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Participating Universities

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Faculty

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STEVEN H.
FRANKEL
Email		 MONIKA
IVANTYSYNOVA
Email		 JOHN
LUMKES
Email		 ASHLIE
MARTINI
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Projects

  • 1A.2 - Optimal power management with displacement-controlled actuators. (Monika Ivantysynova)
  • 1B.1 - Advanced Surface Design for a New Generation of Pumps and Motors (Monika Ivantysynova)
  • 1B.2 - Surface effects on start-up friction and their application to compact gerotor motor design. (Ashlie Martini)
  • 1E.3 - High efficiency, high bandwidth, actively controlled variable displacement pump/motor. (John Lumkes)
  • 3C - Simulation of cavitation and noise in fluid power. (Steven Frankel)

Testbed

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Excavator

The excavator testbed is developing new system concepts based on throttle-less actuator technology to demonstrate fuel savings and the improvement in performance and compactness for the large sector of construction, agricultural and forestry machinery. The excavator will also be used to demonstrate effective control strategies for complex multi actuator systems and robot like machine functions. This will include new human/machine interfaces.

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For more information please visit Maha Fluid Power Research Center Website.