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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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Campus de Santo André da UFABC, Brazil.

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.
Two scientists in the hydraulic lab.

Research is needed when electricity replaces diesel

Did you think that all it takes is changing an excavator’s diesel engine for an electric one? Well, it’s not that simple. The hydraulics can actually be adapted to the many advantages of the electric engine.

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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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Aeronautical Engineering, Master's Programme, 120 credits

This programme offers a holistic view on aircraft design. Thanks to close collaboration between the University and the aerospace industry, you will be prepared for working with aircraft design, aircraft engineering, or wind turbine engineering.
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Mechanical Engineering, Master's Programme, 120 credits

This programme covers the entire product development cycle, from idea to the final product. With five specialisations and close industry collaborations, you will be qualified for work in any field of development, engineering or manufacturing.
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RecruitmentPage, 300 credits

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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

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Fluid Power

LiU has the largest university laboratory for fluid power systems in Sweden. We aim to develop smarter and more energy efficient hydraulic systems, components and methods to reduce energy losses.
Test rig of a Saab 2000 in Flumes lab.

Aircraft design and systems

We carry out research in close cooperation with the aviation industry, where our research focusses on design, concept development, aircraft systems, aerodynamics and sub-scale test flights.
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System Modeling, Simulation and Optimization

LiU, and the Division of Fluid and Mechatronic Systems in particular, is host for HOPSAN – a simulation tool that can predict fluid power, electric power, flight and vehicle dynamics.

Latest publications

2025

Gunnar Holmberg, Nicolette Lakemond (2025) Dealing With Tensions in Increasingly Digitalized and Intelligent Complex Systems IEEE transactions on engineering management, Vol. 72, p. 1404-1416 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Magnus Landberg, Christopher Jouannet, Magnus Sethson, David Lundström, Petter Krus (2025) An Actuator for Multiple Variable Camber Trailing Edge Flaps
Erick Espinosa-Juárez, Christopher Jouannet, Kristian Amadori (2025) An Economical Viability Exploration of Three Sustainable Regional Aircraft Concepts in Sweden
Alessandro Dell Amico, Christopher Reichenwallner (2025) A Conceptual Comparison of Hydraulic and Electric Actuation Systems for a Generic Fighter Aircraft AEROSPACE, Vol. 12, Article 1 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Abdolreza Taheri, Amy Rankka, Pelle Gustafsson, Joni Pajarinen, Reza Ghabcheloo (2025) End-Effector Cartesian Velocity Control for Redundant Loader Cranes Using Reinforcement learning IEEE Transactions on robotics, Vol. 41, p. 484-496 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

2024

Nicolette Lakemond, Gunnar Holmberg (2024) Creating Knowledge in the Partly Unknown - A Prescient Management Research Approach for Understanding a Future with AI in Complex Intelligent Systems 2024 IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ENGINEERING, TECHNOLOGY, AND INNOVATION, ICE/ITMC 2024, Article 127 (Conference paper) Continue to DOI

Collaboration

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Scandinavian International Conference on Fluid Power

The Division of Fluid and Mechatronic Systems, Flumes, at Linköping University and the Swedish Fluid power Association, IFS, is hosting the Scandinavian International Conference on Fluid Power 2021, SICFP’21, June 1 - 2.
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Hydraulikdagarna

Hydraulikdagarna is a conference with a long tradition at Linköping University and was first implemented in 1977. Please visit our Swedish page for more information.

Contact

Head of Division

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Petter Krus

Professor, Head of Division

Director of studies

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David Lundström

Associate Professor

General information 

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Jenny Dagberg

Administrator

Staff

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Kristian Amadori
Adjunct Associate Professor, Docent
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Cezar-Victor Boruga
Research Assistant
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Robert Braun
Associate Professor
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Alessandro Dell´Amico
Adjunct Associate Professor, Docent
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Liselott Ericson
Professor
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Erick Espinosa Juárez
PhD student
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Thomas Heeger
PhD student
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Gunnar Holmberg
Adjunct Professor
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Christopher Jouannet
Associate Professor, Docent
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Karl Kindström Andersson
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Ludvig Knöös Franzén
Assistant Professor
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Petter Krus
Professor, Head of Division
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Samuel Kärnell
Assistant Professor
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Fabian Lagerstedt
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Magnus Landberg
Adjunct Assistant Lecturer
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Roger Larsson
Adjunct Associate Professor
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Viktor Larsson
Adjunct Associate Professor
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Jorge Lovaco
PhD student
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David Lundström
Associate Professor
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Raghu Chaitanya Munjulury
Adjunct Associate Professor
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Björn Nagel
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Jan-Ove Palmberg
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Amy Rankka
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Stefan Riethausen
PhD student
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Róger Mateus Sehnem
PhD student
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Ingo Staack
Associate Professor, Docent
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Artur Tozzi de Cantuaria Gama
PhD student
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Karl Zuber
Research Assistant

Address

Visiting Address

A Building, entrance 13
Campus Valla,
Linköping, Sweden

Postal Address

Linköping University
Division of Fluid and Mechatronic Systems
Department of Management and Engineering
SE-581 83 Linköping
Sweden

Organisation

Campus Valla overview.

Department of Management and Engineering (IEI)

The Department of Management and Engineering (IEI) strengthens and develops tomorrow’s industry, business world and society by ground-breaking research, education and innovation.
Studenthuset on Campus Valla in Linköping

About LiU

Linköping University, LiU, offers innovative education and boundary-crossing research. The students are among the most desirable in the labour market and international rankings consistently place LiU as a leading global university.

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