Modern Control of Actuation Systems, 5 cr

Core content

• Modelling and control of electro-hydrostatic actuators
• Tracking control, the role of feedforward
• DFCU - Digital Flow Control Unit, static and dynamic characteristics
• Digital valve systems. Characteristics, benefits and challenges

Complementary knowledge

• Sensitivity analysis and robustness based tuning
• Model based control of DFCU and digital valve systems
• Pressure transients, good and bad state transitions
• Dynamics of multi-DOF hydraulic booms
• Sum flow control, simultaneous control of three or four control edges
• Miniaturization, PNM coded systems

Specialist knowledge

• Multi-chamber cylinders