Ce manuscrit de thèse, intitulé " Dimensionnement d’un actionneur pour organe de pilotage à entraînement direct avec redondance passive magnétique ", s’inscrit dans un projet ANR du nom de TEMOP pour, TEchnologie Mécatronique pour Organe de Pilotage, en lien avec la société UTC Aerospace de Figeac. L’objectif de cette thèse est de développer une solution de machine électrique permettant de générer le retour d’effort actif d’un mini-manche latéral d’aéronef, dans le but d’améliorer les sensations haptiques des pilotes. Cette machine doit être assez performantes pour générer des efforts massiques importants, tout en tenant dans un encombrement réduit et en limitant l’échauffement. Un cahier des charges précis rédigé par l’industriel donne les contraintes à respecter et impose une redondance triplex sur chaque axe de tangage et de roulis. Nous avons opté pour une solution comportant un duplex actif associé à un simplex passif. Sur chaque axe, deux machines électriques actives seront montées en parallèle et une solution à retour d’effort passif magnétique a été développée. Pour ce faire, nous avons divisé notre thèse en deux parties distinctes. La première partie du manuscrit traite du dimensionnement de la machine active appelée DARM pour Double Airgap Rotative Machine. Il s’agit d’une machine synchrone à aimants permanents en configuration Halbach, comportant deux entrefers et à débattement limité. La stratégie de dimensionnement est basée sur une optimisation locale et analytique sous contraintes non-linéaires. La première partie développe les contraintes sous forme analytiques. Puis, un modèle magnétique est créé de manière à connaître le couple que la structure développe en fonction des différentes variables d’optimisation. Ce modèle a été validé par éléments finis grâce aux logiciels ANSYS et JMAG. Une optimisation permet d’aboutir aux dimensions de l’actionneur satisfaisant au cahier des charges. Puis, dans le but de vérifier les températures atteintes dans chaque zones, un modèle thermique global, utilisant des résistances thermiques équivalentes a été établi et validé par simulations. Ainsi, on vérifie que la structure optimisée n’atteint pas des températures critiques. Enfin, nous validerons nos calculs par des mesures expérimentales. Un chapitre du manuscrit est dédié au dimensionnement de la partie passive. Nous avons imaginé un système innovant qui couple une fonction de ressort et d’amortisseur. La fonction de ressort s’appuie sur le phénomène de répulsion entre deux aimants permanents, alors que la fonction d’amortisseur est créée par un système de freinage passif par courants de Foucault. La stratégie de dimensionnement est divisée en deux partie. Les dimensions du système de ressort sont préalablement choisies grâce à une optimisation paramétrique locale couplant le logiciel MATLAB au logiciel de simulations par éléments finis FEMM. Lorsque ces dimensions sont fixées, le système d’amortisseur est dimensionné par une optimisation locale analytique où la fonction objectif a pour vocation de maximiser le couple de freinage. Nous nous sommes donc entachés à développer un modèle qui permet de calculer ce couple. Sur cette base, un prototype a été élaboré, sur lequel des mesures expérimentales ont permis de valider le concept. / This thesis manuscript titles "Dimensionnement d’un actionneur pour organe de pilotage à entraînement direct avec redondance passive magnétique ", which means " Design of an active flight control direct drive actuator with a passive magnetic redundancy ", is seen against an ANR project named TEMOP for, " TEchnologie Mécatronique pour Organe de Pilotage ", and is in connection with the UTC Aerospace industry in Figeac in France. The objective of this thesis is to develop a solution of electrical machine, which permits to create an active force feed-back for an aircraft side-stick, in order to improve the haptic sensations of the pilot. This machine have to be enough powerful to create high forces per unit of mass. We also need to respect the overall dimensions and to decrease the heating as much as possible. A precise set of specifications, redacted by UTC Aerospace, gives the constraints and impose to have a triple redundancy on each axis of pitch and roll. We chose to develop a duplex active redundancy with an added simplex passive actuator. Our full system have 6 machines : 4 are actives and 2 are passives. Our thesis is divided in two main parts. The first part of the manuscript deals with the design of the active machine called DARM for " Double Airgap Rotative Machine ". It is a synchronous permanent magnet machine, with a Halbach pattern, with two airgaps and a non-entire arc. The design method is based on an analytical optimization process under a set of non-linear constraints. Each of them are traduced mathematically and an electromagnetic 2D model is developed, in order to give the theoretical torque reached, in function of the variables of the problem. This model has been validated with FEM simulations with the ANSYS and JMAG softwares. An optimization is realized to give the dimensions of the DARM. Then, in order to verify the temperatures, we developed a global thermal model, based on an equivalent electric circuit. It permits to verify that the temperatures reached in the structure, are under the limits given by the set of specifications. This model is verified by FEM simulations using ANSYS. Finally, we will validate our models with experimental measures. However, a chapter is dedicated to the design of the passive actuator. We imagined an innovative system, which have two different utilities. The first one is a function of spring, the second is a function of shock absorber. The spring is based on the repulsion phenomenon between two magnets. The shock absorber is created with a system of Eddy currents breaker. The design method is divided in two. In the first time, we design the spring with a parametric optimization using the FEMM software coupled to the MATLAB software. When the dimensions of the spring are known, we design the shock absorber with an analytical optimization process which use an electromagnetic torque model developed in this part. A prototype has been built in order to verify the models.

A multi-axis compact positioner is designed and implemented in this thesis. The single-moving-part positioner is designed to move in the magnetic field generated by a superimposed concentrated-field permanent magnet matrix. The compact positioner is primarily for the stepping and scanning applications that require 3-DOF planar motions. In which, the travel ranges in two orthogonal directions are on the order of 100 mm. The moving platen, which has the size of 185.4 mm x 157.9 mm and weighs 0.64 kg, mainly comprises of a plastic frame and six copper coils. It is actuated in the horizontal plane by flowing six independent electric currents into the coils. The platen is supported against gravity by three air bearings. Force calculation is based on the Lorentz force law. With a current-carrying rectangular coil placed in the magnetic field of the supper-imposed Hallbach magnet matrix, the force acting on the coil is calculated by volume integration. The distances between the longer sides and between the shorter sides of the rectangular coil are designed to fit a half pitch and one pitch of the Hallbach magnet array, respectively. Therefore, the volume integration is simplified considerably. The force-current relation for the entire platen with six coils is derived. Three Hall-effect sensors are attached to the moving platen to measure the magnetic flux densities at the center points of the sensors. The position of the moving platen is determined by the field solution of the magnet matrix and the magnetic flux densities sensed by the Hall-effect sensors. A new discrete PID-like controller is proposed and tested. For the step responses with the step sizes within 1000 micrometers, the overshoots and the steady state errors are negligible. The achieved velocity in x is 10.50 cm/s and in y is 16.25 cm/s, respectively. The achieved acceleration in x is 43.75 cm/s^2 and in y is 95.59 cm/s^2, respectively. The achieved travel ranges are 15.24 cm in x, 20.32 cm in y, and 0.21 rad in the rotational motions about the vertical axis. The positioning resolution in x and y is 8 micrometers with the rms positioning error of 6 micrometers. The positioning resolution in rotation about the vertical axis is 130 microrad.

The purpose of this research is to provide a systematic design of a reciprocating tubular linear generator, which is suitable for harvesting solar thermal energy and ocean wave energy. For the structure design of this generator, the stator utilizes a slotless structure, while the mover utilizes the quasi-Halbach permanent magnet array. The operational magnetic fields are first estimated by magnetic equivalent circuit analysis, and then confirmed by three-dimensional finite element analysis. Also, parameters of the machine structure are optimized by Taguchi¡¦s method. The stator windings are selected iteratively by operational specifications and constraints. Finally, assessments of the machine operational behaviors are performed to achieve a complete and systematic design.

This document presents a novel active magnetic levitation system. In the pursued of this endeavour different topics related with wave energy were explore. Climate change and energy security are the main motivation to pursued new options for non-fossil fuels energy generation. An overview of renewable energy and specifically of wave energy was presented. The potential for wave energy in The United Kingdom turn out to be 75 TWh/year from wave energy, 3 times more of what wind energy has produced in 2013. This means a massive impact on the energy market and emission reduction. In order to achieve this, improvements on wave energy devices have to be done. An overview of wave energy converters was covered selecting the C-Gen as the generator topology this document will base its studies. Linear generator bearings are desired to have long lifespan with long maintenance intervals. The objective is to come with an active magnetic levitation design that can replace traditional bearings augmenting the reliability of the system. Therefore magnetic bearings option have been reviewed and simulation experimentations has resulted in a novel active magnetic levitation system using an air-cored coils Halbach array acting over a levitation track. The configuration would generate bi directional repulsion forces with respect of the levitating body. Different software were used to analyse the magnetic field and forces generation. Additionally a prototype was built and tested to corroborate the results. As part of the modelling a mathematical model was explored and robust control implementation was also realised. Finally a scalability study of the device as well as a reliability analysis was done. Although the reliability studies shows an increase of ten times of the mean time to failure, the concept is not able to endure the loads acting on the generator unless the magnetic bearings became bigger than the generator and therefore economically unfeasible.

Electro-dynamic suspension (EDS) Magnetic levitation (Maglev) with its advantage in maintenance, safety, efficiency, speed, and noise is regarded as a leading candidate for the next generation transportation / space launch assist system. The Halbach array due to its unique magnetic field feature has been widely used in various applications. The EDS system using Halbach arrays leads to the potential EDS system without super-conductor (SC) technology. In this thesis, the Halbach array magnetic field and the dynamics of a novel Halbach array EDS Maglev system were considered. The practical Halbach array magnetic field was analyzed using both a Fourier series approach and the finite element method (FEM). In addition, the optimal Halbach array geometry was derived and analyzed. A novel active magnetic array was introduced and used in the Halbach array EDS Maglev configuration. Further more, since the system is self-regulated in lateral, roll, pitch, and yaw directions, the control was simplified and can be implemented electronically. The dynamic stability analysis and simulation results showed that the system is marginally stable and a control mechanism is needed for stability and ride comfort control. The six degree of freedom (DOF) dynamics, and the vehicle's mass center offset effects on those dynamics were investigated with multiple passive and active magnetic forces. The results indicated that the vehicle's mass center offset has a strong effect on the dynamics of the Maglev system due to the uniqueness of the magnetic force and also that the mass center offset can cause Maglev oscillations at the take off stage. In order to guarantee the dynamic stability and ride comfort of the Maglev system, an optimized active damping and a linear quadratic regulator (LQR) control were developed. Finally, the simulation confirmed the effectiveness of the proposed multi-input and multi-output (MIMO) control designs.

Das Mittelalter ist unvermindert „in“, und alles, was die Kultur der Ritter, Mönche und frühen Stadtbürger lebendig veranschaulicht, kann auf breites Interesse rechnen. Doch während das Publikum zu Turnierhappenings auf Burgen strömt, in Scharen über Mittelalterjahrmärkte flaniert und die großen Mittelalterausstellungen immer neue Besucherrekorde vermelden, ist an den deutschen Universitäten seit Jahren ein besorgniserregender Trend feststellbar: Die Ausbildung im Umgang mit den schriftlichen Originalzeugnissen aus dem Mittelalter und der frühen Neuzeit ist bundesweit rückläufig.

Vox audita perit, littera scripta manet oder: Wer schreibt, der bleibt – oder: Publish or perish. Treffender könnte man die Voraussetzungen für diesen Sommerkurs gar nicht in Worte fassen, der von 7. bis 13. September an der Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig stattfand. Denn mit den geschriebenen Hinterlassenschaften der Menschen in griechisch-bömisch-byzantinischer Zeit in Ägypten beschäftigte sich in diesem Jahr der Alfried Krupp-Sommerkurs.

It is my hope that this thesis may serve as a guide for future students wishing to build a microscope from scratch. The design and construction of a scanning, confocal fluorescence microscope equipped with shaped microwave excitation is detailed. The use of the microscope is demonstrated by coherently manipulating single Nitrogen-Vacancy centres in diamond. Further the instrument is used to investigate a dual Halbach array magnet system.

It is my hope that this thesis may serve as a guide for future students wishing to build a microscope from scratch. The design and construction of a scanning, confocal fluorescence microscope equipped with shaped microwave excitation is detailed. The use of the microscope is demonstrated by coherently manipulating single Nitrogen-Vacancy centres in diamond. Further the instrument is used to investigate a dual Halbach array magnet system.

abstract: Two methods of improving the life and efficiency of the Pulsed Inductive Thruster (PIT) have been investigated. The first is a trade study of available switches to determine the best device to implement in the PIT design. The second is the design of a coil to improve coupling between the accelerator coil and the plasma. Experiments were done with both permanent and electromagnets to investigate the feasibility of implementing a modified Halbach array within the PIT to promote better plasma coupling and decrease the unused space within the thruster. This array proved to promote more complete coupling on the edges of the coil where it had been weak in previous studies. Numerical analysis was done to predict the performance of a PIT that utilized each suggested switch type. This model utilized the Alfven velocity to determine the critical mass and energy of these theoretical thrusters. / Dissertation/Thesis / Masters Thesis Aerospace Engineering 2018