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Publication date: 1 October 1998

N. Takahashi, M. Natsumeda, M. Otoshi and K. Muramatsu

Factors affecting convergence of the simulated annealing method are investigated using an actual model. The convergence characteristics of various optimization methods are…

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Factors affecting convergence of the simulated annealing method are investigated using an actual model. The convergence characteristics of various optimization methods are examined using the contour line of objective function. Two kinds of combination methods with the simulated annealing method and the Rosenbrock’s method are investigated.

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COMPEL - The international journal for computation and mathematics in electrical and electronic engineering, vol. 17 no. 5
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0332-1649

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Publication date: 1 September 2005

Davide Cherubini, Alessandra Fanni, Augusto Montisci and Pietro Testoni

To present a neural network‐based approach to the design of electromagnetic devices.

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Purpose

To present a neural network‐based approach to the design of electromagnetic devices.

Design/methodology/approach

A neural model is created which reproduces the relationship between the design parameters of the device and the performance parameters, typically field values.

Findings

The neural model is a single hidden layer MLP network, trained by using a set of cases calculated, for example, by means of a finite element analysis. The design problem can be solved by fixing the performance values at the output of the network and by calculating the corresponding input values. The relationship between the input and the output of the neural network is represented by three equations systems. By means of these three systems, we can forward the domain of the input, and we can back propagate the desired output throughout the network layers. In such a way, both the domain of the design parameters and the domain of the desired performances values can be projected in the same space. Whatever point inside the intersection between the two projected domains corresponds to a solution of the design problem.

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Presents a procedure which is able to find a point belonging to such an intersection.

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COMPEL - The international journal for computation and mathematics in electrical and electronic engineering, vol. 24 no. 3
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0332-1649

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Publication date: 6 November 2018

Yanzhong Wang, Yuan Li, Yang Liu and Wei Zhang

To gain in-depth understandings of engaging characteristics, the purpose of this paper is to improve the model of wet clutches to predict the transmitted torque during the…

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Purpose

To gain in-depth understandings of engaging characteristics, the purpose of this paper is to improve the model of wet clutches to predict the transmitted torque during the engagement process.

Design/methodology/approach

The model of wet clutch during the engagement process took main factors into account, such as the centrifugal effect of lubricant, permeability of friction material, slippage factor of lubricant on contact surface and roughness of contact surface. Reynolds’ equation was derived to describe the hydrodynamic lubrication characteristics of lubricant film between the friction plate and the separated plate, and an elastic-plastic model of the rough surfaces contact based on the finite element analysis was used to indicate the loading force and friction torque of the contact surface.

Findings

The dynamic characteristics of wet clutch engagement time, relative speed, hydrodynamic lubrication of lubricating oil, rough surface contact load capacity and transfer torque can be obtained by the wet clutch engagement model. And the influence of the groove shape and depth on the engaging characteristics is also analyzed.

Originality/value

The mathematical model of the wet clutch during the engagement process can be used to predict the engaging characteristics of the wet clutch which could be useful to the design of the wet clutch.

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Publication date: 2 September 2014

Yanzhong Wang and Bin Wei

The purpose of this study is to investigate wet multi-disc brake temperature field and optimal oil supply under continuous braking condition. The oil supply of wet multi-disc…

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The purpose of this study is to investigate wet multi-disc brake temperature field and optimal oil supply under continuous braking condition. The oil supply of wet multi-disc brake has a direct impact on the drivability and fuel economy for tracked vehicles. Too small flow will result in the higher temperature and failure of brake while excessive one will lead to slow engagement increasing disengaged torque and the transmission efficiency could decline notably. The optimal oil supply and brake temperature field were obtained in this research.

Design/methodology/approach

This article investigated on the heat dissipation capability and optimal oil supply of the brake by the means of CFX model. The working condition was continuous braking and the lubricating and cooling factors were included in the model.

Findings

That the complex trends with increased oil flow is inconsistent with the traditional formula in which the effects of grooves were neglected. The fitting curve of optimal oil supply can predict various needed oil flow in various rotating speed and it provides a theoretical guidance for oil supply design.

Originality/value

Traditional empirical formula of heat transfer coefficient and Reynolds equation solved by different methods could be difficult to deal with the complex boundary conditions of wet multi-disc brake. CFX model can solve the problem of complex boundary condition. The optimal oil supply curve can provide a theoretical guidance for oil supply design.

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Industrial Lubrication and Tribology, vol. 66 no. 6
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0036-8792

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