Thesis (M.S.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2004. / Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 83-88). Also available on the Internet.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2004. / Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 83-88). Also available on the Internet.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1992. / Vita. Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 243-245). Also available via the Internet.

Thesis (M.S.)--Missouri University of Science and Technology, 2008. / Vita. The entire thesis text is included in file. Title from title screen of thesis/dissertation PDF file (viewed January 30, 2009) Includes bibliographical references.

A hydrostatic drive test stand was constructed to aid in the instruction of the characteristics of hydrostatic transmissions and to develop a time-varying load in a shaft to compare torque transducers. A mathematical model of the device was derived using the bond graph approach and was implemented using the Advanced Continuous Simulation Language (ACSL). The test stand was used to obtain experimental data to try to refine the model parameters. To facilitate the measurement of system flows, a microprocessor-based digital flow indicator was developed. Steady-state tests were performed at various constant pump swashplate angles; for the dynamic tests, the pump swashplate angle was cycled from zero degrees to 6.5 degrees. / Master of Science / incomplete_metadata

<p>Agricultural tractors make massive use of hydraulic control technology. Being fuel con-sumption a big concern for agricultural applications, tractors typically use the state-of-the-art technology, load-sensing (LS) architecture, to allow good controllability in systems withmultiple actuators while promoting higher energy efficiency. Several variants of LS systemshave been proposed over the years, and research on cost-effective methods to further increasetheir efficiency is of high interest for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and the fluidpower community. In this work, several energy-efficient solutions are proposed and demon-strated for the reference agricultural tractor hydraulic system, aiming at reducing the fuelconsumption and increasing the system efficiency, but without affecting the functionalityof the hydraulic control system. More importantly, facing the more stringent regulationson the CO2emission and the rising consciousness of a greener environment in society, bothindustry and academia have investigated the use of electricity as energy carrier and storage.This report also carries out the study on the possibility of electrification of the referencemachine, focusing on the auxiliary hydraulic supply to the planter.</p> <p>To begin with, the quantification of the energy loss within the hydraulic system representsan important step to drive the development of cost-effective solutions. For this purpose, acombined approach of simulation and experimental testing has been undertaken to character-ize the power distribution in the high-pressure circuit. After learning that the remote controlvalves are responsible for up to 25% of power loss in the system, two different energy-efficientsolutions are proposed on the tractor circuit. Both methods target at lowering the pumpdelivery pressure through incorporating electronic proportional pressure reducing valves (ep-PRVs). To support the development of the technology, the research takes into considerationthe circuit of a 400 hp tractor, simulation and experimental results show that among themain working conditions the solution can reach up to 15.6% power saving over the standardLS system.</p> <p>Moreover, the primary purpose of a tractor is to providing power to and controllingvarious implements. Most of their mechanical actuation is performed also with the electro-hydraulic fluid power system that is highly power-dense and versatile, but that has a low energy transmission efficiency. A new control approach of the hydraulic supply units thatpower the implement functions through the hydraulic remote is proposed, which switches thetraditional flow control methodology to an impressed pressure methodology. With a 16-rowplanter connected to the tractor understudy, a simulation model of the two vehicles is imple-mented and validated against experiments. Experiments on the proposed solutions appliedto the reference tractor and planter confirmed how an overall 38% efficiency improvementwas achieved during actual tests.</p> <p>On top of the IPSC strategy, more intelligent control algorithm is explored by proposinga new system architecture to fully incorporate both of the LS pumps with all of the EHRs,to achieve dynamic regrouping control (DRC) or static regrouping control (SRC). The DRCalgorithm determines the best supply configuration to all of the functions with minimumpower loss in time, which eventually leads to 44% power reduction compared to the base-line. On the other hand, the SRC algorithm targets at providing the best planter groupinglayout when connected to the tractor supply to contribute to least throttling losses duringrepresentative planting operations. The restuls from the SRC configuration can serve as asuggestive layout for the OEM when promoting such machines to the market.</p> <p>Last but not least, different scenarios of both selective purely electrification architectureand selective e-pump supply architecture are considered to discover the potential futuredirection of electrification to follow for the reference machine. From the power saving pointof view, replacing the fertilizer and vacuum hydraulic motors with the electric ones couldlead to 72% power reduction from the engine. However, more study on the cost analysiscould be useful to balance the saving and the cost added in the system.</p>

A whole-stalk harvester was developed as part of a sweet sorghum-for-ethanol production system. Gathering chains grasped the stalks as they were cut at the base with a disk-cutter. These stalks were flipped onto a cross conveyor and deposited into an accumulator. Periodically the machine stopped and the accumulator was dumped. All the components on the harvester are powered hydraulically. Five pumps on the harvester supply flow to seven actuator circuits. Power is delivered to the pumps from the tractor PTO via a universal joint driveline. Each of the six existing circuits and one proposed circuit were modeled with bond graphs and implemented for computer analysis using TUTSIM. Model validation was done by comparing simulated and measured driveline torque, line pressure, and return line flow rate in each of the six existing circuits. Data collected on the gathering chains circuit was used to analyze the effect of driveline joint angles on transmitted torque and pump output. Torque measurements at three driveline angles showed a torsional vibration with a primary harmonic at driveline rpm and a secondary at twice driveline rpm. A combination of Cardan joint characteristics, mass unbalance, the secondary couple, and non-linear driveline and V-belt stiffness was used to model the driveline. Resulting simulated torque emulated the experimental very well. Measured pressure in the gathering chains circuit showed relatively low fluctuations at the highest amplitude torsional vibration (highest driveline joint angles). It was concluded that driveline vibration would not significantly affect the gathering chains circuit performance. The cross-conveyor motor circuit simulation showed close agreement to experimental results. Mean predicted flow, pressure, and torque were within 8.9, 7.3, and 7.7 percent of mean measured values. A simulation with a stalk load on the conveyor showed that power requirement increased only 8.0 percent. The accumulator dump circuit was analyzed to determine if the load on the motor would become over-running and cavitate the pump or motor as the stalks were being dumped. Simulation showed that a bundle up to 300 kg could be dumped without over-running the motor, and since this was a larger bundle than the bin could hold, a design modification was not necessary. The disk-cutter circuit was designed based on simulation results for several combinations of motor, pump, and sheave ratio. A 7.3 cm³/rad motor, 2.53 cm³/rad pump , and 2:1 sheave ratio produced the correct disk-cutter speed, and low torsional vibration when cutting the stalks, consequently this combination was selected for the design. / Ph. D.

The thesis describes the design of the wood-splitting machine including stress and check calculations and design of the hydraulic circuit. For structural design, it is necessary to choose the maximum dimensions of wooden logs, which have length 1,1 m and diameter 0,5 m and over. The machine structure is vertical. Another task of the thesis is a technical report of similar machines and the justification of the design concepts of splitting machine. In the thesis, there is elaborated an experiment on different types of wood splitters, stress analysis calculated by using finite element method and there is also drawn up technical parameters of wood.

High-quality simulation of hydraulic mechanism saves the time and other costs associated with the changes of inappropriately designed circuit. The aim of this thesis is to revitalize the test rig intended for simulating hydraulic circuits in order to verify the results of the simulation program Hyvos used internally by Bosch Rexroth Company. It is expected that the simulation of the hydraulic machinery cycles under the influence of disturbances will be carry out on the test rig and measured data are compared with results of the virtual models which are designed using the mentioned software Hyvos. The work deals with the so called position and pressure control which represent the classical modes of pressing machines or hydraulic press brakes operation cycles. The parameters of the hydraulic closed-loop axis controller for electrohydraulic drives (HACD) are set using the software Bodac.