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Real-time actuation of a dielectric elastomer actuator neuroprosthesis for facial paralysis

Yves Perriard, Yoan René Cyrille Civet, Thomas Guillaume Martinez, Stefania Maria Aliki Konstantinidi, Armando Matthieu Walter, Amine Benouhiba

Facial paralysis is a highly burdening condition, resulting in a patient's inability to move his mimic musculature on one or both sides of his face. This condition compromises the patient's communication and facial expressions, and thus dramatically reduce ...

2023

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

Investigation of buckling instabilities in fiber-reinforced DEAs

Yves Perriard, Yoan René Cyrille Civet, Thomas Guillaume Martinez, Stefania Maria Aliki Konstantinidi, Amine Benouhiba

Artificial muscles, designed to replicate the movements of natural biological muscles, hold significant promise in the fields of robotics and prosthetics. Recent advancements have led to the development of fiber-reinforced actuators, drawing inspiration fr ...

Elsevier BV2024

An analytical solution for the rotor eddy current losses in a slotless PM motor: the case of current layer excitation

Yves Perriard, Miroslav Markovic, Pierre-Daniel Pfister

We present an analytical solution for the induced eddy currents and the corresponding losses generated in the rotor of a slotless permanent magnet (PM) motor. The field excitation is a current layer placed at the stator interior surface. The solution is ba ...

2009

Multiphysical Brushless DC Motor Optimization Process

Yves Perriard, Miroslav Markovic

An original analytical determination of the force acting on the moving coil in an electromagnetic actuator is presented. The actuator magnetic field is solved analytically using the Schwarz-Christoffel (SC) mapping. The SC integral is solved analytically u ...

2006

Optimization of a new type of ultrasonic linear motor

Yves Perriard, José Fernandez Lopez

This paper presents the design, the properties, and the optimization study of a new type of ultrasonic linear motor. Numerical modeling has been carried out and simulations with software have been realized. To avoid performing a large number of simulations ...

2008

Mechanical Characterisation of Porcine Urethra: Non Linear Constitutive Models and Experimental Approach

Yves Perriard, Yoan René Cyrille Civet, Thomas Guillaume Martinez, Stefania Maria Aliki Konstantinidi, Amine Benouhiba, Quentin Philippe Mario De Menech

Low urinary tract dysfunctions and symptoms (LUTS) and Urinary incontinence (UI) in particular is a medical condition that affects millions of people worldwide. One of the most promising long term treatments for this condition is the use of an artificial u ...

IEEE2023

Breaking the Cardiovascular Flow Barrier for Dielectric Elastomer Actuator-Based Pumping: Design and Characterization

Yves Perriard, Yoan René Cyrille Civet, Armando Matthieu Walter, Amine Benouhiba, Francesco Clavica, Silje Ekroll Jahren

Pumps play a crucial role in sustaining life by facilitating fluid circulation within the human body. This article presents the design and characterization of a high-performance tubular dielectric elastomer pump. The study investigates three distinct pump ...

2025

Real-time 3D thermal modeling of a magnetically levitated planar actuator

Yves Perriard

A transient thermal model used to monitor the temperature distribution in real-time in a long-stroke moving-magnet planar actuator is presented. The temperature distribution in the stator coils of the planar actuator depends on the trajectory of the levita ...

Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd2013

Design of Compact Bearingless Disc Drive Systems

Yves Perriard, Douglas Martins Araujo, Juan Patricio Tomás Peralta Fierro

Inflating costs and emerging applications are spawning interests toward smaller and faster electric drives. The challenges of miniaturization make magnetic bearings more appealing, as they provide intrinsic high-speed capability and need virtually zero-mai ...

2020

A Tunable Self-Offloading Module for Plantar Pressure Regulation in Diabetic Patients

Yves Perriard, Yoan René Cyrille Civet, Paolo Germano, Christian Köchli, Sofia Lydia Ntella, Bhawnath Tiwari, Kenny Jeanmonod

Plantar pressure plays a crucial role in the pathogenesis of foot ulcers among patients with diabetes and peripheral polyneuropathy. Pressure relief is a key requirement for both the prevention and treatment of plantar ulcers. Conventional medical practice ...

2024

Inversing the actuation cycle of dielectric elastomer actuators for a facial prosthesis

Yves Perriard, Yoan René Cyrille Civet, Paolo Germano, Thomas Guillaume Martinez, Stefania Maria Aliki Konstantinidi, Alexis Boegli, Quentin Philippe Mario De Menech

Dielectric Elastomer Actuators (DEAs) are a type of smart material described as compliant capacitors. They show impressive performances as soft actuators, such as a high strain and fast response. Nonetheless, replicating natural muscle function with DEAs h ...

Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE)2024

An analytical determination of eddy-current losses in a configuration with a rotating permanent magnet

Yves Perriard, Miroslav Markovic

The paper presents a completely analytical method for determining the eddy currents in a cylindrical configuration. The configuration consists of a cylindrical permanent magnet rotating inside a conducting hollow cylinder (stator). The solution is obtained ...

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers2007

Influence of Piezoelectric Actuator Geometry on Resonant Vibrating Amplitude

Yves Perriard, Yoan René Cyrille Civet, Dan Shi

Piezoelectric actuator has been used in different applications because of its compact structure compared to magnetic actuators. This paper reports the influence of piezoelectric actuators geometry on the plate vibrating amplitude. Through a Finite Element ...

IEEE2016

Eddy current power losses in a toroidal laminated core with rectangular cross section

Yves Perriard, Miroslav Markovic

The paper presents a completely analytical solution for the magnetic field, the induced eddy currents and corresponding losses in a toroidal laminated core with a rectangular cross section. The diffusion equation is analytically solved using a separation o ...

2009

Future innovations for the treatment of facial nerve paralysis

Yves Perriard, Yoan René Cyrille Civet, Stefania Maria Aliki Konstantinidi

Facial nerve injury and paralysis causes negative physical and psychosocial effects for afflicted patients. Impaired respiration, articulation, oral competence, as well as insufficient protection of the corneas may cause a markedly decreased quality of lif ...

Elsevier BV2025

Force and Torque Model of Ironless Passive Magnetic Bearing Structures

Yves Perriard, Leopoldo Rossini, Douglas Martins Araujo, Guzmán Borque Gallego

This article presents the development and validation of a three-dimensional force and torque semi-analytical model for ironless permanent magnet structures. This method relies on the definition of the magnetic flux density generated by permanent magnets in ...

IEEE2019

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

Control of Long Stator Linear Motors - Application to Multi Mobile System

Yves Perriard

2011

An exact formula for "tooth-to-tooth" permeance

Yves Perriard, Marcel Jufer, Miroslav Markovic

We present a new, completely original exact method to determine the permeance between two opposing iron teeth. This configuration is important because it is often encountered in electrical machines and apparatus. The method is based on conformal mapping. T ...

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers2005