Advancements in Optimization Techniques for Active Magnetic Bearing Systems: Current Trends and Future Directions

Active Magnetic Bearings (AMBs) are revolutionizing high-speed, contactless operations across industries like aerospace, energy, and precision manufacturing. However, their complex dynamics—marked by nonlinear behavior, sensitivity to external disturbances, and intensive computational req...

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Main Authors: Tasnemul Hasan Nehal, Waleed M. Hamanah, Mohammad Ali Abido
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Published: IEEE 2025-01-01
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description Active Magnetic Bearings (AMBs) are revolutionizing high-speed, contactless operations across industries like aerospace, energy, and precision manufacturing. However, their complex dynamics—marked by nonlinear behavior, sensitivity to external disturbances, and intensive computational requirements—pose significant challenges. This review delves into cutting-edge optimization techniques for AMBs, from time-tested methods like PID control to innovative approaches such as metaheuristic algorithms, multi-objective optimization, and AI-powered strategies including reinforcement learning and iterative learning control. The emergence of hybrid optimization, adaptive fuzzy controllers, and machine learning-enhanced models is pushing the boundaries of AMB performance, offering substantial gains in stability, efficiency, fault tolerance, and vibration suppression. Through extensive simulations and real-world experiments, we highlight these advancements’ practical benefits in reducing energy consumption, combating harmonic vibrations, and ensuring resilient operation under dynamic conditions. We also explore key challenges such as enhancing power density, lowering computational overhead, and boosting long-term system reliability, while outlining exciting future directions like data-driven methods, real-time adaptive control systems, and novel material innovations. This review emphasizes the pivotal role of optimization in unlocking the full potential of AMBs, meeting the ever-growing demands of high-performance industrial applications.
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spelling doaj-art-82db72ca0e854e339cc5b5be7dcacfa12025-08-20T03:28:52ZengIEEEIEEE Access2169-35362025-01-011311139211141910.1109/ACCESS.2025.357525011018331Advancements in Optimization Techniques for Active Magnetic Bearing Systems: Current Trends and Future DirectionsTasnemul Hasan Nehal0Waleed M. Hamanah1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5911-7364Mohammad Ali Abido2https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5292-6938Department of Control and Instrumentation Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi ArabiaApplied Research Center for Metrology, Standards and Testing, Research and Innovation, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Electrical Engineering, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi ArabiaActive Magnetic Bearings (AMBs) are revolutionizing high-speed, contactless operations across industries like aerospace, energy, and precision manufacturing. However, their complex dynamics—marked by nonlinear behavior, sensitivity to external disturbances, and intensive computational requirements—pose significant challenges. This review delves into cutting-edge optimization techniques for AMBs, from time-tested methods like PID control to innovative approaches such as metaheuristic algorithms, multi-objective optimization, and AI-powered strategies including reinforcement learning and iterative learning control. The emergence of hybrid optimization, adaptive fuzzy controllers, and machine learning-enhanced models is pushing the boundaries of AMB performance, offering substantial gains in stability, efficiency, fault tolerance, and vibration suppression. Through extensive simulations and real-world experiments, we highlight these advancements’ practical benefits in reducing energy consumption, combating harmonic vibrations, and ensuring resilient operation under dynamic conditions. We also explore key challenges such as enhancing power density, lowering computational overhead, and boosting long-term system reliability, while outlining exciting future directions like data-driven methods, real-time adaptive control systems, and novel material innovations. This review emphasizes the pivotal role of optimization in unlocking the full potential of AMBs, meeting the ever-growing demands of high-performance industrial applications.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/11018331/AMBsoptimizationnonlinear dynamicsvibration controlAImetaheuristics
spellingShingle Tasnemul Hasan Nehal
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Advancements in Optimization Techniques for Active Magnetic Bearing Systems: Current Trends and Future Directions
IEEE Access
AMBs
optimization
nonlinear dynamics
vibration control
AI
metaheuristics
title Advancements in Optimization Techniques for Active Magnetic Bearing Systems: Current Trends and Future Directions
title_full Advancements in Optimization Techniques for Active Magnetic Bearing Systems: Current Trends and Future Directions
title_fullStr Advancements in Optimization Techniques for Active Magnetic Bearing Systems: Current Trends and Future Directions
title_full_unstemmed Advancements in Optimization Techniques for Active Magnetic Bearing Systems: Current Trends and Future Directions
title_short Advancements in Optimization Techniques for Active Magnetic Bearing Systems: Current Trends and Future Directions
title_sort advancements in optimization techniques for active magnetic bearing systems current trends and future directions
topic AMBs
optimization
nonlinear dynamics
vibration control
AI
metaheuristics
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