DeMaMech: EU-Japan Collaboration in Higher Education Student Exchange Program

Offer of Research Topic

Offer from	University	Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
	Faculty/Department/Institute	Faculty of Engineering Science Department of Mechanical Engineering
	Group Name	Production engineering, Machine design and Automation (PMA)
Research Theme		Servo control of a pneumatic actuator
Brief Explanation		This project investigates servo control of pneumatic actuators. The objective is to design a controller for a demo setup containing a rodless pneumatic actuator. This contains the modeling of the non-linear plant, the linearization of these equations and the design of a controller. Also different types of controllers can be compared (for instance: linear control, sliding mode control, .).
Research Steps
Period		5 months
Necessary Background, Knowledge, Skills		Matlab and Simulink, advanced knowledge of feedback control
Further Information		http://www.mech.kuleuven.ac.be/pma
Contact Person		Prof. Dr. ir. Hendrik Van Brussel (hendrik.vanbrussel@mech.kuleuven.ac.be