Project / Leader: 2F - Prof. Andrew Alleyene (UIUC)
Title: Dynamically scalable fluid power systems.
Project Goal: This project will examine the relationships that exist between the design and behavior of large and small fluid power systems. The goal is to determine relationships that will allows us to scale existing and successful fluid power systems to new size scales and applications.
What is the problem?: Fluid power systems currently span many size scales. There is a need to scale down current systems for use in new applications.
How to solve the problem: External forces limit the differences between fluid power systems of different scales. This can be used to find relationships that allow us design more compact and efficient