The work presented in this paper is based on a novel integrated and compact hydraulic robotic actuator [1] (BIA patentUS20110085922), intended for the hydraulic humanoid robot HYDROïD. This actuator solves the problem of autonomy for hydraulic humanoid robots as it can be integrated to operate each joint separately. Thus, eliminating the need for a central hydraulic power pack. Also, due to its...

The article presents a practical technique for enhancing thermo-hydraulic performance of a circular tube. In this way, numerical method focusing on laminar tubular flow is used to compare the effectiveness of utilizing center-cleared twisted tapes instead of typical shape of short width tapes. Numerical analysis represented that using both center-cleared and typical shape of twisted tapes, Re e...

Energetic autonomy of a hydraulic-based mobile robot requires a power source capable of both hydraulic and electrical power generation. The hydraulic power is used for locomotion, and the electric power is used for the control computer, sensors and other peripherals. In addition, the power source must be lightweight and quiet. This study presents several designs of internal combustion engine-ba...

in this paper, a new control method based on fel electro hydraulic servo control withnonlinear flux and internal friction, has been presented. the new approach based oncontrollers combined by a classic pd controller and a fuzzy controller is smart. this newtechnique has a good ability to control the performance and stability. simulations have beencarried out in matlab environment and the result...

A hydraulic lifting-moving-rail equipment test bench is designed, which can lift and move the rail for examining and repairing. The loading system is an electric-hydraulic servo control system. The original control strategy has some disadvantages, such as overshoot and slow response, which severely effect dynamic performance and test precision of system. According to the fuzzy control theory, t...

The design of stabilization ponds for the treatment of wastewater is traditionally based on empirical guidelines. Even more the hydraulic design is normally over simplify. However, the performance of a pond will highly depend on the proper hydraulic design. This paper present an approach that combines the traditional empirical design with the use of modelling tools to predict the performance of...

An automated, pre-programmed, multiplexed hydraulic valve actuator is described. The valve is membrane-based and normally open. In contrast to the membrane-based pneumatic valve, the hydraulic valve uses hydraulic liquid to exert the control pressure. The line pressure is controlled with a roller moving over a prefabricated topology. Multiple rollers, each traversing its own track, are assemble...

Given models linking flow resistance and fouling resistance it becomes possible to simulate the effects of fouling on the hydraulic performance of a refinery pre-heat train. Such a simulation has been used here to identify when plant throughput will be limited by pressure drop; how throughput can be improved through the cleaning of individual exchangers and groups of exchangers; and how much pr...

The hydraulic control system, an important composition of parallel machine tool, is a high order, nonlinear, parameter uncertain system, which seriously affects the dynamic performance of a machine tool, so it is very difficult to gain good performance with traditional control methods. The sliding mode control method based on RBF neural network is proposed in this paper. From the simulation res...

This paper presents the position tracking performance of an electro-hydraulic hydraulic servo (EHS) system using sliding mode control (SMC) with proportional-integral-derivative (PID) sliding surface. In modelling process, a mathematical model of the EHS system is developed by considering its nonlinearities as represented by a Lu-Gre friction model. The control strategy is derived from the deve...