Control of a camless engine electromechanical actuator: Position reconstruction and dynamic performance analysis

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 299-311

  Montanari, Marcello ^a   Ronchi, Fabio ^a   Rossi, Carlo ^a   Tonielli, Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Automotive; Camless engine; Electromechanical actuator; Optimization; Tracking control

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY; CONTROL SYSTEM SYNTHESIS; ELECTRIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; ELECTROMAGNETS; FLUXES; INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES; OPTIMIZATION; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TRACKING (POSITION); VALVES (MECHANICAL);

CAMLESS ENGINE; ELECTROMAGNET FLUXES; ELECTROMECHANICAL ACTUATOR; TRACKING CONTROL;

ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES;

EID: 1942423671     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2004.825230     Document Type: Article

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