Fluid Power Research (FPNI)
 

Fluid Power R&D Projects in various laboratories

Technical University of Hamburg-Harburg, Germany FPNI Institute of Aicraft Systems Engineering   Development and Control of Energy Saving Hydraulic Servo Drives The influence of microscopic and macroscopic gap geometry on energy dissipation in lubricating gaps of displacement machines Computer Aided Optimization of Sealing and Bearing Gaps in Hydrostatic Machines Gap Flow Simulation of Displacement Machines considering Elastohydrodynamic Effects Virtual Prototyping of Power Split Drives Optimization of the Control System of Variable Displacement Machines Development of integrated hydraulic servo joint actuators

University of Karlsruhe, Germany   Institute for Machine Tools and Production Science   Development of innovative metering systems for high-dynamic applications in mobile fuel-cell drives Development of innovative hydraulic drives Diagnosis of hydraulic production facilities Theoretical and experimental investigation of a bistabil electrohydraulic linear drive (PDF 43K)

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore FPNI School of Mechanical and Production Engineering   Virtual Prototyping of Hydraulic System

University of Tampere, Finland FPNI and FPCE IHA Institute   Diagnostics in Fluid Power System of Hot Strip Mill - the Research at TUT/IHA since 1994 (PDF 410K) The Effect of Variable Flow on Hydraulic Filter - the Research at TUT/IHA since 1993 (PDF 92K) Hydraulic Pulsation Dampers for Low Frequencies (PDF 284K) Water hydraulics in ITER -reactor Low Pressure Water Hydraulics - LPWH Water Jet Cutting Particle measurements in hydraulic and lubrication oil systems Filtration Diagnostics of fluid power components Development of lube oil reservoir The influence of water on hydraulic oil and Vickers-tests

Wroclaw University of Technology FPNI Institute of Machine Design and Operation   Gerotor pump with hydraulic compensation of axial clearance (PDF 223K)

Waseda University, Japan   Examination on Energy Saving of Pneumatic systems (PDF 133K)

Gifu University, Japan FPNI Fluid Power Laboratory   Development of a Hydraulic Master-Slave System for Tele-robotics (PDF 120K) Digital Control of Hydrostatic Transmission with Load Cylinder Application of Unified Predictive Control for an Electro-Hydraulic Servo System Performance of Ink-jet printer Autotuning Fuzzy Control of Electrohydraulic Servo System H Infinity Control of Electrohydraulic Servo System Pulsation analysis of Power Steering Pump Development of Simulation Program for Hydraulic Control Systems (for Windows) Sky-hook Control of Active Suspension System Composed of HighSpeed ON/OFF Valves Development of a High-Speed On/Off Digital Valve for Hydraulic Control Systems Using a Multilayered PZT Actuator

Aalborg University, Denmark FPNI Institute of Energy Technology   Control of Hydraulic Mobile Cranes (PDF 82K)

Technical University of Bucharest FPNI Romania Fluid Power Laboratory   Structural Analysis of a High Pressure Hydraulic Pump by finite Elements Method  (Fluid Power Laboratory, Technical University of Bucharest, Romania) rosu.pdf The diagnosis of automotive shock absorbers by dynamic testing (Fluid Power Laboratory, Technical University of Bucharest, Romania) antonescu.pdf The Experimental Identification of  the Hydraulic  Servomechanisms (Fluid Power Laboratory, Technical University of Bucharest, Romania) dragoi.pdf

Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany FPCE Institute of Agricultural Machinery and Fluid Power    Mobile Hydraulics in Agricultural Engineering wiegandt.pdf Multi-body simulation  hydraulic simulation Control of tractor implements Using of rams with position control Electrohydraulic steering systems Tractor management systems Rapid Control Prototyping Fuzzy Logic and Control   methods to identify fluid power systems  and their behaviour

Monash University, Australia FPNI Subsea Engineering R&D Group   Automated Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) Inertial Pumping using a valveless pump (Subsea Engineering R&D Group)

Cardiff University, UK FPNI Cardiff School of Engineering, Control & Dynamics Research Group   Automatic gap control monitoring on a hot steel strip rolling mill Computerised fluid dynamics applied to an axial piston pump using High water content fluid Modelling and control of an active suspension Optimisation of wire drawing Surface texture statistics Active control using shape memory materials Intelligent systems for system dynamics Condition monitoring of press forming Acoustic emission techniques for fatigue crack detection and analysis Monitoring of structural integrity of steel bridge using acoustic  emission Remaining life assessment of steel bridges Neural adaptive control Pneumatic motion control Dynamics modelling and simulation Automotive power steering Model predictive control Fluid power transmission line Buckling behaviour of aerofoil structures Real-time automated shadow Moire interferometry Improved techniques for measurement of geometric imperfections Multi-level optimisation of space structures

Technical University of Linz, Austria FPNI Department of Foundations of Machine Design   Energy efficient switching techniques in hydraulic drives ( Johannes Kepler University of Linz, Austria) Application of nonlinear control techniques to the hydraulic linear drive Development of high speed switching valves Integration of Microcontrollers in Hydraulic Drives

Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil FPNI Laboratory of Hydraulic and Pneumatic Systems, Mechanical ENgineering Department   Industrial Automation and Pneutronic Products Development Analysis and Design of Hydraulic Components and Systems Process and Equipment Automation for Monitoring and Tests Intelligent Systems for Fluid Power Systems Design

Zhejiang University, China FPNI State Key Laboratory of Fluid Power Transmission and Control   Electro-hydraulic Components & Systems Digital Controller for Electro-hydraulic Unit & System New Electro-mechanical Transformer based on New Materials New Electro-hydraulic Valve & Integration Actuator Electro-hydraulic Control System for Power Machinery, Construction Machinery, Forming Machinery, Testing Machinery and Marine Equipment. Speed Control System for Hydraulic Elevator High Pressure Hydraulic System Water-hydraulic System Electro-hydraulic Control Technology with Global Energy-saving Electro-hydraulic Transient Eruptive Powerful Driving Technique Electro-hydraulic Vibration & Shock Control Technique Electro-pneumatic Control Technique Pneumatic Servo-proportional Robot with Multi-degree of Freedom PCM & PWM Pneumatic Proportional Pressure and Position Control Technique Modular Production-line System with Pneumatic Control Pneumatic System Testing & Fault Diagnosis Applied Fluid Mechanics Particle Image Velocimetery Technique and its application Research on Flow Loss of Complicated Flow Passages Computational Fluid Dynamics Muilt-phase Fluid Mixture, based on Chaos Theory Condition Monitoring and Fault Diagnosis Signal Analysis Method Vibration Monitoring and Vibration Control R&D of Special Transducers and Measurement System Condition Monitoring and Fault Diagnosis for Mechatronic Control System Mechatronic System & Automation Mobile Robot and Robotic Control Six-degree-of-freedom Servo Platform Micro Electro-Mechanical System (MEMS) USB-based High Speed Signal Processing Information Technology & Intelligence System System Modeling & Simulation Information Technology and its Application in Fluid Power Control Internet-based Small & Medium Sized Enterprise-oriented Informationalization Humachine Intelligence and its Application

Cracow University of Technology, Poland FPNI Institute of Heavy Duty Machines   Operation of hydraulic power units, hydromechanical drives and control systems in extreme climatic conditions (-45 deg to +50deg) Modelling and designing of hydraulic drives and control equipment, Diagnostics and testing of dynamical properties of power systems, Automatization of duty motion.

University of Saskatchewan, Canada FPNI Fluid Power Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering   Simulation of a Load-Sensing Pump Using Neural Networks Fault Detection in a Pump Fault Detection in Proportional Valves Neural/PID Control of a Hydraulic System with Nonlinear Actuator Friction Classical Model of Load Sensing Pump Detailed Model of Axial Piston Pump

RWTH Aachen, Germany FPCE Institute of Fluid Power Transmission and Control   Ageing behaviour of ecologically acceptable fluids Practical testing of biodegradable hydraulic fluids and condition monitoring Short-time test methods for the ageing behaviour of biodegradable  hydraulic fluids Noise reduction by structure analysis and modification Adaptation of hydraulic deplacement units to environmentally acceptable  base fluids HFA drive technology  Internal gear pump Pulsation reduction of a tractor hydraulic system Puma (Pump and Motor Design Software) High response hydraulic actuators Clamping systems for autonomous production cells Computational Fluid Dynamics Bus-capable, explosion proof piezo on/off pilot valves for hydraulic  applications Electrohydraulic load sensing Intelligent hydraulic axis Intelligent electropneumatic Positioner Elektrohydraulic hybrid axis Micropneumatics Flexible gripper and clamping technology Servopneumatic hand with integrated actuators and sensors Investigation of wear mechanisms in pneumatic seat valves Performance potential of pneumatic drives Digital Simulation Pneumatics

DH Darmstadt, Germany FPNI Institute of Turbomachinery and Fluid Power   Noise Reduction in Hydraulic Systems for  Motor Vehicles

Cemoter, Italy FPNI The Institute of Earth-Moving Machinery and Off-Road Vehicles   The development of automatic controls for the hydrostatic trasmissions used on mobile vehicles Development of multifunctional pilot circuits for varying the displacement of piston pumps The development of "load-sensing" controls

Technical University of Turin, Italy FPNI Fluid Power Laboratory   Analysis of internal transients in axial piston pumps Study and simulation of lubricating pumps with internal/external gearing for automotive applica-tions Study and simulation of lubricating pumps with internal/external gearing for automotive applica-tions Study and Simulation of axial piston pumps Dynamic behaviour of automotive hydraulic clutch actuation systems Study of a feed system for hydroforming equipment

Purdue University, USA FPNI EHCENTER   Food and Fibre Production Machinery

Linköping University, Sweden FPNI and FPCE Fluid and Mechanical Engineering Systems (FluMeS), Department of Mechanical Engieering   Fluid and Mechanical Engineering Systems Control and Design Hydrostatic transmission design tools and concepts Modelling and Control of Reciprocating Rock Drill Prediction and increase of efficiency for fluid power valves test system Modelling, Simulation and System Optimisation Complex Cavity Analysis Engineering Design for Heterogenous Systems HOPSAN - A simulation package for hydraulic systems Modelling and Simulation of Heterogenous Systems Object Oriented Design Methodology for Fluid and Mechanical Systems Techniques for Simulation of Multi-domain Systems COHSY Systems Engineering for Complex Hybrid Systems Project IEIS Noise & Vibration Control and Condition Monitoring Noise Reduction of a Fluid Piston Pump by Optimising Geometrical Characteristics Robotics - Autonomous Mechanical Systems Autonomous Inspection and Intervention Robots Autonomous Control of Working Machines Aircraft System Design Model Based Aircraft Preliminary Design Methodology Systems Engineering for Complex Fluid and Mechanical Systems Advanced Control Effectors Complete Functional Aircraft Modelling

Lappeenranta University of Technology, Finland Laboratory of Machine Automation   Integration of Simulation and Fatigue BOOM2000 Virtual prototyping by SImulation in the design of Mechatronic systems 3-D virtual prototyping methodology Deflection Compensation of Flexible Manipulators by Utilizing Realtime Simulation, Neural Networks and Machine Vision

Technical Research Centre of Finland VTT, Finland VTT Automation   Active vibration damping Hydraulic power transmission Automatic Control System of The Road Scraper Swinging motion control in a forest machine Active Suspension of Farm Tractor Cabin Fluid power control

University of Bath, UK FPCE Centre for Power Transmission and Motion Control   The enhancement of a simulation environment for the design of hydraulic systems. The reduction of pump pressure ripple and noise Wear and contamination control. Computer based fault finding methods. Active control of vehicle suspensions The development of continuously variable vehicle transmissions for emission reduction, CTX (Van Doorne belt drive) and Toroidal traction drive The use of generic algorithms in the design and control of hydraulic systems. Development of an industrially generic design methodology for fluid power systems Integration of design software packages Structured system design using computer techniques Design of circuit spacial layout to minimise vibration Strategic configuration design for hybrid domains using the axiomatic approach and machine learning Life-cycle design of alternative fluid power systems

Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg, MO, USA Department of Power and Transportation   Computer Assisted Fluid Power Instruction: a comparison of hands-on and computer-simulated laboratory experiences for post-secondary students

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