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Combination of conventional brakes with Eddy Current Brake is the current trend in many applications where superior braking performance at high speed is desired. Eddy Current Brakes being frictionless and contactless offer numerous advantages over conventional brakes. This paper gives detailed insight into the hardware model development, analysis and control of a multi disc Eddy Current Braking System using different intelligent controllers. Firstly, Fuzzy Logic Controller has been developed which can give the feasible value of the electromagnet current required which leads to improved braking performance. Further, Artificial Neural Network Controller has been designed for existing hardware system which gives better, reliable, efficient results in comparison to the Fuzzy Logic Controller and hardware reference model for the sample period of time.

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Artificial neural network braking torque eddy current brake fuzzy controller modelling response time

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Modelling,analysis and control of an eddy current braking system using intelligent controllers

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