Actuation and Control in Digital Fluid Power
A special issue of Actuators (ISSN 2076-0825). This special issue belongs to the section "Control Systems".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2025 | Viewed by 617
Special Issue Editors
Interests: digital hydraulics; model-based control; efficiency; simulations
Interests: electro-hydraulics; electro-mechanical actuators; zonal hydraulics; direct-driven hydraulics; off-road machinery; efficiency; simulations; AI-based condition monitoring; reliability
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Contributions from all fields related to actuation and control in digital fluid power and their applications are welcome for this Special Issue, particularly the following topics:
- Digital hydraulics and pneumatics.
- Switching technologies.
- Parallel connected systems.
- Digital displacement concepts.
- On/off and switching valves and their power electronics.
- Control methods.
- Applications and new concepts of digital fluid power.
On behalf of Actuators, we invite you to consider this Special Issue as a platform to disseminate your research results in the field of fluid power. We look forward to receiving your submissions.
As an open access journal, Actuators has an Article Processing Charge (APC) of 2400 CHF for accepted papers. DFP24 conference participants will receive a 50% discount on this fee.
Sincerely,
Prof. Dr. Matti Linjama
Prof. Dr. Tatiana Minav
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- digital fluid power
- actuator
- hydraulics
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