Citation
Demenko, A. (2007), "Preface", COMPEL - The international journal for computation and mathematics in electrical and electronic engineering, Vol. 26 No. 4. https://doi.org/10.1108/compel.2007.17426daa.001
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2007, Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Preface
It is a great pleasure to introduce this special issue of COMPEL with selected papers presented at the 19th Symposium on Electromagnetic Phenomena in Nonlinear Circuits (EPNC'06) held in June 2006 in Maribor, Slovenia. The 19th EPNC Symposium was organized by the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science of University of Maribor and the Polish Society for Theoretical and Applied Electrical Engineering – Poznan Section. Professor L. Nowak from Poznan University of Technology and Professor D. Dolinar from University of Maribor were the Chairmen of the Organizing Committee and the Local Organizing Committee, respectively.
The EPNC has already a long-lasting history. The first Symposium on Electromagnetic Phenomena in Nonlinear Circuits took place in Poznan, Poland, in November 1972. The first 11 conferences were local events; nevertheless, speakers from other countries participated actively. The last eight conferences were truly international with proceedings published in English. At the beginning, selected papers from EPNC were submitted to the regular issues of COMPEL. Since, EPNC'04 in Poznan, a special issue has followed each EPNC conference with selected papers undergoing a second reviewing process. The current issue of COMPEL is the second of such special issues with selected EPNC contributions.
The aim of EPNC'06 was to present recent advances in the analysis and synthesis of non-linear electric and magnetic circuits and non-linear optics, as well as to provide the forum for discussion on applications of non-linear phenomena in electrical engineering. The EPNC conferences are intended to be an opportunity to exchange ideas and experiences for specialists in electromagnetic field modelling, electrical drives, electronics, electrical machines and electric and magnetic materials. The topics of the EPNC'06 symposium in Maribor included.
Ferromagnetics and magnetic circuits
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Theory and application of non-linear phenomena in ferromagnetic elements and structures containing such elements.
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Electromagnetic field calculations in non-linear problems.
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Modelling of material properties and the numerical treatment of hysteresis, anisotropy, permanent magnets.
Semiconductors and non-linear electric circuits
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Electric circuits with non-linear elements.
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Modelling and control of power electronic devices and converters.
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Modelling and simulation of non-linear electronic elements and systems with such elements.
Non-linear optics and wave propagation
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Non-linear optical phenomena and devices.
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Modelling of non-linear space-time electrodynamics.
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Modelling of nonlinearities in optical waveguides.
At the 19th EPNC'06 in Maribor more than 90 papers were presented by participants from 16 countries, in oral as well as in poster sessions. The two page versions of all papers where published in the EPNC'06 Proceedings. A limited number of 24 papers, in extended form, were selected by the EPNC'06 International Editorial Board and the COMPEL Guest Editors in a peer-review process for the publication in COMPEL.
We hope that this special issue of COMPEL will provide various interesting and novel information to the readers.
Andrzej DemenkoGuest Editor
Drago Dolinar, Kay Hameyer, Lech Nowak and Krzysztof ZawirskiCo-Editors