Fundamentals of Fluid Power Control
Fundamentals of Fluid Power Control
This exciting reference text is concerned with fluid power control. It is an ideal reference for the practising engineer and a textbook for advanced courses in fluid power control. In applications in which large forces and/or torques are required, often with a fast response time, oil-hydraulic control systems are essential. They excel in environmentally difficult applications because the drive part can be designed with no electrical components and they almost always have a more competitive power/weight ratio compared to electrically actuated systems. Fluid power systems have the capability to control several parameters, such as pressure, speed, position, and so on, to a high degree of accuracy at high power levels. In practice there are many exciting challenges facing the fluid power engineer, who now must preferably have a broad skill set.
- Carefully introduces fluid power concepts and theory before discussing control applications
- Includes coverage of computer modelling and experimental results
- Final chapter contains five robust case studies for student practice
Product details
November 2009Hardback
9780521762502
510 pages
254 × 183 × 33 mm
1.18kg
Available
Table of Contents
- 1. Introduction, applications and basic concepts
- 2. An introduction to fluid properties
- 3. Steady state characteristics of circuit components
- 4. Steady state performance of drive systems
- 5. System dynamics
- 6. Control systems
- 7. Some case studies.
