This paper proposes a novel axial flux switching permanent magnet generator for small wind turbine applications. Surface mounted axial flux switching permanent magnet (SMAFSPM) machine is a new type of these machines that is introduced in this paper. One of the most important challenges in optimal designing of this kind of machines, is ease of construction and maintenance. One of the main featu...

We report the design of surfaces that exhibit dynamic changes in interfacial properties, such as wettability, in response to an electrical potential. The change in wetting behavior was caused by surface-confined, single-layered molecules undergoing conformational transitions between a hydrophilic and a moderately hydrophobic state. Reversible conformational transitions were confirmed at a molec...

this paper presents a gaussian radial basis function neural network based on sliding mode control for trajectory tracking and vibration control of a flexible joint manipulator. to study the effectiveness of the controllers, designed controller is developed for tip angular position control of a flexible joint manipulator. the adaptation laws of designed controller are obtained based on sliding m...

M odern electronic devices contain hundreds of millions of fieldeffect transistors, which perform a basic function of switching between two states, commonly known as ‘0’ and ‘1’. The idea of replacing the semiconductor circuits that are presently used as switches with single molecules is a major driving force in the field of molecular electronics. To date, various molecular switches have been p...

In this paper the factor of safety (FS) and critical line-segments slip surface obtained by the Alternating Variable Local Gradient (AVLG) optimization method was presented as a new topic in 2D. Results revealed that the percentage of reduction in the FS obtained by switching from a circular shape to line segments was higher with the AVLG method than other methods. The 2D-AVLG optimization meth...