ASME Letters in Dynamic Systems and Control: Recent submissions
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Equations of Motion of Dynamical Systems From Kinematic Characteristics of the Phase Space
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)In the analysis of most engineering dynamical systems, relativistic considerations are unnecessary, allowing an absolute time and simultaneity of events to be assumed. In this article, it is first established that this ... -
Hierarchical Robust Adaptive Control for Wind Turbines With Actuator Fault
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2022)This article solves the problem of regulating the rotor speed tracking error for wind turbines in the full-load region by an effective robust adaptive control strategy. The developed controller compensates for the uncertainty ... -
Slip-Clutch Torque Estimation via Real-Time Adaptive Lookup Table
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)Transfer case clutch is crucial in determining traction torque distribution between front and rear tires for four-wheel-drive (4WD) vehicles. Estimating time-varying clutch surface friction coefficient is critical for ... -
Parameter Identification for Electrochemical Models of Lithium-Ion Batteries Using Sensitivity Analysis
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)Predicting the chemical and physical processes occurring in Lithium-ion cells with high-fidelity electrochemical models is today a critical requirement to accelerate the design and optimization of battery packs for automotive ... -
A Gated Two-Frequency Two-Mode Method for Piezoelectric Motorization
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)In this study, we present a new driving method to generate traveling waves in a finite plate for application to piezoelectric motors. Due to resonant modes which dominate the vibration of finite structures, methods to ... -
Parameter Identification and Sensitivity Analysis for Zero-Dimensional Physics-Based Lithium-Sulfur Battery Models
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)This paper examines parameter estimation for Lithium-Sulfur (Li-S) battery models from experimental data. Li-S batteries are attractive compared to traditional Lithium-ion batteries, thanks largely to their potential to ... -
Resilient Flocking Control for Connected and Automated Vehicles With Cyber-Attack Threats
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)To improve the cybersecurity of flocking control for connected and automated vehicles (CAVs), this paper proposes a novel resilient flocking control by specifically considering cyber-attack threats on vehicle tracking ... -
New Hammerstein Modeling and Analysis for Controlling Melt Pool Width in Powder Bed Fusion Additive Manufacturing
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)Despite the advantages and emerging applications, broader adoption of powder bed fusion (PBF) additive manufacturing is challenged by insufficient reliability and in-process variations. Finite element modeling and ... -
Investigating Trajectory-Based Combustion Control Using a Controlled Trajectory Rapid Compression and Expansion Machine
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)This study presents a systematic framework for the real-time implementation of a new combustion control strategy—trajectory-based combustion control—for the operation of free piston engines (FPEs). The free piston engine ... -
A Traveling Wave Thermoacoustic Engine—Design and Test
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)The demand for clean, sustainable, and cost-effective energy continues to increase due to global population growth and the corresponding use of consumer products. The provision of heat to a thermoacoustic prime mover results ... -
Bending Detection of Li-Ion Pouch Cells Using Impedance Spectra
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)Li-ion batteries are the preferred choice of energy storage in many applications. However, the potential for fire and explosion due to mechanical damage remains a safety concern. Currently, there are no criteria for the ... -
Analytical Model for Enhanced Eigen-Mode Sensitivities in a Coupled Micro-Resonator Array for Ultra-Sensitive Mass Measurement
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)Resonant sensors using coupled micro-cantilever array have applications in a wide range of areas including ultrasensitive mass detection of bio-molecules and chemical analytes. A target mass deposited on one of the cantilevers ... -
Hierarchical Robust Energy Management of Hybrid Electric Vehicles
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)This article proposes a hierarchical energy management strategy for power-split hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) in presence of driving cycle uncertainty. The proposed hierarchical controller exploits long-term and short-term ... -
Application of Mobile Robots to Linear Control Theory Education
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)The knowledge of control engineering for mechanical engineers seems to become more important with the continuous development of automated technologies. To cultivate this knowledge, many experimental devices have been ... -
Comparison of Response Amplitude Operator Curve Generation Methods for Scaled Floating Renewable Energy Platforms in Ocean Wave Basin
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2020)Response amplitude operator (RAO) curves are commonly employed to assess the dynamic behavior of floating offshore structures in the frequency domain. There are multiple methods used to obtain RAOs for numerical models, ... -
A Predictive Frontal and Oblique Collision Mitigation System for Autonomous Vehicles
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)This paper presents a collision mitigation system for an unavoidable collision with an arbitrary oncoming obstacle vehicle. A set of candidate trajectories are generated by a model-based method and a hierarchical efficient ... -
Fast Data-Driven Model Predictive Control Strategy for Connected and Automated Vehicles
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)We present a fast data-driven model predictive control (MPC) strategy for connected and automated vehicles, which can ensure collision avoidance in the presence of uncertainty in shared/predicted trajectory of preceding ... -
On the Zeros of an Undamped Three Degrees-of-Freedom Flexible System
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)This paper presents an investigation of zeros in the SISO dynamics of an undamped three degrees-of-freedom (3DOF) linear time invariant (LTI) flexible system. Of particular interest are non-minimum phase zeros, which ... -
Multi Observer-Based Sliding Mode Load Frequency Control With Input Delay Estimation
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)The letter proposes frequency stability in power systems with input delay. A closed loop system can be oscillatory or even unstable without the exact knowledge of delay. Therefore, it is desirable to design a control scheme ... -
Characterization and Synthesis of Duty Cycles for Battery Energy Storage Used in Peak Shaving Dispatch
(The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 2021)Energy storage systems (ESSs), such as lithium-ion batteries, are being used today in renewable grid systems to provide the capacity, power, and quick response required for operation in grid applications, including peak ...