To provide information on magnetic lens design principles for neutron beam focussing and to characterize the efficiency of these devices.
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Purpose
To provide information on magnetic lens design principles for neutron beam focussing and to characterize the efficiency of these devices.
Design/methodology/approach
Magnetostatic and neutron optical computations are presented for permanent magnet and electromagnetic hexapole lenses for neutron beam focusing. The numerical results are verified by magnetic and neutron beam measurements.
Findings
Neutron lenses built from brick‐shaped permanent magnets approximating the six‐pole Halbach structure yield relatively high field constant for a relatively small useful diameter. Electromagnets are weaker, but allow field constant adjustment.
Research limitations/implications
The main limitation of both presented solutions resides in the difficulty of obtaining high magnetic flux densities. Superconducting coils in hexapole configuration can overcome this limitation.
Practical implications
The magnetic lenses can be used for beam focusing in scattering neutron instruments. The focused beam is also polarized.
Originality/value
Analytical formulae are supplied for the neutron path calculation in a six‐pole magnetic field. An electromagnet design with permanent magnet flux enforcement is provided.
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The purpose of this paper is to present a procedure, which determines the magnetic force acting between a soft magnetic cylinder and a coil taking the hysteresis phenomena into account.
Design/methodology/approach
The magnetic force is computed replacing the ferromagnetic body with an equivalent magnetic moment distribution. Isotropic vector Preisach model with analytical expressed Everett function describes the magnetic properties of the ferromagnetic material. The magnetization distribution is calculated applying the integral equation method. The Preisach hysteresis model is included in the iteration process based on Picard‐Banach scheme.
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In the case of integral equation method the unknown quantities are the magnetization and the magnetic field intensity. In this way the Preisach hysteresis model can be included in a convenient way in the iteration procedure. Knowing the magnetization distribution the magnetic force can be determined. The developed algorithms can be applied in tubular linear motor design.
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The paper presents a new formulation of the Preisach hysteresis model. With the aim of the analytically expressed Everett function a stable and faster algorithm can be realized to determine the magnetic force in arrangements with ferromagnetic parts.
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Miklós Kuczmann and Amália Iványi
The classical Preisach model and its modifications are one of the most generally applied simulations to model the behavior of magnetic materials, to describe hysteresis phenomena…
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The classical Preisach model and its modifications are one of the most generally applied simulations to model the behavior of magnetic materials, to describe hysteresis phenomena and different properties, as noncongruent minor loops, frequency dependence, temperature dependence, accommodation, and so on. Artificial neural networks (NNs) are widely used in fields of research where the solution of problems with conventional methods on traditional computers is very difficult to work out, for example system identification, modeling and function approximation. NNs can be considered as universal approximation for functions based on the theorem of Kolmogorov‐Arnold. In this paper a new NN model of scalar hysteresis characteristics is introduced. The examined method is built on the function approximation and continuous interpolation capability of NNs. The anhysteretic magnetization curve and a set of the ascending and a set of the descending first order reversal branches can be stored in a system of three neural networks. Different properties of magnetic materials can be simulated by a simple knowledge‐based algorithm. Value of differential susceptibility can be expressed in analytical form. Finally hysteresis characteristics predicted by the introduced model are compared with the results of the Preisach simulation.
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M. Rogante, V.T. Lebedev, S. Kralj, L. Rosta and Törö
This paper addresses important technical problems related with methodological limitations of welding project methods currently adopted, mostly regarding numerical modelling…
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This paper addresses important technical problems related with methodological limitations of welding project methods currently adopted, mostly regarding numerical modelling procedure of welding processes. The progress in high nano‐technologies give rise to the same approaches to be applied in traditional mechanics and material science, really concerning welding processes using various methods and techniques. Recent investigations of welded joints have shown the benefits related to the employment of neutron techniques, to obtain substantial information advancing quality and durability that cannot be found by using other means. Small Angle Neutron Scattering (SANS) and Neutron Diffraction (ND), in particular, consent materials characterization at atomic and nanoscale level, offering to the existing technologies the essential contribution of precise structural methods. The basic theoretical aspects are described, and some SANS investigations of weldments are reported. An experimental programme has been recently projected to develop welding processes, with quality assurance improvement, safety enhancement, life‐time management and cost effectiveness of the considered joints.
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José Ignacio Sánchez-Vergara, Marko Orel, Valeria Ferreira and Andrej Rus
The objective of this study is to explore the concept of rural coworking in the scientific literature and examine how it generates community narratives based on the value of space…
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Purpose
The objective of this study is to explore the concept of rural coworking in the scientific literature and examine how it generates community narratives based on the value of space and business practices. This study aims to contribute to the understanding of rural coworking as a driver of participation and relationships among diverse stakeholders.
Design/methodology/approach
To identify and analyse trends and categories in rural coworking studies, understand the concept of rural coworking and how community narratives have been focused, the authors carried out a systematic literature review following the preferred reporting items for systematic reviews and meta-analyses (PRISMA) tool. The review was performed using Scopus, obtaining 22 papers.
Findings
The findings reveal that rural coworking is on definition, but it emphasises the role of community as a main actor in its consolidation. On the other hand, rural coworking is seen as an opportunity to create impactful new business strategies through space regeneration and revitalisation. Management perspectives prevail in this research field, highlighting the role of public administrations, entrepreneurs and policymakers, and their capacities to build a business environment to enhance coworking activity.
Originality/value
The paper establishes conceptual categories and research trends in the rural coworking literature, and how its actors have a strategic importance in defining their own practices and narratives. The interrelationship between coworking activity and local business development is continually seen as an opportunity for growth, so this paper will have value for rural coworking planners and consultants in non-urban areas.
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The purpose of this paper is to develop a viscous-type frequency dependent scalar Preisach hysteresis model and to identify the model using measured data and nonlinear numerical…
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Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to develop a viscous-type frequency dependent scalar Preisach hysteresis model and to identify the model using measured data and nonlinear numerical field analysis. The hysteresis model must be fast and well applicable in electromagnetic field simulations.
Design/methodology/approach
Iron parts of electrical machines are made of non-oriented isotropic ferromagnetic materials. The finite element method (FEM) is usually applied in the numerical field analysis and design of this equipment. The scalar Preisach hysteresis model has been implemented for the simulation of static and dynamic magnetic effects inside the ferromagnetic parts of different electrical equipment.
Findings
The comparison between measured and simulated data using a toroidal core shows a good agreement. A modified nonlinear version of TEAM Problem No. 30.a is also shown to test the hysteresis model in the FEM procedure.
Originality/value
The dynamic model is an extension of the static one; an extra magnetic field intensity term is added to the output of the static inverse model. This is a viscosity-type dynamic model. The fixed-point method with stable scheme has been realized to take frequency dependent anomalous losses into account in FEM. This scheme can be used efficiently in the frame of any potential formulations of Maxwell's equations.
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In this paper the kinetic behavior of a non‐magnetic cube, plated on two opposite sides with ferromagnetic coating, situated on a horizontal plane surface and immersed in a…
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In this paper the kinetic behavior of a non‐magnetic cube, plated on two opposite sides with ferromagnetic coating, situated on a horizontal plane surface and immersed in a homogeneous magnetic field is investigated. The created magnetic torque is determined, the involved field quantities are computed applying the integral equation method taking into account the hysteresis of the ferromagnetic coating by a non‐linear iterative procedure based on the Piccard‐Banach fixed point technique. Considering the friction between the piece and the plane surface the equation of motion is solved. The magnetic field strength necessary to rotate the piece in a required direction is determined.
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Recently, F. Smarandache generalized the Atanassov's intuitionistic fuzzy sets (IFSs) and other kinds of sets to neutrosophic sets (NSs) and also defined various notions of…
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Recently, F. Smarandache generalized the Atanassov's intuitionistic fuzzy sets (IFSs) and other kinds of sets to neutrosophic sets (NSs) and also defined various notions of neutrosophic topologies on the non‐standard interval. One can expect some relation between the intuitionistic fuzzy topology (IFT) on an IFS and neutrosophic topologies on the non‐standard interval. The purpose of this paper is to show that this is false.
Design/methodology/approach
The possible relations between the intuitionistic fuzzzy topology and neutrosophic topologies are studied.
Findings
Relations on IFT and neutrosophic topologies.
Research limitations/implications
Clearly, the paper is confined to IFSs and NSs.
Practical implications
The main applications are in the mathematical field.
Originality/value
The paper shows original results on fuzzy sets and topology.