Fundamentals of Fluid Power Control

This is an undergraduate text/reference for applications in which large forces with fast response times are achieved using hydraulic control.

John Watton (Author)

9781107670181, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 27 March 2014

510 pages
25.4 x 17.8 x 2.6 cm, 0.88 kg

"Watton has extensive experience in this field in both industry and academia..highly recommended" - CHOICE

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.

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.

Subject Areas: Mechanics of fluids [TGMF], Mechanical engineering [TGB], Mechanical engineering & materials [TG], Thermodynamics & heat [PHH]