for Direct Torque Control Optimization
• VII. Computational Electromagnetics
• Simple-Box-9 Coil System: A Novel Approach to Design of a Square Coil System for Producing Uniform Magnetic Fields
• Normal Flux Distribution at Step-Lap Joints of Si-Fe Wound Cores
• Optimal Solutions for Uniform Heating of a Non-Ferrous Bar by Electromagnetic Induction, Using Numerical Modeling
• Magnetostatic Analysis of Multiple-Connected Problems by Boundary Integral Equations
• An Enhanced Multigrid Method for Fast Numerical Computation of the Magnetic Vector Potential
• Evaluation of Hexahedral Mesh Quality for Finite Element Method in Electromagnetics
• VIII. Measurement and Control Techniques
• Improvements of Feedback Control Algorism in Two-Dimensional Vector Magnetic Property Measurements
• Identification of Conductivity Distribution Using Eddy Current Tomography System and Artificial Neural Networks
• Study of Signal Processing for EMAT
• Magneto-Elastic Bilayers for Sleep Apnea Monitoring
• Estimation of Magnetization Distribution in Permanent Magnet of Brushless DC Motor
• Two-Degree-of-Freedom Control of an Ionic Polymer-Metal Composite Actuator
• IX. Electric Power Applications
• Optimal Design of the Electro-Magnetic Actuator for High Voltage Circuit Breaker
• Effects of Partial Shading on the PV Module Characteristic Curves
• Flexible AC Transmission System Controllers: An Evaluation
• Generation Expansion Planning of Crete Power System for High Penetration of Renewable Energy Sources
• Hybrid Commutation Converter in HVDC Systems
• No-Load Loss Modelling of Wound-Core Transformers Using Support Vector Machines and Genetic Algorithms
• X. Applied Electromagnetics
• Proposal of Flux Concentrated Radial and Axial Magnetic Bearings
• Evaluation of the Iron Loss of the Actual Stator Core to Achieve High Efficiency of the Rotating Machine
• Development of Lorentz Force Type Magnetic Bearing
• Thermal Analysis of Canned Induction Motor for Coolant Pump Considering the Eddy Current Loss in Cans
• Electromagnetic Analysis and Comparison of Conventional-Wound Cores and Octagonal-Wound Cores of Distribution Transformers
• Piezoelectric Devices for Power Harvesting on Mechanical Displacements
• Analysis of the Gap Bandwidth of some High Impedance Surfaces in the Microwave Range
• XI. Advanced Computational Techniques
• Comparative Analysis of Mitochondrial DNA by Using Nucleotide Genomic Signals
• Surface Induction Hardening Models Based on a Novel Computational Method of Artificial Change of Material Parameters
• The Numerical Calculation of HV Fuses Pre-Arcing Time in the Case of Transversal Adiabatic Proces
• Complete Software Package for Transformer Design Optimization and Economic Evaluation Analysis