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References :

Required Fluid Power References :

Eaton Hydraulics Training Services, 2008, Industrial Hydraulics Manual, 5th Ed. Amazon link

Durfee, W., and Sun, Z., 2009, Fluid Power System Dynamics, Center for Compact and Efficient Fluid Power. Available free online.

Systems & Dynamics References :

Ogata, K., 2003, System Dynamics, 4th Ed., Prentice Hall.

Ogata, K., 2009, Modern Control Systems, 5th Ed., Prentice Hall.

Close, C.M., Frederick, D.K., and Newell, J.C., 2001, Modeling and Analysis of Dynamic Systems, 3rd Ed., Wiley.

Other Fluid Power References :

Merritt, H.E., 1967, Hydraulic Control Systems, Wiley.

Sullivan, J., 1998, Fluid Power, Theory and Applications, 4th Ed. Prentice Hall.

Cundiff, J.S., 2001, Fluid Power Circuits and Control, CRC Press.

Merritt is an excellent (although old and expensive) book on modeling of hydraulics components and systems that is still being heavily used by researchers. Sullivan is written more in a regular text book style and discusses components, circuits and analysis. Cundiff is a good introductory book written for practicing engineers.

 

Schedule - Spring 2013*:

Week 1: 1/21-25

Mon/Tues Laboratory: Canceled

Wed/Thurs Laboratory: Lab 1: Safety and Orientation

Lecture: Course introduction, Introduction to fluid power applications, Fluid power fundamentals, Least squares estimation


Week 2: 1/28-2/1

Mon/Tues Laboratory: Lab 2: Cylinder actuation

Wed/Thurs Laboratory: Lab 3a: Needle valves

Lecture: Fluid power fundamentals, orifice flow


Week 3: 2/4-8

Mon/Tues Laboratory: Lab 3b: Pressure compensated flow control valve

Wed/Thurs Laboratory: Lab 5: Relief valve

Lecture: Valve types, hydraulic circuits


Week 4: 2/11-15

Mon/Tues Laboratory: Lab 6: Meter in / meter out

Wed/Thurs Laboratory: Lab 7: Check valves

Lecture: Fluid properties


Week 5: 2/18-22

Mon/Tues Laboratory: Lab 8: Sequencing circuits

Wed/Thurs Laboratory: Lab 9: Flow divider

Lecture: Hydraulic power, valve sizing


Week 6: 2/25-3/1

Mon/Tues Laboratory: Lab 10: Bleed off circuit

Wed/Thurs Laboratory: Lab 11/12: Asynchronous/synchronous, parallel/tandem operations

Lecture: Pumps


Week 7: 3/4-8

Mon/Tues Laboratory: Lab 13: Power Steering/p>

Wed/Thurs Laboratory: Lab 14: Integrated Lab 1

Lecture: Servo-valve actuator control


Week 8: 3/11-15

Mon/Tues Laboratory: Lab 14: Integrated Lab 2

Wed/Thurs Laboratory: Make-up Lab and Help Session

Lecture: High performance servo control


SPRING BREAK: 3/12-16


Week 9: 3/25-29

Mon/Tues Laboratory: Lab 15: Servo-hydraulic orientation

Wed/Thurs Laboratory: Lab 16: Open loop system

Lecture: PID control


Week 10: 4/1-5

Mon/Tues Laboratory: Lab 17: Closed loop system identification

Wed/Thurs Laboratory: Lab 17: Closed loop system identification

Lecture: PID control II


Week 11: 4/8-12

Mon/Tues Laboratory: Lab 18: Proportional control

Wed/Thurs Laboratory: Lab 19: Proportional-integral control

Lecture: Feed forward control


Week 12: 4/15-19

Mon/Tues Laboratory: Lab 19: Proportional-integral control

Wed/Thurs Laboratory: Lab 20: Trajectory track using feed-forward control

Lecture: Internal model control


Week 13: 4/22-26

Mon/Tues Laboratory: Lab 21: Modal tracking - internal model controller

Wed/Thurs Laboratory: Lab 22: Adaptive control

Lecture: Research topics / challenges in hydraulic system design


Week 14: 4/29-5/3

Mon/Tues Laboratory: Lab 23: Electro-hydraulic force control

Wed/Thurs Laboratory: Lab 23: Electro-hydraulic force control

Lecture: Course review


Week 15: 5/6-10

Mon/Tues Laboratory: Lab 23: Electro-hydraulic force control

Wed/Thurs Laboratory: Make-up Lab and Help Session

Lecture: Guest Lecture


Final Exam: Wed, May 15, 8:00am – 10:00am


* Schedule subject to change without notice.