Fluid and Mechatronic Systems (FLUMES)

The Division of Fluid and Mechatronic Systems is part of the Department of Management and Engineering and carries out research and education in fluid power systems and aeronautics.

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LiU and Stanford develop drone technology for forest fire monitoring

Students from Linköping University and Stanford have developed a drone that can help firefighters combat forest fires in a safer and smarter way.

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IDEAS 2024

IDEAS 2024 takes place in Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil from 24-27 November 2024. The IDEAS 2024 conference is part of a longstanding collaboration between Linköping University in Sweden and Universidade Federal do ABC (UFABC) in Brazil.

Aeronautical students with small aircraft assembled at LiU.

The engine caught fire - but the students won the prize

Despite a number of setbacks, LiU master's students won a title in the big SAE Aero Design aviation competition in Brazil. LiU is now investing in recurring student projects aimed at competing with small, remote-controlled aircraft.

Education and teaching

Fluid power systems and aircraft design

We offer courses in fluid power systems and aircraft design at both basic and advanced levels. We are the only university in Sweden that gives advanced courses in fluid power systems.
 

We give courses in fluid power systems and aircraft design at both basic and advanced levels to around 300 engineering students each year.

Our undergraduate courses are taken mainly by students in mechanical engineering. We provide the most comprehensive education in fluid power systems, with the possibility of specialisation at the advanced level.

It is also possible to carry out a thesis project within the subjects mechatronics, fluid power systems and aircraft design, either in a company or within our laboratory.

We are the only university in Sweden that gives advanced courses in fluid power systems.

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Doctoral studies in Mechanical Engineering

Mechanical Engineering is a discipline of engineering sciences based on classical mechanics. In a broader sense, it covers disciplines from product development and design engineering to construction materials and computational mechanics.

Research

We have the largest university laboratory for fluid power systems in Sweden. Key words for our research are efficiency and system dynamics.

The characteristics of our research projects are a close connection between the fluid and mechatronic systems, propulsion systems, power transmission, actuator system, sensors and control systems. Our research philosophy is a strong combination of theory and experimental research.

We carry out research in close cooperation with industry and other research groups. Every fourth year we organise the Scandinavian Conference in Fluid Power (SICFP), one of the largest fluid power conferences in Europe.

We conduct research within three main fields

Latest publications

2025

Liselott Ericson, Thomas Heeger (2025) The Electrification of Material Moving Machines: An Overview of Opportunities and Challenges Regarding Noise Beyond Boundaries: Unleashing Innovation with Ideas: Proceedings of IDEAS 2024, p. 15-32 (Conference paper) Continue to DOI
Thomas Heeger, Martin West, Liselott Ericson (2025) Harmonic Characterisation of Electrically Driven Pumps Advancements in Fluid Power Technology: Sustainability, Electrification, and Digitalization, p. 357-376 (Conference paper) Continue to DOI
Rosanna Zimdahl, Ludvig Knöös Franzén (2025) An Inclusive Method for Connecting System-of-Systems Architectures with Stakeholders SYSTEMS, Vol. 13, Article 406 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Erick Espinosa-Juárez, Christopher Jouannet, Kristian Amadori, Armando Sánchez-Mata (2025) Comparative Analysis on Aircraft Direct Operating Cost Models
Artur Tozzi de Cantuaria Gama, Samuel Kärnell, Liselott Ericson (2025) The Multi-Pump System Combinatorial Problem: A Filtering Approach Using Genetic Algorithms The 19th Scandinavian International Conference on Fluid Power, SICFP'25, Article Article 33 (Conference paper) Continue to DOI
Samuel Kärnell, Axel Jemsson, Simon Johansson, Liselott Ericson (2025) Experimental Investigation of Control Strategies for an Asymmetric Cylinder with Two Individually Controlled Pumps

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