This paper presents a frequency domain identification of dynamic model parameters for frictional presliding behavior. The identification procedure for the dynamic model parameters, i.e., 1) the stiffness and 2) the damping of the presliding phenomenon, is reduced from performing several dedicated experiments to one experiment where the system is excited with random noise and the frequency respo...

In this paper, a model-based impedance controller for electrohydraulic servosystems is developed. Rigid body and electrohydraulic models, including servovalve models are employed and described by a set of integrated system equations. Friction and leakage of hydraulic elements are also included. The control law consists of two signals, a feedback and a feedforward signal. An impedance filter mod...

The role for the perfusionist has changed at many institutions that perform Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass (OPCAB). Surgeons at our hospitals have adapted a technique called Perfusion-Assisted Direct Coronary Bypass (PADCAB) (1). A simple circuit and pump have been devised for the perfusionist to deliver arterial blood to the myocardium immediately after the completion of the distal coronary a...