UW-Madison researchers have devised a new computational finite element method to improve the accuracy of finite element analysis in the presence of concave, i.e., tangled, quadrilateral elements. The...
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A UW researcher has developed a new power tether for aerial devices, such as balloons or drones, that uses as few as one conductor, providing a ground return by capacitive coupling between the aerial ...
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UW-Madison researchers have discovered a new method to create pore-free metal powders for additive manufacturing applications. This is accomplished by removing the pores that are introduced during the...
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A solvent-less method for photo-redox mediated MF-ROMP that can be used to produce industrially relevant polymers. Recognizing that fluorinated alcohols have several comparable characteristics to ROMP...
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UW-Madison researchers have developed a process for producing core-shell metal matrix nanocomposite wire for directed energy deposition (DED) additive manufacturing. The procedure involves first produ...
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UW-Madison researchers have developed a compression ignition engine system that allows use of hydrous fuels, in particular hydrous biofuels, with high water content ( e.g., 20-85% water). The hydrous ...
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UW researchers have developed a novel design for the spreader component of powder bed-based additive manufacturing techniques, using a core-shell concept with low friction materials. The spreader is c...
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UW Madison researchers have developed a switching circuit for a balanced current source inverter (CSI). The balanced CSIs utilize wide-bandgap semiconductors to address electromagnetic interference (E...
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UW researchers have developed a new 3D printing technique for fabrication of metal foams with pore patterns. Unlike traditional manufacturing techniques used for fabrication of metal foams, this new m...
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UW-Madison researchers have developed a new sustainable process to manufacture calcium hydroxide as a way to reduce the CO2 emissions associated with cement production. This process utilizes a low-tem...
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UW-Madison researchers have developed an improvement to the Fused filament fabrication (FFF) 3D printing process whereby rotating the nozzle at high speeds causes the polymer melt along the wall to sh...
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UW-Madison researchers have devised a new type of acoustic functional material that can be assembled as wall panels to achieve indoor sound shaping functions such as acoustic reflected wave steering, ...
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A controller for a power converter detects a current output from the power converter, estimates a flux vector of the motor, and calculates a torque line in a physical model resulting from mathematizin...
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The present invention provides systems, devices, device components and structures for modulating the intensity and/or energies of electrons, including a beam of incident electrons. In some embodiments...
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A microsource is provided, which includes an energy storage device, a power generation device, and a controller. The energy storage device is operably coupled for power transfer to a load through a fi...
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A method of controlling the output inverter of a microsource in a distributed energy resource system is disclosed. Embodiments of the invention include using unit or zone power controllers that reduce...
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A permanent magnet synchronous motor includes a stator with a stator winding, a rotor with a rotor core rotatable relative to the stator, and a magnetic structure with at least one permanent magnet mo...
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A variable magnetization machine controller has a current command module, a magnetization module and a reducing current module. The current command module computes a vector current command in a dq axi...
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A controller selects a first switch vector based on a current, voltage, or power of a multi-phase load or power source. The first switch vector identifies a first state for each of a plurality of half...
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A variable magnetization machine controller including a hysteresis control component configured to receive an ideal magnetization state signal, output an actual magnetization signal based on the ideal...
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An improved system for measuring current within a power semiconductor module is disclosed, where the system is integrated within the power module. The system includes a point field detector sensing a ...
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Systems and methods for controlling support structures in manufacturing are provided. In particular, the present disclosure provides systems and methods for characterizing the support volume in the de...
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An additive printer dispenses filament having high volume content of axial reinforcing fibers impregnated with a partially cured thermoset material. Partial curing provides sufficient mechanical integ...
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A variable magnetization machine control system comprising a controller configured to generate a reversely rotating d-axis/q-axis current vector trajectory during a change in a magnetization state of ...
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A variable magnetization machine control system comprising a controller configured to adjust a d-axis current waveform and a q-axis current waveform in accordance with an operating condition of a vari...
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