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Some important aspects of modelling clay platelet interactions using DEM (2021)
Journal Article
de Bono, J. P., & McDowell, G. R. (2022). Some important aspects of modelling clay platelet interactions using DEM. Powder Technology, 398, Article 117056. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.powtec.2021.117056

The discrete element method (DEM) is a popular tool for simulating soils, however it has rarely been used for modelling clays. This is despite the behaviour of clays being much less well understood compared to sands. This paper aims to increase the u... Read More about Some important aspects of modelling clay platelet interactions using DEM.

Cascaded predictive control for a three-phase VSI with different cost functions (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Rojas, D., Rivera, M., Munoz, J., & Wheeler, P. (2021, December). Cascaded predictive control for a three-phase VSI with different cost functions. Presented at 2021 IEEE CHILEAN Conference on Electrical, Electronics Engineering, Information and Communication Technologies (CHILECON), Valparaíso, Chile

Predictive control for power converters has been gaining interest as well as popularity in recent years. This paper presents a cascade predictive control for a voltage source inverter which is evaluated with different control objectives to meet a ran... Read More about Cascaded predictive control for a three-phase VSI with different cost functions.

Predictive current control strategy for a single phase direct matrix converter (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Rojas, D., Rivera, M., & Wheeler, P. (2021, December). Predictive current control strategy for a single phase direct matrix converter. Presented at 2021 IEEE CHILEAN Conference on Electrical, Electronics Engineering, Information and Communication Technologies (CHILECON), Valparaíso, Chile

This paper considers some of the aspects of applying predictive control to a single phase Matrix Converter. Among all the proposed control techniques for Matrix Converters, predictive control has become a plausible and versatile option due to its abi... Read More about Predictive current control strategy for a single phase direct matrix converter.

Predictive control techniques applied to a 2L-VSI (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Rojas, D., Rivera, M., Toledo, S., & Wheeler, P. (2021, December). Predictive control techniques applied to a 2L-VSI. Presented at 2021 IEEE CHILEAN Conference on Electrical, Electronics Engineering, Information and Communication Technologies (CHILECON), Valparaíso, Chile

In recent years, Model Based Predictive Control (MPC), applied to power converters, has been successfully presented as an alternative to traditional control techniques due to its fast dynamic response, ability to incorporate various requirements of c... Read More about Predictive control techniques applied to a 2L-VSI.

Weft Yarn Interlacement Modelling for 3D Profiled Structures (2021)
Journal Article
Spackman, G., Brown, L., & Turner, T. (2022). Weft Yarn Interlacement Modelling for 3D Profiled Structures. Applied Composite Materials, 29(1), 219-227. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10443-021-09978-9

Currently, generation of 3D woven T-joint models with complex weave geometries, using TexGen software, is a manual process. One of the main challenges to automatic generation of these textiles is the order in which the weft yarns interlace within the... Read More about Weft Yarn Interlacement Modelling for 3D Profiled Structures.

Continuous Set Model Predictive Control for Energy Management of Modular Multilevel Matrix Converters (2021)
Journal Article
Urrutia, M., Cardenas-Dobson, R., Clare, J. C., Diaz, M., & Watson, A. J. (2022). Continuous Set Model Predictive Control for Energy Management of Modular Multilevel Matrix Converters. IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics, 37, 5731-5748. https://doi.org/10.1109/TPEL.2021.3133695

The Modular Multilevel Matrix Converter is an AC-AC power converter proposed for high power applications such as motor drive and wind energy conversion systems. The M 3C has 9 clusters, allowing 4 circulating currents for converter energy management.... Read More about Continuous Set Model Predictive Control for Energy Management of Modular Multilevel Matrix Converters.

Sequential FCS-MPC for open phase fault tolerant control applied to SynRM (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Frias, G., Catuogno, G., Rivera, M., Wheeler, P., & Garcia, G. (2021, December). Sequential FCS-MPC for open phase fault tolerant control applied to SynRM. Presented at 2021 IEEE CHILEAN Conference on Electrical, Electronics Engineering, Information and Communication Technologies (CHILECON), Valparaíso, Chile

Model predictive control is a very attractive solution for electric drives and converter control, but while classic model predictive controls give good results, the choice of weighting factors is often somewhat complex and even more so when the syste... Read More about Sequential FCS-MPC for open phase fault tolerant control applied to SynRM.

The effect of elastic couplings and material uncertainties on the flutter of composite high aspect ratio wings (2021)
Journal Article
Amoozgar, M. R., Ajaj, R. M., & Cooper, J. E. (2022). The effect of elastic couplings and material uncertainties on the flutter of composite high aspect ratio wings. Journal of Fluids and Structures, 108, Article 103439. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfluidstructs.2021.103439

In this paper, the stochastic aeroelastic stability analysis of a composite high aspect ratio wing with various elastic couplings is investigated. The wing consists of a rectangular spar-box made from composite materials. Due to its high aspect ratio... Read More about The effect of elastic couplings and material uncertainties on the flutter of composite high aspect ratio wings.

Control strategies of photovoltaic systems (2021)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Fuentes, R., Rojas, D., Rivera, M., Riveros, J., Munoz, J., & Wheeler, P. (2021, December). Control strategies of photovoltaic systems. Presented at 2021 IEEE CHILEAN Conference on Electrical, Electronics Engineering, Information and Communication Technologies (CHILECON), Valparaíso, Chile

The control in an inverter system for photovoltaic applications is important as it can impact on the efficiency of the system. In this paper a review of the main control strategies used in photovoltaic systems is presented. The study is divided into... Read More about Control strategies of photovoltaic systems.

Subwavelength focusing by engineered power-flow conformal metamirrors (2021)
Journal Article
Taghvaee, H., Liu, F., Díaz-Rubio, A., & Tretyakov, S. (2021). Subwavelength focusing by engineered power-flow conformal metamirrors. Physical Review B, 104(23), https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.104.235409

Many advances in reflective metasurfaces have been made during the last few years, implementing efficient manipulations of wave fronts, especially for plane waves. Despite numerous solutions that have been developed throughout the years, a practical... Read More about Subwavelength focusing by engineered power-flow conformal metamirrors.