Electrohydraulic Servo 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.

Chapter 1. Systems and Congurations.- Chapter 2. EH Servo System Components.- Chapter 3. Applications.- Chapter 4. Design SISO.- Chapter 5. Control Options SISO.- Chapter 6. Design MIMO.- Chapter 7. Control Options MIMO.- Chapter 8. Tracking in Constrained Space.- Chapter 9. Centralised vs Decentralised MIMO controls.