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The Friction of Radially Loaded Hybrid Spindle Bearings under High Speeds (2023)
Journal Article
Gärtner, M., Brecher, C., Neus, S., Eckel, H. M., Bartelt, A., Hoppert, M., & Ilkhani, M. R. (2023). The Friction of Radially Loaded Hybrid Spindle Bearings under High Speeds. Machines, 11(6), Article 649. https://doi.org/10.3390/machines11060649

Friction losses are an important parameter for evaluating the operational behaviour of high-speed rolling bearings. Specifically, in machine tool applications, the bearings are subjected to high radial loads and high speeds, which lead to increased f... Read More about The Friction of Radially Loaded Hybrid Spindle Bearings under High Speeds.

Rotor Vibration Control using Multi-Three-Phase Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machines (2023)
Conference Proceeding
Di Nardo, M., Ilkhani, M. R., Wang, M., Degano, M., Gerada, C., Sala, G., …Hoppert, M. (2023). Rotor Vibration Control using Multi-Three-Phase Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machines. In 2023 IEEE International Electric Machines & Drives Conference (IEMDC). https://doi.org/10.1109/IEMDC55163.2023.10238954

This paper investigates the possibility to control the radial displacements of the shaft of an electrical machine equipped with a multi-three-phase winding arrangement with the aim of reducing the related vibrations. A comprehensive dynamic modeling... Read More about Rotor Vibration Control using Multi-Three-Phase Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machines.

Design of an aircraft generator with radial force control. (2023)
Journal Article
Brecher, C., Neus, S., Gärtner, M., Eckel, H., Hoppert, M., James, B., …Di Nardo, M. (2023). Design of an aircraft generator with radial force control. Open Research Europe, 2, Article 73. https://doi.org/10.12688/openreseurope.14684.3

With the increasing electrical energy demands in aviation propulsion systems, the increase in the onboard generators’ power density is inevitable. During the flight, forces coming from the gearbox or gyroscopic forces generated by flight manoeuvres l... Read More about Design of an aircraft generator with radial force control..

Surface Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machines: High Speed Design and Limits (2022)
Journal Article
Gallicchio, G., Nardo, M. D., Palmieri, M., Ilkhani, M. R., Degano, M., Gerada, C., & Cupertino, F. (2023). Surface Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machines: High Speed Design and Limits. IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, 38(2), 1311-1324. https://doi.org/10.1109/tec.2022.3225224

Surface permanent magnet synchronous machines are one of the most widely adopted machine topologies in high-speed applications where efficiency and power factor cannot be compromised. Although the design of such machine type has been extensively inve... Read More about Surface Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machines: High Speed Design and Limits.

Practical Implementation and Associated Challenges of Integrated Torque Limiter (2022)
Journal Article
Ilkhani, M. R., Syed, S. A., Connor, P. H., Vakil, G., Gerada, C., Rashed, M., & Benarous, M. (2022). Practical Implementation and Associated Challenges of Integrated Torque Limiter. SAE Technical Papers, Article 2022-01-0038. https://doi.org/10.4271/2022-01-0038

Evolving of aircraft design towards further electrification requires safe and fault-free operation of all the components. More electric aircraft are increasingly utilizing electro-mechanical actuators (EMA). EMAs are prone to jamming and subsequent f... Read More about Practical Implementation and Associated Challenges of Integrated Torque Limiter.

An Abaqus plugin for efficient damage initiation hotspot identification in large-scale composite structures with repeated features (2021)
Journal Article
Zou, X., Yan, S., Ilkhani, M. R., Brown, L., Jones, A., & Hamadi, M. (2021). An Abaqus plugin for efficient damage initiation hotspot identification in large-scale composite structures with repeated features. Advances in Engineering Software, 153, Article 102964. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.advengsoft.2020.102964

© 2021 Elsevier Ltd Identifying the hotspots for damage initiation in large-scale composite structure designs presents a significant challenge due to the high modelling cost. For most industrial applications, the finite element (FE) models are often... Read More about An Abaqus plugin for efficient damage initiation hotspot identification in large-scale composite structures with repeated features.

An efficient multiscale surrogate modelling framework for composite materials considering progressive damage based on artificial neural networks (2020)
Journal Article
Yan, S., Zou, X., Ilkhani, M., & Jones, A. (2020). An efficient multiscale surrogate modelling framework for composite materials considering progressive damage based on artificial neural networks. Composites Part B: Engineering, 194, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesb.2020.108014

© 2020 Elsevier Ltd Modelling of the progressive damage behaviour of large-scale composite structures presents a significant challenge in terms of computational cost. This is due to the detailed description in finite element (FE) models for the mater... Read More about An efficient multiscale surrogate modelling framework for composite materials considering progressive damage based on artificial neural networks.

Comparison of Three Speed Loop Designs for a High Speed Nine-phase Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machine in More Electric Aircraft (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Tang, M., Chen, Y., Yang, T., & Ilkhani, M. (2022). Comparison of Three Speed Loop Designs for a High Speed Nine-phase Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machine in More Electric Aircraft. In IECON 2022 – 48th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (1-4). https://doi.org/10.1109/IECON49645.2022.9968549

A high speed nine phase permanent magnet synchronous machine (PMSM) has been designed for more electric aircraft (MEA) for the sake of high power density and fault-tolerant capability. This paper addresses the speed loop design of the high speed PMSM... Read More about Comparison of Three Speed Loop Designs for a High Speed Nine-phase Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machine in More Electric Aircraft.