The Art of Control Algorithms Design and Implementation

2008 ◽  
Vol 56 ◽  
pp. 154-163 ◽  
Author(s):  
José Rodellar ◽  
Fayçal Ikhouane ◽  
Francesc Pozo ◽  
Gisela Pujol ◽  
Leonardo Acho ◽  
...  

This paper discusses some issues which are relevant when addressing the design and the implementation of control algorithms for smart structures: (1) the model of the closed control loop; (2) the control strategy; (3) the control methodology; (4) the feedback information constraints; and (5) the digital implementation. A case study is used to illustrate some of these issues.

Author(s):  
Konstantin Aal ◽  
Anne Weibert ◽  
Kai Schubert ◽  
Mary-Ann Sprenger ◽  
Thomas Von Rekowski

The case study presented in this chapter discusses the design and implementation of an online platform, “come_NET,” in the context of intercultural computer clubs in Germany. This tool was built in close cooperation with the children and adult computer club participants. It was designed to foster the sharing of ideas and experiences across distances, support collaboration, and make skills and expertise accessible to others in the local neighborhood contexts. In particular, the participatory-design process involving the children in the computer clubs fostered a profound understanding of the platform structure and functionalities. The study results show how younger children in particular were able to benefit, as the closed nature of the platform enabled them to gather experience as users of social media, but in a safe and controlled environment.


2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
Cristian Silva ◽  
Francisco Vergara-Perucich

AbstractUrban sprawl has been widely discussed in regard of its economic, political, social and environmental impacts. Consequently, several planning policies have been placed to stop—or at least restrain—sprawling development. However, most of these policies have not been successful at all as anti-sprawl policies partially address only a few determinants of a multifaceted phenomenon. This includes processes of extended suburbanisation, peri-urbanisation and transformation of fringe/belt areas of city-regions. Using as a case study the capital city of Chile—Santiago—thirteen determinants of urban sprawl are identified as interlinked at the point of defining Santiago's sprawling geography as a distinctive space that deserves planning and policy approaches in its own right. Unpacking these determinants and the policy context within which they operate is important to better inform the design and implementation of more comprehensive policy frameworks to manage urban sprawl and its impacts.


Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (15) ◽  
pp. 4618
Author(s):  
Antonio Mariani ◽  
Gaetano Crispino ◽  
Pasquale Contestabile ◽  
Furio Cascetta ◽  
Corrado Gisonni ◽  
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Overtopping-type wave power conversion devices represent one of the most promising technology to combine reliability and competitively priced electricity supplies from waves. While satisfactory hydraulic and structural performance have been achieved, the selection of the hydraulic turbines and their regulation is a complex process due to the very low head and a variable flow rate in the overtopping breakwater set-ups. Based on the experience acquired on the first Overtopping BReakwater for Energy Conversion (OBREC) prototype, operating since 2016, an activity has been carried out to select the most appropriate turbine dimension and control strategy for such applications. An example of this multivariable approach is provided and illustrated through a case study in the San Antonio Port, along the central coast of Chile. In this site the deployment of a breakwater equipped with OBREC modules is specifically investigated. Axial-flow turbines of different runner diameter are compared, proposing the optimal ramp height and turbine control strategy for maximizing system energy production. The energy production ranges from 20.5 MWh/y for the smallest runner diameter to a maximum of 34.8 MWh/y for the largest runner diameter.


2015 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 247-259 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qudratullah Ahmadi ◽  
Homayoon Danesh ◽  
Vasil Makharashvili ◽  
Kathryn Mishkin ◽  
Lovemore Mupfukura ◽  
...  

Energies ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 215 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rui Hou ◽  
Thai-Thanh Nguyen ◽  
Hak-Man Kim ◽  
Huihui Song ◽  
Yanbin Qu

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