Magnetic Superconducting and Nano Materials Selected, peer reviewed papers from the 6th Japanese-Mediterranean Workshop on Applied Electromagnetic Engineering for Magnetic Superconducting and Nano Materials, organized in Bucharest, Romania in July 27-29 2009

PrefaceCommitteesI. SuperconductivityStability of Toroidal SMES Using YBCO Tapes for Simultaneous Quench of a few CoilsQualification of YBCO Rings and 100% YBCO Wire Loops with the Transformation of the DC Magnetic FieldHigh Pressure Synthesized Magnesium Diboride- and Dodecaboride-Based Superconductors: Structure and PropertiesImpact of the Magnetic Flux Penetrating Vortex Core on the Critical Current of the HTc SuperconductorsCurrent-Phase Relation of YBa2Cu3O7-X/Nb Unconventional Superconductor JunctionsDesign and Optimization of UAQ4 Experimental Maglev ModuleII. Advanced Magnetic MaterialsConstruction of Development Technology of Next Generation Applied Electromagnetic Machinery in JapanTwo-Dimensional Local Vector Magnetic Property Measurements by Use of Simple TransducersStudy of the Magnetic Anisotropy of the Grain Oriented (GO) and Non-Oriented (NO) Silicon Iron MaterialsComparison of Iron Losses in Multiple Grain Size Iron Laminations under Sinusoidal and SPWM ExcitationEffect of Stress on the Magnetic Characteristics of SmFe Thin FilmsOn the Magnetic and Magnetoelastic Uniformity Measurements on Fe78Si7B15 Amorphous Ribbons and WiresIII. NanotechnologyMagnetization and Giant Negative Magneto-Resistance in Nano-Scale Ni3-δMn1+δ in Pulsed Magnetic Fields up to 25 TMagnetic Torque Evaluation for Magnetized NanoparticlesNumerical Analysis of the Polishing Process of Inner Tube Wall Using Micron-Size Particles in Magnetic FluidsNanostructure Formation in Silicon Photovoltaic Cells by Femtosecond Laser PulsesMeasurements of Magnetic Properties of Fe-Mn-Cr-Si-Sm-B Ferromagnetic Shape Memory Ribbons Depending on Stress and TemperatureOblique Ion Etching for Copper at Elevated TemperatureIV. Non-Destructive Testing and SensorsNew Signal Processing Method for Electromagnetic Inspection Using Multidirectional Magnetizing Type SensorInductive Proximity Sensor with Novel Structure of Ferrite CoreNon-Destructive Evaluation for Internal Defect of Metal CastingAdaptive Scanning Algorithm Based on Neural Network Prediction of Eddy Current Testing SignalsA Magnetic Microsensor with Temperature Compensation Based on Optical Mechatronic TechnologyIntegral-FEM Simulation and Independent Component Analysis for Multiple Defect Separation from Pulse Eddy Currents SignalsV. Magnetic FluidsCharacteristics of Hydrodynamic Pressure of a Magnetic Fluid in a Tuned Magnetic Fluid DamperMagnetic Micro Swimming Mechanism and Visualization of the Surface Flow Induced by the Mechanism PropulsionUltrasonic Investigation of the Effect of Volume Fraction on the Clustering Structures of Magneto-Rheological FluidsA Coupled System of a Magnet and Magnetic Fluid in a U-Tube under Reciprocating Traveling Magnetic FieldSurface Responses of Magnetic Fluid Adsorbed to Permanent Magnet Subject to Vertical VibrationVI. Permanent Magnets and ApplicationsImprovement of PM-TFMs Characteristics by Flux Path GuidingOptimal Design of a Double-Sided Slotted Iron Core Type PMLSM with Manufacturing ConsiderationsDesign Comparison of Fractional-Slot IPM Machine Types for an Electric Power Steering ApplicationTime Variation of Operational Characteristics for a Linear Permanent Magnet Synchronous Generator under Various Load ConditionsInvestigation of the Impact of the Operational Temperature on the Performance of a Surface Permanent Magnet MotorCoupled Field and Circuit Model Analysis of Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machine for Direct Torque Control OptimizationVII. Computational ElectromagneticsSimple-Box-9 Coil System: A Novel Approach to Design of a Square Coil System for Producing Uniform Magnetic FieldsNormal Flux Distribution at Step-Lap Joints of Si-Fe Wound CoresOptimal Solutions for Uniform Heating of a Non-Ferrous Bar by Electromagnetic Induction, Using Numerical ModelingMagnetostatic Analysis of Multiple-Connected Problems by Boundary Integral EquationsAn Enhanced Multigrid Method for Fast Numerical Computation of the Magnetic Vector PotentialEvaluation of Hexahedral Mesh Quality for Finite Element Method in ElectromagneticsVIII. Measurement and Control TechniquesImprovements of Feedback Control Algorism in Two-Dimensional Vector Magnetic Property MeasurementsIdentification of Conductivity Distribution Using Eddy Current Tomography System and Artificial Neural NetworksStudy of Signal Processing for EMATMagneto-Elastic Bilayers for Sleep Apnea MonitoringEstimation of Magnetization Distribution in Permanent Magnet of Brushless DC MotorTwo-Degree-of-Freedom Control of an Ionic Polymer-Metal Composite ActuatorIX. Electric Power ApplicationsOptimal Design of the Electro-Magnetic Actuator for High Voltage Circuit BreakerEffects of Partial Shading on the PV Module Characteristic CurvesFlexible AC Transmission System Controllers: An EvaluationGeneration Expansion Planning of Crete Power System for High Penetration of Renewable Energy SourcesHybrid Commutation Converter in HVDC SystemsNo-Load Loss Modelling of Wound-Core Transformers Using Support Vector Machines and Genetic AlgorithmsX. Applied ElectromagneticsProposal of Flux Concentrated Radial and Axial Magnetic BearingsEvaluation of the Iron Loss of the Actual Stator Core to Achieve High Efficiency of the Rotating MachineDevelopment of Lorentz Force Type Magnetic BearingThermal Analysis of Canned Induction Motor for Coolant Pump Considering the Eddy Current Loss in CansElectromagnetic Analysis and Comparison of Conventional-Wound Cores and Octagonal-Wound Cores of Distribution TransformersPiezoelectric Devices for Power Harvesting on Mechanical DisplacementsAnalysis of the Gap Bandwidth of some High Impedance Surfaces in the Microwave RangeXI. Advanced Computational TechniquesComparative Analysis of Mitochondrial DNA by Using Nucleotide Genomic SignalsSurface Induction Hardening Models Based on a Novel Computational Method of Artificial Change of Material ParametersThe Numerical Calculation of HV Fuses Pre-Arcing Time in the Case of Transversal Adiabatic ProcesComplete Software Package for Transformer Design Optimization and Economic Evaluation Analysis