Positive flow control of closed-center electrohydraulic implement-by-wire systems for mobile equipment applications

Mechatronics

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 403-420

  Cetinkunt, S ^a   Pinsopon, U ^a,b   Chen, C ^a,c   Egelja, A ^a,d   Anwar, S ^a,e  

^a University of Illinois at Chicago   (United States)

^b Faculty of Engineering   (Thailand)

^c MOTOROLA INC   (United States)

^d CATERPILLAR INC   (United States)

^e VISTEON CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Construction equipment; Electrohydraulic (EH) two stage proportional valve; Implement by wire; Positive flow control (PFC); Variable displacement pump; Wheel loader (WL); X by wire control systems

Indexed keywords

ELECTROHYDRAULIC (EH) TWO-STAGE PROPORTIONAL VALVES; IMPLEMENT-BY-WIRE; POSITIVE FLOW CONTROL (PFC); VARIABLE DISPLACEMENT PUMPS; WHEEL LOADER (WL); X-BY-WIRE CONTROL SYSTEMS;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; DIGITAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; ELECTRIC WIRE; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FLOW CONTROL; HYDRAULIC EQUIPMENT; LOAD TESTING; MICROSENSORS; MOTION CONTROL; PROPORTIONAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

ELECTROHYDRAULIC FORMING;

EID: 1642485022     PISSN: 09574158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0957-4158(03)00067-9     Document Type: Article

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