Fluid-dynamic design optimization of hydraulic proportional directional valves

Engineering Optimization

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1295-1314

  Amirante, Riccardo ^a   Catalano, Luciano Andrea ^a   Poloni, Carlo ^b   Tamburrano, Paolo ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

3D CFD computational fluid dynamics; flow forces; fluid dynamic design optimization; proportional directional control valve

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; FLOW RATE; FLOW SIMULATION; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; REELS;

DESIGN OPTIMIZATION; DIRECTIONAL CONTROL VALVE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FORCES; FLOW FORCES; FULL THREE-DIMENSIONAL; OPERATIONAL RANGE; SINGLE OBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION; SOLENOID ACTUATORS;

SOLENOID VALVES;

EID: 84903307730     PISSN: 0305215X     EISSN: 10290273     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0305215X.2013.836638     Document Type: Article

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