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    • Second-order LuGre friction model 

      Acho Zuppa, Leonardo; Moreno, Javier; Guerra, Ricardo (ACTA Press, 2005)
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      A second-order LuGre friction model is presented which can be viewed as an extension of the well known LuGre friction model. This model is based on a dynamic extension, which can be seen as an extra dynamic to capture ...
    • Semi-active control of base-isolated structures using a new inverse model of MR dampers 

      Bahar, Arash; Pozo Montero, Francesc; Acho Zuppa, Leonardo; Rodellar Benedé, José; Barbat Barbat, Horia Alejandro (2009)
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      Magnetorheological (MR) dampers have received special attention as semi-active devices for mitigation of structural vibrations. Because of the inherent nonlinearity of these devices, it is difcult to obtain a reasonable ...
    • Semi-active control of flexible structures using acceleration information via peak-detector systems 

      Pujol Vázquez, Gisela; Acho Zuppa, Leonardo (Centre Internacional de Mètodes Numèrics en Enginyeria (CIMNE), 2014)
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      This paper presents an implementation of a novel semi-active controller that uses only acceleration information, via a magnetorheorological damper, on a flexible structure. This controller was motivated by the scheme of a ...
    • Semi-active magnetic levitation system for education 

      Pujol Vázquez, Gisela; Vargas do Nascimiento, Alessandro; Mobayen, Saleh; Acho Zuppa, Leonardo (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2021-06)
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      This paper describes how to construct a low-cost magnetic levitation system (MagLev). The MagLev has been intensively used in engineering education, allowing instructors and students to learn through hands-on experiences ...
    • Set-valued estimation of switching linear system: an application to an automotive throttle valve 

      Podivilova, Elena; Vargas, Alessandro; Shiryaev, Vladimir; Acho Zuppa, Leonardo (2015)
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      This paper introduces a polyhedral approximation algorithm for set-valued estimation of switching linear systems. The algorithm generates set-valued estimates for any possible sequence of switching parameters, under ...
    • Settling-time improvement in global convergence lagrangian networks 

      Acho Zuppa, Leonardo (2005)
      Comunicació de congrés
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      In this brief, a modification of Lagrangian networks given in (Xia Y., 2003) is presented. This modification improves the settling time of the convergence of Lagrangian networks to a stationary point; which is the optimal ...
    • Stability of Markov jump systems with quadratic terms and its application to RLC circuits 

      Vargas, Alessandro; Pujol Vázquez, Gisela; Acho Zuppa, Leonardo (2016-10-05)
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      The paper presents results for the second moment stability of continuous-time Markov jump systems with quadratic terms, aiming for engineering applications. Quadratic terms stem from physical constraints in applications, ...
    • Stabilization of two-dimensional nonlinear systems through barrier-function-based integral sliding-mode control: application to a magnetic levitation system 

      Mobayen, Saleh; Vargas do Nascimiento, Alessandro; Acho Zuppa, Leonardo; Pujol Vázquez, Gisela; Caruntu, Constantin (2023-01)
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      The sliding-mode control (SMC) has been used successfully to stabilize nonlinear systems, yet a side effect of SMC is chattering, an undesired phenomenon. Researchers have then introduced the so called integral-type ...
    • Stochastic stability for a model representing the intake manifold pressure of an automotive engine 

      Nascimiento, Alessandro Vargas do; Acho Zuppa, Leonardo; Bonifacio, Edison; Arens, Walter; do Val, Joao B. R. (2016-09-23)
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      The paper presents conditions to assure stochastic stability for a nonlinear model. The proposed model is used to represent the input-output dynamics of the angle of aperture of the throttle valve (input) and the manifold ...
    • Super-twisting controllers for wind turbines 

      Tutivén Gálvez, Christian; Vidal Seguí, Yolanda; Acho Zuppa, Leonardo; Rodellar Benedé, José (2016)
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      The main contribution of this paper is to propose new control techniques which not only provide fault tolerance capabilities to the WT system, but also improve the overall performance of the system in both fault free and ...
    • Switching stochastic nonlinear systems with application to an automotive throttle 

      Vargas, Alessandro; Costa, Eduardo F.; Acho Zuppa, Leonardo; do Val, Joao B. R. (2017-12-13)
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      This paper presents results to assure the almost sure stability of switching stochastic nonlinear systems. The switching rule governing the parameters of the system is driven by independent and identically distributed ...
    • Texture analysis for wind turbine fault detection 

      Mujica Delgado, Luis Eduardo; Ruiz Ordóñez, Magda; Acho Zuppa, Leonardo; Alférez Baquero, Edwin Santiago; Tutivén Gálvez, Christian; Vidal Seguí, Yolanda; Rodellar Benedé, José (Curran, 2016)
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      The future of wind energy industry passes through the use of larger and more flexible wind turbines in remote locations, which are increasingly offshore to benefit stronger and more uniform wind conditions. Cost of operation ...
    • The use of the dynamic vibration absorber for energy harvesting 

      Acho Zuppa, Leonardo; Awrejcewicz, Jan; Losyeva, Nataliya; Puzyrov, Volodymyr; Savchenko, Nina (2019)
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      Vibration energy is abundantly present in many natural and arti cial systems and can be assembled by various mechanisms, mainly using piezoelectric and electromagnetic means. In the present article, the electromechanical system ...
    • Unscented Kalman filters for estimating the position of an automotive electronic throttle valve 

      Vargas, Alessandro; Menegaz, Henrique; Ishihara, Joao; Acho Zuppa, Leonardo (2016)
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      The paper presents an application of unscented Kalman filters to an automotive electronic throttle device. The motivation of this study is on estimating the position of the throttle device when measurements of position ...
    • Variable structure strategy to avoid torque control saturation of a wind turbine in the presence of faults 

      Tutivén Gálvez, Christian; Vidal Seguí, Yolanda; Acho Zuppa, Leonardo; Rodellar Benedé, José (2016)
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      Every physical actuator is subject to saturation. It has been well recognized that, when the actuator saturates, the performance of the closed-loop system (designed without considering actuator saturation) may seriously ...
    • Velocity-surface stability of a moving charged particle in a controlled electromagnetic field 

      Acho Zuppa, Leonardo (2016-07-01)
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      Accés obert
      Given the equation motion of a moving charged particle in a controlled electromagnetic field, this paper proves that its velocity-trajectory motion converges to an specified velocity-surface in the 3-D Euclidean dimensional ...
    • Vibration control of hysteretic base-isolated structures: an LMI approach 

      Pozo Montero, Francesc; Pujol Vázquez, Gisela; Acho Zuppa, Leonardo (2016)
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      Seismic isolation systems are essentially designed to preserve structural safety, prevent occupants injury and properties damage. An active saturated LMI-based control design is proposed to attenuate seismic disturbances ...
    • Wind turbine fault detection and classification by means of image texture analysis 

      Ruiz Ordóñez, Magda; Mujica Delgado, Luis Eduardo; Alférez Baquero, Edwin Santiago; Acho Zuppa, Leonardo; Tutivén Gálvez, Christian; Vidal Seguí, Yolanda; Rodellar Benedé, José; Pozo Montero, Francesc (2018-07)
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      The future of the wind energy industry passes through the use of larger and more flexible wind turbines in remote locations, which are increasingly offshore to benefit stronger and more uniform wind conditions. The cost ...
    • Wind turbine fault detection through principal component analysis and multivariate statistical inference 

      Pozo Montero, Francesc; Vidal Seguí, Yolanda; Acho Zuppa, Leonardo (2016)
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      This work addresses the problem of online fault detection of an advanced wind turbine benchmark under actuators (pitch and torque) and sensors (pitch angle measurement) faults of different type: fixed value, gain factor, ...
    • Wind turbine synchronous reset pitch control 

      Vidal Seguí, Yolanda; Acho Zuppa, Leonardo; Cifre Font, Ignasi; Garcia Manzanera, Àlex; Pozo Montero, Francesc; Rodellar Benedé, José (2017-06-01)
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      Reset controllers are commonly used to smooth the transient response of systems. We use this technique to improve a standard baseline pitch controller for offshore wind turbines (WTs). The introduction of this strategy ...