Dissertation Enhancement in Japan: Analytical Modeling of Ultrasonic Traveling Wave Motors

该奖项支持日本东京工业大学（TIT）的James R. Friend先生获得为期6个月的国家科学基金会论文增强奖。弗兰德先生将与中山大学高级科学家Sadayuki Ueha博士合作进行一个名为“超声行波电机的解析建模”的研究项目。研究的主要目的是对超声行波电机进行分析建模，并构建模型的工作原型。压电行波电机在广泛的应用中有望取代分马力电机。首席研究员已经创建了一个压电电机的理论模型，虽然比日本目前正在开发的电机慢，但在预测电机运行的物理行为方面要准确得多。美国和日本的科学家在一个涉及相互兼容的理论的项目上进行合作，将有助于开发更有效的模型，以及设计、组装和实际工作电机的操作。＊＊＊

9600401 Huebner Stutts This award supports a 6 month National Science Foundation Dissertation Enhancement Award for Mr. James R. Friend at the Tokyo Institute of Technology (TIT), Tokyo, Japan. Mr. Friend, will work with Dr. Sadayuki Ueha, senior scientist at TIT, on a research project entitled, "Analytical Modeling of Ultrasonic Traveling Wave Motors". The main objective of the research is to both perform analytical modeling of ultrasonic traveling wave motors and construct working prototypes of the models. Piezoelectric traveling wave motors provide promise for replacing fractional horsepower motors in a wide variety of applications. The primary investigator has created a theoretical model of a piezoelectric motor that, while slower than those currently being developed in Japan, is far more accurate in its prediction of the physical behavior of the motor's operation. Cooperation between scientists in the United States and Japan on a project involving mutually compatible theories would allow the development of more effective models as well as the design, assembly, and operation of actual working motors. ***