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The Earthmoving Vehicle Powertrain Simulator at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering

Caterpillar Inc.

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Introduction

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Introduction
Multiple Control Inputs (movies included)
Simultaneous Tracking Test (data movie)
A pan view of the EVPS lab: evps_pan.mov(4M), evps_pan.avi(2M)
Sponsor: Caterpillar Inc.

People

References

Advisor: Andrew Alleyne
Team Member: Pinaki Gupta, Brandon Hencey
Previous Team Member: Eko Prasetiawan, Keqiang Wu, Eric James Thomas, Jon Osborne , Don Carter, Rong Zhang

Visitors:
[10/03/2001] "What you missed in the (conference) presentation was this noise!"--Prof. Ioan Landau, when visiting ARG labs.

Components
Signal Isolator:
- Current Input (4-20mA)->(0-5V): ADI 5B32-1
- Voltage Input (+/-10V)->(+/-5V): ADI 5B41-03
Motor: Lincoln Motors Motor Fundamentals
Pump: REXROTH-AA10VSO Variable Pump Variable Displacement Pump Pressure Transducers

Presentations

Publications

[10/03/2001] On-screen Presentation for Prof. Landau.
[09/95/2001] ECC'2001
[06/27/2001] ACC'2001, Presentation 1: Load Emulation
[06/27/2001] ACC'2001, Presentation 2: Valvistor
[06/13/2001] Part I: Modeling, Part II: Control Design (H₂ and H_inf)