• TECHNOLOGIES

    HYDRO-MAGNETIC FLOW OF A VISCOUS FLUID WITH HEAT TRANSFER PHENOMENA BETWEEN TWO VERTICAL PLATES

    Machines. Technologies. Materials., Vol. 11 (2017), Issue 5, pg(s) 233-235

    The paper aims to study the combined effects of uniform magnetic field and inertia on a three-dimensional flow of a viscous fluid in a vertical channel. It is assumed that the fluid is injected into the channel through one side of the channel. The flow and heat transfer phenomena have been characterized by non-dimensional parameters R (cross-flow Reynolds number), M (magnetic parameter), Pe (Peclet number), and 𝛼𝛼 (heat generation parameter). The basic equations governing the flow and heat transfer are reduced to set of ordinary differential equations using the appropriate transformations for velocity components and temperature. These equations have been solved approximately subject to be relevant boundary conditions by employing a numerical technique. The effects of the above-mentioned parameters on the velocity and temperature distributions have been examined carefully.

  • MACHINES

    ADAPTIVE CONTROL OF NONLINEAR TWO DIMENSIONAL AIRFOIL MODEL

    Machines. Technologies. Materials., Vol. 11 (2017), Issue 3, pg(s) 97-99

    In this paper, an adaptive control method is improved for airfoil model. By using energy method, the governing equations of the nonlinear 2-D airfoil model are obtained. As known, the system exhibits different behaviors at different speeds. For this purpose, flutter speeds are investigated and phase portraits of pitching are shown at critical speeds. Flutter for airfoils is such an enormous problem which have been considered. An adaptive control method is improved for minimizing the vibration at pre-flutter speed, flutter speed and post-flutter speed regimes. To show that the controller system works, controlled and uncontrolled airfoil model are simulated simultaneously. Results of these simulations are demonstrated graphically at the conclusion part.