Intelligent Control and Maintenance of Fluid Component and System

Dear Colleagues,

Fluid components and systems have been widely used in various fields, such as hydraulic machinery, engineering machinery, robots, underwater manipulators, aircraft, etc. Nowadays, the rapid development of mechanical equipment has put forward higher demands for the accuracy, efficiency, reliability, and intelligence of the fluid components and systems.

Thus, how to achieve and maintain the high performance of the fluid components and systems during the whole service life is an unending pursuit. Considering the current development, intelligent control and maintenance are reliable technical solutions.

This Special Issue on “Intelligent Control and Maintenance of Fluid Component and System” seeks high-quality works focusing on the latest novel advances regarding the modeling, simulation, optimization, controlling, application, and maintenance of all kinds of fluid components and systems. The topics within the scope of the issue are mainly in the following, but not limited to this:

• Modeling and identification of fluid components and systems (e.g., robots, underwater manipulators, aero-engines, etc.);
• Smart fluid components and systems (e.g., fluid components driven by smart material, digital fluids, microfluidics, etc.);
• Design and optimization of fluid components and systems (e.g., pump, valve, hydraulic cylinder, motor, nozzle, turbine, system, etc.);
• Advanced control of fluid components and systems (e.g., sliding mode control, adaptive control, robust control, neural network, deep learning, etc.);
• Fault diagnosis and life prediction of fluid components and systems;
• Intelligent maintenance of fluid components and systems;
• Applications of fluid components and systems.

Dr. Yong Zhu
Dr. Qiang Gao
Dr. Xiaoming Yuan
Prof. Dr. Chuan Wang
Dr. Bo Hu
Guest Editors

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