Design and experimental implementation of an electromagnetic engine valve drive

IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 482-494

  Parlikar, T A ^a   Chang, W S ^a,b   Qiu, Yi H ^a   Seeman, M D ^a,c   Perreault, D J ^a   Kassakian, J G ^a   Keim, T A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b VARIAN SEMICONDUCTOR EQUIPMENT ASSOCIATES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Actuator; Cam; Camless engine; Variable valve actuation; Variable valve timing (VVT)

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; COMPUTER CONTROL; CRANKSHAFTS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; KINEMATICS; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; LYAPUNOV METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL DRIVES; SPRINGS (COMPONENTS); TRANSFER FUNCTIONS; VALVES (MECHANICAL);

CAMLESS ENGINE; ELECTROMAGNETIC ENGINE VALVE DRIVE; NONLINEAR MECHANICAL TRANSFORMER; VARIABLE VALVE ACTUATION; VARIABLE VALVE TIMING (VVT);

INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES;

EID: 28044461725     PISSN: 10834435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMECH.2005.856221     Document Type: Article

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