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  • Open Access
28 Citations
5,388 Views
21 Pages

Force Loading Tracking Control of an Electro-Hydraulic Actuator Based on a Nonlinear Adaptive Fuzzy Backstepping Control Scheme

  • Xiang Li,
  • Zhen-Cai Zhu,
  • Guang-Chao Rui,
  • Dong Cheng and ,
  • Gang Shen and
  • Yu Tang
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

11 May 2018

In this article, a nonlinear adaptive fuzzy backstepping controller combined with an adaptive backstepping controller and an adaptive fuzzy controller is proposed for real-time tracking control of an electro-hydraulic force loading system. Firstly, a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
32 Citations
3,391 Views
22 Pages

Parameter Adaptive Sliding Mode Force Control for Aerospace Electro-Hydraulic Load Simulator

  • Jing Huang,
  • Zhenkun Song,
  • Jiale Wu,
  • Haoyu Guo and ,
  • Cheng Qiu and
  • Qifan Tan
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

9 February 2023

The aerospace electro-hydraulic servo simulator is used to simulate the air load received during flight, and is used for the performance test and acceptance test of aerospace servo actuators on the ground. The force loading accuracy of the load simul...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
2,615 Views
31 Pages

2 November 2021

This paper presents a robust nonlinear control scheme with time-varying output constraint for the electro-hydraulic force control system (EHFCS). Two typical double-rod symmetrical hydraulic cylinders are employed to simulate force environments in th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
2,975 Views
27 Pages

15 April 2024

This paper addresses the force-tracking problem of aerospace electro-hydraulic load simulators under the influence of high inertia, large loads, and a strong coupling force disturbance. An accurate mathematical model is initially derived to describe...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Flight Control Systems and Dynamic Simulation for Aerospace Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,985 Views
25 Pages

12 January 2024

This paper proposes an electro-hydraulic vibration control system based on the single-neuron PID algorithm, which improves the operating frequency of the electro-hydraulic fatigue testing machine and the control accuracy of the load force. Through ma...

(This article belongs to the Section Machine Design and Theory)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
2,812 Views
18 Pages

28 February 2024

High-precision tracking of an electro-hydraulic servo material testing machine’s force control system was achieved using a proposed integral sliding mode control method based on feedback linearization to improve the machine’s force contro...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Control and Fault Detection Techniques in Hydraulic Machines and Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
5,077 Views
20 Pages

Dynamic Response Analysis of Control Loops in an Electro-Hydraulic Servo Pump Control System

  • Wenguang Jiang,
  • Pengshuo Jia,
  • Guishan Yan,
  • Gexin Chen and ,
  • Chao Ai,
  • Tiangui Zhang,
  • Keyi Liu,
  • Chunyu Jia and
  • Wei Shen
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

19 August 2022

An electro-hydraulic servo pump control system realizes the basic action of a hydraulic cylinder by controlling the servo motor, which effectively improves the problems of a traditional valve control system such as high energy consumption, low power-...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,511 Views
19 Pages

10 March 2022

In this paper, a hybrid position/force controller for electrohydraulic servo-actuators is designed in the presence of residual dynamics. The purpose is to apply a cycle of movement that is mostly used in industrial fatigue test applications, which co...

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
8,454 Views
26 Pages

6 April 2016

Addressing the simulating issue of the helicopter-manipulating booster aerodynamic load with high-frequency dynamic load superimposed on a large static load, this paper studies the design of the robust controller for the electro-hydraulic loading sys...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Intelligence Computational and Control Approaches for Multi-Physic Coupling Engineering Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,854 Views
25 Pages

25 June 2024

This paper presents the design and implementation of the hardware and control strategies of an electrohydraulic air load simulation system for testing aerospace actuators. The system is part of an Iron Bird, which is an energy management research pla...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Flight Control Systems and Dynamic Simulation for Aerospace Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
15,916 Views
35 Pages

25 June 2020

This paper characterizes the static, dynamic, and controlled behavior of a high-performance electro-hydraulic actuator to assess its suitability for use in evaluating machine tool behavior. The actuator consists of a double-acting piston and cylinder...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Electro-Hydraulic Actuators)
  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
7,411 Views
21 Pages

4 September 2018

The characteristics of electro-hydraulic braking systems have a direct influence on the fuel consumption, emissions, brake safety, and ride comfort of hybrid electric vehicles. In order to realize efficient energy recovery for ensuring braking safety...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
5,377 Views
13 Pages

25 July 2018

In order to improve the keyway broaching process and verify the feasibility of vibration-assisted broaching process, an experimental study on a novel hydraulic vibration assisted broaching (HVAB) system with double-valve electro-hydraulic exciter (DV...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Advances of Piezoelectric Transducers and Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,038 Views
21 Pages

The flow field structure in the pilot stage of the electro-hydraulic servo valve is small and complex, and the extreme temperature environment will aggravate the self-excited oscillation, resulting in a decrease in the control accuracy of the servo v...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Control of Industrial Electro-Hydraulic Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
4,785 Views
21 Pages

5 December 2020

This paper proposes a fault estimation and fault-tolerant control strategy with two observers for a pump-controlled electro-hydraulic system (PCEHS) under the presence of internal leakage faults and an external loading force. The mathematical model o...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Fluid Power Systems and Actuators)
  • Review
  • Open Access
813 Views
63 Pages

Critical Review of Electro-Mechanical Braking Systems (EMB)

  • Tudor Marian Ulian,
  • George Achitei,
  • Daria Sachelarie and
  • Gelu Ianus

26 September 2026

Electromechanical braking (EMB) replaces hydraulic wheel-brake actuation with electric actuators that generate clamping force locally. This review critically synthesises EMB architectures, actuation, sensing, control, safety, and industrial developme...

(This article belongs to the Topic Mobility Engineering and Sustainability)
  • Article
  • Open Access
683 Views
14 Pages

Finite-Time Prescribed Performance Neural Network Force Control of Electro-Hydraulic Proportional Load Simulator with Output Feedback

  • Zhenle Dong,
  • Chao Li,
  • Pengxiang Zhang,
  • Yilong Jia and ,
  • Jianyong Yao and
  • Long Liu
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

4 March 2026

This paper focus on the high accuracy force control of electro-hydraulic proportional load simulator (EHPLS). Firstly, to weaken the influence of the unknown dead zone of the proportional valve, a mathematic model with a smooth inverse dead zone was...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue High-Performance Control of Electromechanical Servo System Based on Motor/Hydraulic Actuator)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,334 Views
29 Pages

Braking Force Coordination Control for In-Wheel Motor Drive Electric Vehicles with Electro-Hydraulic Composite Braking System

  • Huichen Li,
  • Liqiang Jin,
  • Jianhua Li,
  • Feng Xiao and ,
  • Zhongshu Wang and
  • Guangming Zhang
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

17 October 2025

This paper presents a coordinated control strategy for an electro-hydraulic composite braking system in in-wheel motor electric vehicles to enhance regenerative energy recovery and braking safety. A novel hydraulic control unit (HCU) without a pressu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,617 Views
17 Pages

20 December 2024

Worms are organisms characterized by simple structures, low energy consumption, and stable movement. Inspired by these characteristics, worm-like soft robots demonstrate exceptional adaptability to unstructured environments, attracting considerable i...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainable Soft Robotics: Innovations and Advances in Soft Manipulators and Grippers)
  • Review
  • Open Access
12 Citations
8,170 Views
25 Pages

Review of Electrohydraulic Actuators Inspired by the HASEL Actuator

  • Levi Tynan,
  • Upul Gunawardana,
  • Ranjith Liyanapathirana,
  • Osura Perera and ,
  • Daniele Esposito,
  • Jessica Centracchio and
  • Gaetano Gargiulo
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

The muscle-like movement and speed of the electrohydraulic actuator have granted it much attention in soft robotics. Our aim is to review the advancements in electrohydraulic actuators inspired by the Hydraulically Amplified Self-healing Electrostati...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainable Soft Robotics: Innovations and Advances in Soft Manipulators and Grippers)
  • Article
  • Open Access
25 Citations
3,923 Views
20 Pages

17 January 2020

To improve the control ability of proportional–integral–derivative (PID) controllers and increase the stability of force actuator systems, this paper introduces a PID controller based on the self-growing lévy-flight salp swarm algo...

(This article belongs to the Section F: Electrical Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,616 Views
19 Pages

24 April 2022

Electrohydraulic drives consist of several nonlinear elements, and the use and design of their control system is difficult. One of the most important parameters of the industrial drive is its settling time, which characterizes their dynamics. An inte...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Research on the Optimal Selection of Electromechanical Drives)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,767 Views
16 Pages

27 November 2022

The control synchronization of multiple electrohydraulic actuators (MEHAs) is initially discussed to ensure the consensus of every electrohydraulic actuator (EHA) with three-order isomorphic dynamics. First, the EHA model is linearized using the Lie...

(This article belongs to the Section Systems & Control Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,551 Views
24 Pages

Deep Reinforcement Learning Trajectory Tracking Control for a Six-Degree-of-Freedom Electro-Hydraulic Stewart Parallel Mechanism

  • Yigang Kong,
  • Yulong Wang,
  • Yueran Wang,
  • Shenghao Zhu and ,
  • Ruikang Zhang and
  • Liting Wang
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

1 September 2025

The strong coupling of the six-degree-of-freedom (6-DoF) electro-hydraulic Stewart parallel mechanism manifests as adjusting the elongation of one actuator potentially inducing motion in multiple degrees of freedom of the platform, i.e., a change in...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
4,947 Views
22 Pages

14 February 2021

The magnetic circuit of existing linear force motors does not consider the issue of energy utilization of permanent magnets, and the structure is complicated. To achieve high energy utilization and simplify the structure, this paper presents a novel...

(This article belongs to the Section Aerospace Actuators)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
12,792 Views
21 Pages

30 June 2018

In the motorcycle industry, the safety of motorcycles operating at high speeds has received increasing attention. If a motorcycle is equipped with an anti-lock braking system (ABS), it can automatically adjust the size of the brake force to prevent t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
4,369 Views
18 Pages

Design and Test of a Tractor Electro-Hydraulic-Suspension Tillage-Depth and Loading-Control System Test Bench

  • Xiaoxu Sun,
  • Yue Song,
  • Yunfei Wang,
  • Jin Qian and ,
  • Zhixiong Lu and
  • Tao Wang
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

27 September 2023

Electro-hydraulic suspension systems are one of the key working systems of tractors. Due to the complex and changeable working conditions in the field, it is of great significance to shorten the development cycle of the control strategy and reduce th...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Agricultural Machinery Design and Agricultural Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,623 Views
20 Pages

Multi-Degree-of-Freedom Load Reproduction by Electrohydraulic Digital-Servo Loading for Wind Turbine Drivetrain

  • Danyang Li,
  • Yajing Gu,
  • Hongwei Liu,
  • Yonggang Lin and ,
  • Jiajun Song and
  • Yongdong Shu
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

12 June 2023

Many drivetrain testing facilities have been built to reproduce multi-degree-of-freedom loads, thus simulating real wind conditions for evaluations of the reliability and durability of turbine subsystems. In this paper, the electrohydraulic schemes f...

(This article belongs to the Section A3: Wind, Wave and Tidal Energy)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,837 Views
14 Pages

26 September 2021

In many heavy machines, the use of high force drives is required. For such tasks, electrohydraulic servo drives with proportional valves are used most often. In these valves, the proportional electromagnets are applied. If high precise control is add...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Research on the Optimal Selection of Electromechanical Drives)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,087 Views
13 Pages

Direct Driven Hydraulic System for Skidders

  • Juraj Benić,
  • Juraj Karlušić,
  • Željko Šitum,
  • Mihael Cipek and
  • Danijel Pavković

23 March 2022

This paper investigates potential uses of a novel direct driven electro-hydraulic systems for articulated forestry tractors (skidders), due to these systems having notably higher energy efficiencies compared to classical electro-hydraulic systems tha...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Selected Papers from the SDEWES 2021 Conference on Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
3,157 Views
13 Pages

Research on Variable-Universe Fuzzy Control Technology of an Electro-Hydraulic Hitch System

  • Jikang Xu,
  • Ruichuan Li,
  • Yanchao Li,
  • Yisheng Zhang and ,
  • Huilai Sun,
  • Xinkai Ding and
  • Yong Ma
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

27 October 2021

To improve the quality and control accuracy of the farming tractor electro-hydraulic hitch system, a variable-universe fuzzy control algorithm is introduced herein based on force–position mixed adjustment. (1) Background: This research sought to impr...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Synergies in Combined Development of Processes and Models)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,366 Views
20 Pages

3 September 2025

This article introduces a novel decentralized compliance control technique designed to manage the behavior of multi-axle heavy vehicles equipped with electro-hydraulic actuator suspension systems on uneven terrains. To address the challenges of contr...

(This article belongs to the Topic Vehicle Dynamics and Control, 2nd Edition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
6,359 Views
16 Pages

A Soft Electro-Hydraulic Pneumatic Actuator with Self-Sensing Capability toward Multi-Modal Haptic Feedback

  • Haoyu Wang,
  • Xiang Cheng,
  • Pei Huang,
  • Meng Yu and ,
  • Jiaqi Ma,
  • Shigang Peng,
  • Yue Cheng,
  • Yuan Yu,
  • Weimin Yang and
  • Zhiwei Jiao
  • + 6 authors+ 1 author

2 March 2022

Haptic feedback is appealing for achieving the realistic perception of environmental changes for human bodies in human–computer interaction fields. However, existing haptic actuators have some hurdles such as single mode, poor compatibility, or...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,758 Views
15 Pages

Adaptive NN Force Loading Control of Electro-Hydraulic Load Simulator

  • Zanwei Chen,
  • Hao Yan,
  • Peng Zhang,
  • Jiefeng Shan and
  • Jiafeng Li

22 November 2024

To address the issues of derivative explosion in traditional backstepping control and the strong nonlinearity of hydraulic systems, this paper develops an adaptive neural network control method tailored for electro-hydraulic load simulators. Neural n...

(This article belongs to the Section Control Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
4,992 Views
24 Pages

Exploring the Essence of Servo Pump Control

  • Guishan Yan,
  • Zhenlin Jin,
  • Tiangui Zhang,
  • Cheng Zhang and ,
  • Chao Ai and
  • Gexin Chen
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

16 April 2022

The electrohydraulic servo variable speed volume pump control system (hereinafter referred to as ESPCS) is integrated with a permanent magnet synchronous motor (hereinafter referred to as servo motor), a fixed-displacement pump, and a hydraulic cylin...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
3,397 Views
18 Pages

23 September 2022

This paper concentrates on both velocity and force control of a single-rod electro-hydraulic actuator in the presence of parameter uncertainties and uncertain nonlinearities. Both velocity control and force control are required in some cases. Impedan...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Application of Artificial Intelligence in Mechatronics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,855 Views
27 Pages

RBS and ABS Coordinated Control Strategy Based on Explicit Model Predictive Control

  • Liang Chu,
  • Jinwei Li,
  • Zhiqi Guo,
  • Zewei Jiang and ,
  • Shibo Li,
  • Weiming Du,
  • Yilin Wang and
  • Chong Guo
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

12 May 2024

During the braking process of electric vehicles, both the regenerative braking system (RBS) and anti-lock braking system (ABS) modulate the hydraulic braking force, leading to control conflict that impacts the effectiveness and real-time capability o...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Integrated Control and Sensing Technology for Electric Vehicles)
  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
2,763 Views
14 Pages

31 August 2023

The loader has a lot of recoverable braking energy due to its larger mass and frequent starts/stops. For a 5-ton pure electric drive loader, an emergency braking intention recognition strategy based on hydraulic braking pressure was proposed. The bra...

(This article belongs to the Section Mechanical Engineering)
  • Review
  • Open Access
18 Citations
11,533 Views
22 Pages

Progress in Redundant Electromechanical Actuators for Aerospace Applications

  • Fawaz Yahya Annaz and
  • Malaka Miyuranga Kaluarachchi

7 September 2023

The power to move aircraft control surfaces has advanced from being manually generated (by the pilot and transmitted via rods and links) to electrically transmitted (via wires) to operate control surface actuators. Various hydraulic, electromagnetic,...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Electro-Mechanical Actuators for Safety-Critical Aerospace Applications (2nd Edition))
  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
5,542 Views
19 Pages

30 June 2022

Hydraulic systems are widely used in industry due to their small size-to-power ratios and their ability to produce very large linear force and torque. In traditional hydraulic systems, a variable pump driven by an electric motor is often used as powe...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
9,071 Views
25 Pages

Real-Time EtherCAT-Based Control Architecture for Electro-Hydraulic Humanoid

  • Maysoon Ghandour,
  • Subhi Jleilaty,
  • Naima Ait Oufroukh,
  • Serban Olaru and
  • Samer Alfayad

Electro-hydraulic actuators have witnessed significant development over recent years due to their remarkable abilities to perform complex and dynamic movements. Integrating such an actuator in humanoids is highly beneficial, leading to a humanoid cap...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Dynamic Modeling and Simulation for Control Systems, 2nd Edition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
5,104 Views
14 Pages

12 February 2023

Friction is an inherent nonlinear disturbance that can lead to creeping, jitter, and decreased tracking precision in an electro-hydraulic servo system. In this paper, the LuGre friction model is used to describe the dynamic and static characteristics...

(This article belongs to the Section Industrial Sensors)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,226 Views
17 Pages

10 February 2025

The anti-punch drilling robot is a core piece of equipment used to realize unmanned drilling and pressure relief operations in underground coal mines. Adaptive drilling, conducted according to the coal rock properties encountered during drilling, is...

(This article belongs to the Section Automation and Control Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,444 Views
17 Pages

Study on Piezomagnetic Effect of Iron Cobalt Alloy and Force Sensor

  • Ruichuan Li,
  • Jilu Liu,
  • Jikang Xu,
  • Xinkai Ding and ,
  • Yi Cheng and
  • Qi Liu
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

18 June 2022

Based on the nonlinear piezomagnetic equation, the piezomagnetic effect of prismatic iron-cobalt alloy is analyzed by using the ANSYS finite element simulation platform. The variation of the dynamic piezomagnetic coefficient of the iron-cobalt alloy...

(This article belongs to the Topic Processing, Analysis, Modelling and Mechanics of Materials and Structures)
  • Project Report
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,341 Views
34 Pages

14 July 2025

This paper presents some of the most significant findings in the design of a hydraulic servomechanism for flight controls, which were primarily achieved by the first author during his activity in an aviation institute. These results are grouped into...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Technologies in Actuators for Control Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,756 Views
17 Pages

14 December 2022

In this paper, electro-hydraulic braking (EHB) force allocation for electric vehicles (EVs) is modeled as a constrained nonlinear optimization problem (NOP). Recurrent neural networks (RNNs) are advantageous in many folds for solving NOPs, yet existi...

(This article belongs to the Topic Advanced Electric Vehicle Technology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
38 Citations
10,377 Views
16 Pages

25 October 2017

Moving towards the more electric aircraft (MEA), a hybrid actuator configuration provides an opportunity to introduce electromechanical actuator (EMA) into primary flight control. In the hybrid actuation system (HAS), an electro-hydraulic servo actua...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Mechatronic Systems for Automatic Vehicles)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,454 Views
25 Pages

5 September 2022

To solve the problem of lateral instability of the vehicle caused by insufficient lateral force of the tires due to the insufficient torque provided by the motor to the tire when the vehicle turns sharply or avoids obstacles in an emergency, a layere...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue New Techniques to Promote Sustainable Mobility: Evaluation, Optimization and Behavioral Adaptation)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,809 Views
18 Pages

The Design and Experimental Research on a High-Frequency Rotary Directional Valve

  • Shunming Hua,
  • Siqiang Liu,
  • Zhuo Qiu,
  • Xiaojun Wang and ,
  • Xuechang Zhang and
  • Huijuan Zhang
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

19 November 2024

A directional valve is a core component of the electro-hydraulic shakers in fatigue testing machines, controlling the cylinder or motor that drives the piston for reciprocating linear or rotary motion. In this article, a high-speed rotating direction...

(This article belongs to the Section Manufacturing Processes and Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,014 Views
22 Pages

Effect of Slide Valve Gap Surface Roughness on Particle Transport Properties

  • Jin Zhang,
  • Ranheng Du,
  • Pengpeng Dong,
  • Kuohang Zhang and ,
  • Shengrong Wang,
  • Ying Li and
  • Kuo Zhang
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

Fuel electro-hydraulic servo valves are core components in the fuel control system of aero-engines, and their performance directly affects thrust regulation and power output precision. Due to the combustibility of the working medium in fuel systems a...

(This article belongs to the Section Aeronautics)

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