Actuators
Instructions for Authors
Submission Checklist
Please:
1. read the Aims & Scope to gain an overview and assess if your manuscript is suitable for this journal;
About Actuators
Aims
Actuators (ISSN 2076-0825) provides an advanced forum for the science and technology of actuators and control systems. It publishes reviews (including comprehensive assessments on complete actuator products), regular research papers and short notes. Our aim is to encourage scientists to publish their experimental and theoretical results in as much detail as possible. There is no restriction on the length of the papers. The full experimental details must be provided so that the results can be reproduced. There are, in addition, unique features of this Journal:
Manuscripts regarding research proposals and research ideas will be particularly welcomed.
Electronic files and software regarding the full details of the calculation and experimental procedure, if unable to be published in a normal way, can be deposited as supplementary material.
Manuscripts concerning summaries and surveys on research cooperation and projects (that are funded by national governments) to give information for a broad field of users.
Scope
Actuators covers studies related to all types of actuators and actuation technologies, actuator control systems, and their applications in the following areas:
•Land Transport
This involves the primary function of transforming on-board energy into commands to wheels for land transport (motorcycles, cars, buses, trucks, trains, etc.). These wheel drives must be very durable (20,000 hours), very efficient (~85%), and independent to respond to command and to meet adverse operating conditions.
•Aircraft
The dominant requirements are fault tolerance (no single point failures), torque/force density, and efficiency. Generally, distributed control with a minimum weight, volume, etc. and standardized interfaces for rapid repair and refreshment are essential.
•Medical Instruments
Here, the question is reliability and miniaturization, especially in surgery or other invasive operations. It is useful also to have a high efficiency (low operating temperature and low noise), especially in rehabilitation systems.
•Robotics
This has now become a very diverse field, from industrial manipulators to mobile platforms used to move packages in internet-based distribution centers. Durability and cost are the major measures of success.
•Manufacturing
This involves two distinct application ranges. The first is the simple handling and preparation of product components for assembly (polishing, trimming, forming, painting, etc.). The other end of the spectrum involves high accuracy even under machining force disturbances. The first involves cost (system assembly, repair, and up-dates using standardized modules performed by a well-trained high school-level technician). The other end involves high value-added precision operations (machining, drilling, cutting, etc.), rejecting force disturbances using high-end sensor data and multi-criteria-based operating system software.
•Materials
This involves a very wide range of choices. For transport, low weight/high stiffness could be an issue. In the medical field, the material must be lucent relative to measurement signals (MRI, x-ray) during surgery. Some material applications may require a high formability, high resistance to chemicals, low contact friction, etc.
•Power/Torque Density
Increasingly, many high-level applications require a high output power or torque relative to the weight and volume. A prime mover may offer 1 ft-lb/lb. up to 6 ft-lb/lb. of torque. The prime mover may operate at a full range of speeds (say, from 1 to 50 k RPM) to offer a very wide range of power densities. All of this is affected by the basic actuator reality, that it must control positive/negative operations through cross overs in the minimum time in order to best manage the complex output functions under command.
•Precision
A lot of applications are dominated by a need for precision response (position, velocity, acceleration, torque, etc.) to command. This is especially true of many medical, military, and manufacturing domains. Precision response depends first on having high-end sensors to measure the response quality to command, which informs the decision making software to respond to disturbances with the minimum latency. Unfortunately, most actuators are highly nonlinear, making this topic of special value to all future high-end actuator applications.
•Miniaturization
Computer electronics based on the miniaturized chip are essential for advanced decision-making systems. The same is the case for actuators in the medical field, precision handling in small assemblies, product inspection, etc. Here, the piezo element likely becomes the principal prime mover fully integrated into a position/force/torque transformer to provide a wide range of very small physical operations under command.
2.use the Microsoft Word template or LaTeX template to prepare your manuscript;
3.make sure that issues about publication ethics, copyright, authorship, figure formats, data and references format have been appropriately considered;
4.Ensure that all authors have approved the content of the submitted manuscript.
5.Authors are encouraged to add a biography (optional) to the submission and publish it.
Manuscript Submission Overview
Types of Publications
Actuators has no restrictions on the length of manuscripts, provided that the text is concise and comprehensive. Full experimental details must be provided so that the results can be reproduced. Actuators requires that authors publish all experimental controls and make full datasets available where possible (see the guidelines on Supplementary Materials and references to unpublished data).
Manuscripts submitted to Actuators should neither be published previously nor be under consideration for publication in another journal. The main article types are as follows:
Articles: Original research manuscripts. The journal considers all original research manuscripts provided that the work reports scientifically sound experiments and provides a substantial amount of new information. Authors should not unnecessarily divide their work into several related manuscripts, although short Communications of preliminary, but significant, results will be considered. The quality and impact of the study will be considered during peer review.
Reviews: These provide concise and precise updates on the latest progress made in a given area of research. Systematic reviews should follow the PRISMA guidelines.
Submission Process
Manuscripts for Actuators should be submitted online at susy.mdpi.com. The submitting author, who is generally the corresponding author, is responsible for the manuscript during the submission and peer-review process. The submitting author must ensure that all eligible co-authors have been included in the author list (read the criteria to qualify for authorship) and that they have all read and approved the submitted version of the manuscript. To submit your manuscript, register and log in to the submission website. Once you have registered, click here to go to the submission form for Actuators. All co-authors can see the manuscript details in the submission system, if they register and log in using the e-mail address provided during manuscript submission.
Accepted File Formats
Authors must use the Microsoft Word template or LaTeX template to prepare their manuscript. Using the template file will substantially shorten the time to complete copy-editing and publication of accepted manuscripts. The total amount of data for all files must not exceed 120 MB. If this is a problem, please contact the Editorial Office actuators@mdpi.com. Accepted file formats are:
Microsoft Word: Manuscripts prepared in Microsoft Word must be converted into a single file before submission. When preparing manuscripts in Microsoft Word, the Actuators Microsoft Word template file must be used. Please insert your graphics (schemes, figures, etc.) in the main text after the paragraph of its first citation.
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