Innovative and Intelligent Actuation for Heavy-Duty Applications

Dear Colleagues,

Contributions from all fields related to actuation and control in heavy-duty applications are welcome to this Special Issue, particularly the following:

• Twin transition technologies (zero-emission, digitalization, decarbonization, etc.);
• Novel drives, transmissions, and actuators;
• Efficient and intelligent components and systems (control, design, simulation, modeling, etc.);
• Predictive analytics (monitoring, diagnosis, etc.);
• Noise and vibration;
• Digital and switched fluid power systems;
• Functional safety and safety of intended functions.

On behalf of the Actuators journal, I invite you to consider this Special Issue as an excellent platform to disseminate your research results in the field of fluid power. I look forward to receiving your submissions.

As an open access journal, Actuators has an Article Processing Charge (APC) of 1800 CHF for accepted papers. The SICFP23 conference participants will receive a 50% discount on the publishing fees.

Sincerely,

Prof. Dr. Tatiana Minav
Guest Editor

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