Title :
Optimal design of a system for large in vivo experiments on the effects of 50-Hz magnetic fields
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Sci. & Methods for Eng., Univ. of Modena & Reggio Emilia, Italy
fDate :
5/1/2003 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
This paper describes toroids for a large in vivo experiment on the effects of the magnetic field produced by electric power systems. The toroids are designed to be housed in structures that comply with the experimental protocol requirements and with the experiment specifications. The toroids were designed by using the integral approach for field and vector potential computation and a deterministic approach based on a successive quadratic programming algorithm for their optimization. The paper presents and discusses the results.
Keywords :
biological effects of fields; coils; magnetic field effects; magnetic fields; quadratic programming; 50 Hz; VLF magnetic fields; electric power systems; field computation; health effects; large in vivo experiments; optimal system design; optimization methods; successive quadratic programming algorithm; toroids; vector potential computation; Algorithm design and analysis; Animals; Design optimization; Frequency; In vivo; Optimization methods; Protocols; Quadratic programming; Rats; Toroidal magnetic fields;
Journal_Title :
Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TMAG.2003.809841
