Electrohydraulic Servo Systems Applications, Design and Control

This book covers the fundamental concepts of electrohydraulic (EH) servo systems in detail and also presents the developments about power, quadratic response, and control flexibility of EH servo systems with applications in aircraft/aerospace engineering, mobile equipment, material/structure testing, motion simulators, and strategic defense sectors. Various topics covered in this books are systems and configurations of servo systems, components, applications, design of SISO and MIMO and control options of SISO and MIMO systems. It further includes a chapter on contamination control, fault detection and diagnosis (FDD) of these systems. The detailed working procedures and advice on implementation routines presented in this book will help readers to apply the control models and systems presented so as to make their own servo systems more efficient. The book will be useful for mechanical engineers and professionals involved in the analysis and design of electrohydraulic control systems, especially in advanced hydraulic industries, the aeronautical and space, and automotive industries. It would also be a useful reference for advanced courses in EH systems.  

Raghavendra D.R. is active in the areas of EH Servo Systems and Robotics on which he has published about 35 papers/articles in national and international forums. He is the recipient of an Appreciation certificate from University of Wisconsin, Madison, US, and an honorary mention award in the Fluid Power Design contest conducted by Hydraulics and Pneumatics Cleveland, US. Two of his papers have won prize paper awards. He has conducted training courses on the subject. He was nominated for the Vasvik Research Award in mechanical engineering branch. He has worked on several national projects involving Servo Hydraulics. After a 12-year stint at Engineering and Design Department of Hindustan Aircraft, Bangalore, as a senior aeronautical engineer, he joined the research and testing department of Central Manufacturing Technology Institute. He retired as Joint Director in the same department. Post retirement, he has served as consultant to Aircraft Accessory and Systems Pvt. Ltd. andis currently an Advisor at ETA Technology Pvt. Ltd. He holds a first-class degree in mechanical engineering from Mysore university.