Actuators
Subtitle: Basics and Applications
By: edited by Hartmut Janocha
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Berlin, Heidelberg
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 343
ISBN-13: 9783642082665; 9783662055878
Subjects: Engineering; Mechanics, applied; Electronics
Description: Authored by a team of acknowledged experts, this book presents a multidisciplinary view of the state-of-the-art in the field of actuators. The goal of the book is to provide a comprehensive overview of the properties, applications, and potential applications of traditional and unconventional actuators, together with their corresponding power electronics. Special attention is paid to the objective assessment of competing actuator principles. The book is written primarily for designers and engineers in research and development, but will also be valuable as a textbook for students of automation engineering, mechatronics and adaptronics.
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Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Power Circuits; title: Electromagnetic Actuators; title: Fluidpower Actuators; title: Unconventional Actuators.