ME4812 Fluid Power Control

Fluids and fluid flows in high-performance actuators and controllers. Power flow and fluid power elements, valve and pump control, linear and rotary motion. State space descriptions. Design of electro-hydraulic position and velocity control servo-mechanisms for high performance with stability.

Prerequisite

ME3801

Lecture Hours

3

Lab Hours

2

Course Learning Outcomes

At the completion of the course students will be able to:

• Coordinate systems and transformations.
• Gimbaled and Strapdown IMU and principles of inertial sensors.
• Inertial navigation and its limitations.
• Covariance analysis of linear systems driven by white noise.
• Position fixes: LORAN, GPS, etc.
• Complementary and Kalman filter design techniques.