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Fluid Power Circuits and Controls: Fundamentals and Applications (Mechanical Engineering...
Product Description Engineers not only need to understand the basics of how fluid power components work, but they must also be able to design these components into systems and analyze or model fluid power systems and circuits. There has long been a need for a comprehensive text on fluid power systems, written from an engineering perspective, which is suitable for an undergraduate-level course in fluid power. Fluid Power Circuits and Controls: basics and Applications encourages students to think of the collection of components as a system. The author illustrates each concept with a circuit diagram, and as each component is discussed, immediately places it in a circuit and analyzes its performance. This approach allows students to immediately apply what they have learned and encourages them to think about how the component operating characteristics interact with the rest of the circuit. Covering all aspects of the industry, this book: · Develops the basic concept for power delivery with fluids · Reviews basic concepts of fluid mechanics and discusses the key properties of the fluids · Discusses the creation and control of flow and the various methods used to control pressure in a circuit · Provides a detailed example of the classic problem of hydrostatic transmission design · Presents characteristics of auxiliary components and applicable SAE standards · Addresses pneumatics, focusing on the difference in power transmission for liquid and gas · Discusses servo valves and proportional valves without requiring a background in automatic controls The text is richly illustrated, filled with fully worked example problems, and reinforced with exercises in each chapter. Fluid Power Circuits and Controls offers valuable design experience and the background its readers need to approach real-world fluid power problems with confidence. Book Info Text for engineers, building the foundations for modeling, analyzing, and designing fluid power circuits, controls, and systems. Provides a detailed example of a classic problem of hydrostatic transmission design, and addresses pneumatics, servo valves, proportional valves, and power delivery with fluids. DLC: Hydraulic machinery. Reader Reviews This book is suitable for a single semester course in fluid power aimed at senior mechanical engineering students. Books on fluid mechanics will teach you how fluids move and the forces on them, but there is nothing about system design. This book shows you how to take the components you studied in fluid mechanics - pumps, valves, actuators - and build a system. In this book, each concept is presented along with a circuit diagram of an application at the time that the concept is introduced. As each component is discussed, it is placed in a circuit and some analysis of circuit performance is done as part of the discussion. This approach allows the reader to immediately apply what is being taught and encourages the reader to think about the component's operational characteristics in terms of the rest of the circuit. There are 14 laboratories that go along with the chapters to add to the applied nature of the book. Chapter one is an overview, which is typical for such textbooks. Chapter 2 reviews the basic concepts learned in fluid mechanics - which is a prerequisite to understanding this book. Since the two key variables in a fluid power system are pressure and flow, chapter 3 discusses the various methods for controlling pressure in a circuit, and chapter 4 discusses the creation and control of flow. Chapter 5 discusses rotary actuators with a great deal of emphasis on motors. Hydrostatic transmission is covered in chapter 6, building on the material on pumps and motors in chapters 4 and 5, respectively. Chapter 7 presents an analysis of linear actuators and completes the presentation of key elements of a fluid power system. Chapter 8 is about temperature and contamination control. Characteristics of auxiliary components such as hoses, tubings, fittings, and reservoirs are covered in Chapter 9. Chapter ten is the only chapter on pneumatics. It focuses on the difference in power transmission when using liquid versus gas. Servo valves are covered in Chapter 11 followed by a discussion of proportional valves in Chapter 12. Although chapters 11 and 12 do not require a background in control theory, you'll get more out of them if you have had a course in the subject. This is a very good college book for the student that wants to split the difference between a shop manual and a terse academic tome. It has numeric examples throughout as well as example designs and listings of steps to take as part of the design process in order to make things ultra clear to the student. The book is also very well illustrated. I highly recommend it. Comment | | (Report this)
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