Citation
Demenko, A., Doležel, I., Hameyer, K., Pietrowski, W. and Zawirski , K. (2015), "Modelling and computation of nonlinear magnetic and electric circuits", COMPEL - The international journal for computation and mathematics in electrical and electronic engineering, Vol. 34 No. 3. https://doi.org/10.1108/COMPEL-01-2015-0026
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:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Modelling and computation of nonlinear magnetic and electric circuits
Article Type: Guest editorial From: COMPEL: The International Journal for Computation and Mathematics in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Volume 34, Issue 3.
It is a great pleasure to introduce the Special Issue of COMPEL with selected papers presented at the 23rd Symposium on Electromagnetic Phenomena in Nonlinear Circuits (EPNC 2014) held from 2 to 4 July 2014 in Pilsen, Czech Republic. The 23rd EPNC Symposium was organised by University of West Bohemia in Pilsen (Czech Republic), Polish Academy of Science and Polish Society for Theoretical and Applied Electrical Engineering – Poznań Section. Professor Ivo Doležel from University of West Bohemia was Chairman of the Organizing Committee.
The first Symposium on Electromagnetic Phenomena in Nonlinear Circuits took place in Poznań, Poland, in November of 1972. The first 11 conferences were local meetings, although speakers from other countries also participated. The last 12 conferences were international events with proceedings published in English. Initially selected papers from EPNC conferences were submitted to regular issues of COMPEL. After EPNC 2004 in Pozna, for the first time selected and extended papers from EPNC were published as a Special Issue of COMPEL. The current issue of COMPEL is the sixth such Special Issue.
The aim of the EPNC 2014 was to present the recent advances in the analysis and synthesis of nonlinear electric and magnetic circuits, nonlinear optics and nonlinear electromagnetic problems in medicine, as well as to provide the forum for discussion and dissemination of recent results on applications of nonlinear phenomena in electrical engineering. The EPNC conferences are intended to be an opportunity to exchange ideas and experiences between specialists as well as young PhD students in electromagnetic field modelling, electric drives, electronics, electrical machines, and electric and magnetic materials. Topics of the symposiums included:
Ferromagnetics and magnetic circuits
Theory and application of nonlinear phenomena in ferromagnetic elements and structures containing such elements.
Electromagnetic field calculations in nonlinear problems.
Modelling of material properties and the numerical treatment of hysteresis, anisotropy, permanent magnets.
Semiconductors and nonlinear electric circuits
Electric circuits with nonlinear elements.
Modelling and control of power electronic devices and converters.
Modelling and simulation of nonlinear electronic elements and systems with such elements.
Nonlinear optics and wave propagation
Nonlinear optical phenomena and devices.
Modelling of nonlinear space-time electrodynamics.
Modelling of nonlinearities in optical waveguides.
Nonlinear electromagnetic problems in medicine
Electromagnetic devices in medicine.
Inverse electromagnetic problems in medicine and human tissue modelling for electromagnetic simulation.
Electromagnetic fields in diagnostics and therapy.
At EPNC in Pilsen, 86 papers were presented by participants from 15 countries. Two page versions of all papers were published in conference proceedings. A limited number of 21 extended papers, selected in a peer review process, were chosen by EPNC 2014 Editorial Board and COMPEL Guest Editors for publication in this sixth Special Issue of COMPEL.
As at the last few EPNC conferences, a special Emerald/COMPEL award for the best paper delivered by a young researcher was offered by Professor Jan Sykulski, Editor-in-Chief of COMPEL, to Martin Petrun (University of Maribor) for the presentation of the paper entitled “Effects of saturation and hysteresis on magnetisation dynamics: analysis of different material models”. Three COMPEL commendations were also awarded and special diplomas presented to łukasz Knypiński, Andreas Ruf and Stefan Schmuelling. The papers by the award-winning researchers may be found in this Special Issue of COMPEL.
We hope that this issue of COMPEL will provide stimulating new information to the readers.
Andrzej Demenko - Institute of Electrical Engineering and Electronics, Poznan University of Technology, Poznań, Poland
Ivo Doležel - Department of Theory of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of West Bohemia, Pilsen, Czech Republic
Kay Hameyer - Institute of Electrical Machines (IEM), RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
Wojciech Pietrowski - Institute of Electrical Engineering and Electronics, Poznan University of Technology, Poznań, Poland, and
Krzysztof Zawirski - Institute of Control and Information Engineering, Poznan University of Technology, Poznań, Poland