Publications by Adrien Jean-Michel Thabuis

PARAMETER SPACE FOR THE MAGNETIC DESIGN OF NESTED MAGNETS IN THE FCC-ee ARC CELL

Tatiana Pieloni, Adrien Jean-Michel Thabuis, Mike Seidel, Léon Van Riesen-Haupt

The Future Circular Collider (FCC-ee) is designed to explore the 𝑍 0 and W± bosons, along with the Higgs boson and top quark, achieving exceptionally high luminosity. In order to minimize the energy lost per turn due to Synchrotron Radiation (SR) we explor ...

JACoW2024

Magnetorheological valve

Christian Köchli, Yves Perriard, Adrien Jean-Michel Thabuis, Kenny Jeanmonod, Sofia Lydia Ntella, Bhawnath Tiwari

The present invention relates to a valve (10) comprising a housing (11) having a peripheral structure (12) made of a magnetic field conductive material and a core (13) disposed in said housing (11) The core (13) and the peripheral structure (12) delimit a ...

2024

Highly Efficient Miniaturized Magnetorheological Valves Using Electropermanent Magnets

Christian Köchli, Yves Perriard, Adrien Jean-Michel Thabuis, Kenny Jeanmonod, Sofia Lydia Ntella, Bhawnath Tiwari

Fluidic systems enable actuation in various applications, such as automotive, medical, and industrial robotics. Miniaturized valves constitute a fundamental controlling element of modern fluidic systems, intriguing the interest of many researchers. This le ...

2023

Topology Optimization of an Electromagnet Manipulator for 3D Uniform Magnetic Field Generation

Yves Perriard, Adrien Jean-Michel Thabuis, Xiaotao Ren, Maribel Caceres Rivera

Magnetic manipulation is a method used for biomedical applications to remotely control micro-robots in a contactless manner. The electromagnet manipulator should control a magnetic field with 3 degrees of freedom inside a region of interest. In various cas ...

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers2023

Enhanced Electric Motors using Multi-Functional 3D Printed Winding with Integrated Heat Sinks

Yves Perriard, Adrien Jean-Michel Thabuis, Xiaotao Ren

Electrical machines are the central components of many energy conversion systems. Developing the performance of these devices is critical for improved energy management in our society. A new generation of electrical equipment has been enabled by the recent ...

2023

Computational design and additive manufacturing of electromagnetic coils

Adrien Jean-Michel Thabuis

The modern world is heavily reliant on electromagnetic devices to convert mechanical energy into electrical energy and vice versa. These devices are fundamental to powering our society, and the growing need for automated production lines and electrified tr ...

EPFL2023

Topology Optimization of Soft Magnetic Composites with Integer Programming

Yves Perriard, Adrien Jean-Michel Thabuis, Xiaotao Ren

Soft Magnetic Composites (SMCs) have huge application potential in electrical devices. With the development of additive manufacturing (AM), the properties of SMCs can be boosted. It is therefore required an optimization algorithm to design SMCs considering ...

IEEE2022

2.5D Topology Optimization to Design Overlapping Winding in Multi-Phase Coreless Electrical Machine

Yves Perriard, Adrien Jean-Michel Thabuis, Xiaotao Ren

Coreless electric motors are gaining interest from the community as they have a larger power-to-weight ratio and a larger efficiency. The absence of iron slots leaves the winding space unobstructed. This enables the geometry of the coils to be skewed to ov ...

IEEE2022

Level-set-based Shape Optimization on Soft Magnetic Composites with Isotropy Constraint

Yves Perriard, Adrien Jean-Michel Thabuis, Xiaotao Ren

Soft Magnetic Composites (SMCs) demonstrate excellent potentials for electromagnetic applications. The isotropy is one critical feature in designing the composite. This work presents a shape optimization algorithm for SMCs subject to isotropy and volume co ...

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers2022

Exploring Beyond the Helmholtz Coils for Uniform Magnetic Field Generation with Topology Optimization

Yves Perriard, Adrien Jean-Michel Thabuis, Xiaotao Ren, Minh Trung Duöng

Uniform magnetic fields are desired in a wide range of applications. The most known device achieving such a purpose is the pair of Helmholtz coils. It consists of two identical circular coils, with their main axis aligned and placed at a distance equal to ...

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers2022

Principle and Analysis of Radial-Force-Based Swirling Actuator for Low-Speed High-Torque Applications

Adrien Jean-Michel Thabuis

This article proposes a swirling actuator that uses the electromagnetic radial force and mechanical gears to generate rotational torque. The proposed actuator generates a rotating radial force between an inner stator and a swirler. The gears on the swirler ...

IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC2022

Topology Optimization of an Electromagnet Manipulator for 3D Uniform Magnetic Field

Yves Perriard, Adrien Jean-Michel Thabuis, Xiaotao Ren

Magnetic manipulation is a method used for biomedical applications to remotely control micro-robots in a contactless manner. The electromagnet manipulator should control a magnetic field with 3 degrees of freedom inside a region of interest. In various cas ...

IEEE2022

Innovative Design of 3D-printed Winding for Linear Motor

Yves Perriard, Adrien Jean-Michel Thabuis, Xiaotao Ren

This work presents the electromagnetic design of a 3D-printed winding for a coreless linear motor. The key geometric parameters are optimized with motor constant as the objective. The optimization is applied to two types of coil layouts. An increase of the ...

IEEE2022

A Self-Biasing Shape Memory Alloy Gripper for Lightweight Applications

Yves Perriard, Sean Thomas, Adrien Jean-Michel Thabuis, Gabriel Maquignaz

Shape Memory Alloys (SMAs) are a type of smart material that are commonly used in compact and lightweight linear actuators. Paired with compliant motion conversion mechanisms, these alloys can be transformed into lightweight grippers ideal for applications ...

IEEE2021

Generative Adversarial Networks for Localized Vibrotactile Feedback in Haptic Surfaces

Paolo Germano, Yves Perriard, Jonathan André Jean-Marie Chavanne, Adrien Jean-Michel Thabuis, Camilo Hernandez Mejia, Xiaotao Ren

Touch-screens are the most relevant interface in the context of human-computer interaction. Moreover, they are widely used as interaction means for digital musical instruments, where a complex action-perception loop is involved in the user experience. This ...

IEEE2021

Shape Optimization of Soft Magnetic Composites using Level-set Method

Yves Perriard, Adrien Jean-Michel Thabuis, Xiaotao Ren

Soft Magnetic Composites (SMCs) possess promising electromagnetic characteristics and attract intense research and application interest in the engineering community. Fabrication of composites with customized architecture is feasible due to the recent advan ...

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers2021

Designing compliant mechanisms composed of shape memory alloy and actuated by induction heating

Paolo Germano, Yves Perriard, Sean Thomas, Adrien Jean-Michel Thabuis, Thomas Guillaume Martinez

Shape Memory Alloys (SMAs) are a type of smart materials that reacts mechanically to heat. Due to their complex behavior, they are often used in a simple geometry such as wires. This constrains the output displacement of the alloy to a simple linear contra ...

2021

Shape Memory Effect of Benchmark Compliant Mechanisms Designed With Topology Optimization

Yves Perriard, Sean Thomas, Adrien Jean-Michel Thabuis, Thomas Guillaume Martinez

Shape Memory Alloys (SMA) are a class of Smart Materials that are ideal for creating compact actuators. The complex nature of their behavior results in the use of these materials in simple geometries (wires, sheets) limiting their performances. A design me ...

IEEE2020

Novel Optimized Shape and Topology for Slotless Windings in BLDC Machines

Yves Perriard, Adrien Jean-Michel Thabuis, Guillaume Paul-André Burnand, Douglas Martins Araujo

Slotless windings are commonly used in small size high-speed electrical brushless dc machines. Unlike slotted windings, forced to follow the direction of slots, slotless windings can be freely arranged in the airgap. This represents several opportunities f ...

IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC2020

Multi-Output Compliant Shape Memory Alloy Bias-Spring Actuators

Yves Perriard, Sean Thomas, Adrien Jean-Michel Thabuis, Thomas Guillaume Martinez

Smart Materials such as Shape Memory Alloys (SMA) play a major role in creating Smart Actuators that are compact and high performing. Traditional SMA bias-spring actuators are only capable of a single linear output. Using topology optimization, compliant S ...

IEEE2020