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Summary
Summary
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.
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Although this book is aimed at advanced undergraduates, it contains much material that is applicable to the technician and practicing engineer, including a thorough introduction to fluid power and hydraulic control systems helpful for beginners. Watton (Cardiff Univ., UK) has extensive experience in this field in both industry and academia and published a book on the subject in 1989 (Fluid Power Systems). Here he blends fundamental theory and practical application in a very useful manner, creating a very comprehensive reference work. The book is divided into seven chapters. The first two chapters introduce applications/concepts and the properties of fluids. The following chapters are titled "Steady-State Characteristics of Circuit Components," "Steady-State Performance Systems," "System Dynamics" (which includes mathematical modeling), and "Control Systems." The final chapter provides case studies with detailed analyses. The text is enhanced with numerous photographs, plots, and charts detailing both analytical and experimental results, and each chapter contains an extensive list of resources for additional reading. The book includes a detailed mathematical analysis of control systems and components as well as a number of worked illustrative examples. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates, graduate students, two-year technical program students, and practitioners. R. Darby emeritus, Texas A&M University
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 |
