Electronic throttle control (ETC) system has turned into an extremely prominent system with
a specific end goal to vary the intake airflow rate to provide a better fuel economy …

Piezo-electric actuators (PEAs) have been widely used in nanopositioning applications due
to their high stiffness, fast responses, and large actuating forces. However, the existence of …

In order to keep a plant running until the next scheduled maintenance, a Prognosis and
Health Monitoring (PHM) system may provide valuable information that can be used to …

In this work a method is presented to detect lubricant quality changes in mechanical
transmissions. It is explored that the quality of the lubricant influences the friction parameters …

This thesis contributes towards the discipline of whole aircraft simulation; modelling flight
dynamics and airframe systems simultaneously. The objective is to produce estimates of the …

Cellular Actuators: Modularity and Variability in Muscle-Inspired Actuation describes the
roles actuators play in robotics and their insufficiency in emerging new robotic applications …

The high-redundancy actuator (HRA) is a linear displacement actuation system, which
consists of a large number of small electromechanical actuation elements arranged in a …

Aircraft applications require high reliability, high availability, and high power density, while
aiming to decrease weight, complexity, fuel consumption, operational costs, and …

Abstract The High Redundancy Actuator (HRA) deals with the intrinsic fault-tolerance
actuation by having a large number of small actuation elements coupled in series and …

飞行机电作动系统故障诊断技术对提高航空器作动系统的可靠性, 保证航空器安全运行具有非常
重要的意义. 基于故障诊断技术在飞行机电作动系统应用中遇到的问题和挑战 …