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.

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.

Doctoral studies in Mechanical Engineering. Patrik Härnman, technician, and Magnus Kahlin, doctoral student.

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

2023

Robert Braun, Robert Hällqvist, Dag Fritzson (2023) Transmission line modeling co-simulation with distributed delay-size control using steady-state identification Engineering with Computers Continue to DOI
Robert Hällqvist, Magnus Eek, Robert Braun, Petter Krus (2023) Toward Objective Assessment of Simulation Predictive Capability Journal of Aerospace Information Systems, Vol. 20, p. 1-16 Continue to DOI
Pereira Luciana, Petter Krus, Magnus Klofsten (Editorship) (2023) Proceedings of IDEAS 2022: Interdisciplinary Conference on Innovation, Design, Entrepreneurship, and Sustainable Systems
Robert Hällqvist (2023) On the Realization of Credible Simulations in Aircraft Development: Efficient and Independent Validation Enabled by Automation
Marcos Paulo Nostrani, Henrique Raduenz, Alessandro Dell Amico, Petter Krus, Victor J. de Negri (2023) Multi-Chamber Actuator Using Digital Pump for Position and Velocity Control Applied in Aircraft International Journal of Fluid Power, Vol. 24 Continue to DOI
Sofia Schön (2023) Model Fidelity in Mission Scenario Simulations for Systems of Systems: A Case Study of Maritime Search and Rescue

Collaboration

News

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.

The Thulin gold medal for Petter Krus

"In collaboration with other universities, Petter Krus creates good conditions for Sweden to be at the forefront of research in the aeronautical field. Petter Krus is thereby particularly deserving of the Thulin gold medal.”

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