Selected Papers from the 2022 IEEE Global Fluid Power Society PhD Symposium (GFPS 2022)

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue will host a collection of some of the best papers presented at the 2022 IEEE Global Fluid Power Society PhD Symposium (GFPS 2022). Every two years, a GFPS Symposium is organized by the Global Fluid Power Society for students, young researchers, and industries. The symposium aims to provide a platform for the technical community to present and discuss the most recent results of scientific and technological research for the fluid power industry, with particular emphasis to applications and new trends. Attention is focused on new technologies related to fluid power, power transmission, and motion control fields, among others. The Symposium will include technical presentations and a keynote speech given by experts. The program is designed to raise the interest of a wide group of researchers, operators, and decision makers from the fluid power field by presenting the most innovative solutions in this field from the scientific and technological point of view.

The following is a list of topics to be covered during the conference:

• Pumps and motors;
• Fluid power components, architectures and systems;
• Control methodologies for fluid power systems and applications;
• Novel energy efficient components and systems;
• Digital and switched fluid power systems;
• Fluid power drives and transmissions;
• Safety, reliability, fault analysis and diagnosis;
• Noise and vibration;
• Fluid power in renewable energy, robotics, mechatronics and other applications;
• Human scale, human interactive, and mobile self-powered fluid power;
• Environmental aspects of fluid power;
• Hydraulic fluids, materials and tribology;
• Water hydraulics;
• Pneumatic systems;
• Industrial applications;
• Mobile and aerospace applications. 

Dr. Emma Frosina
Prof. Dr. Adolfo Senatore
Guest Editors

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