FLUID POWER, MATHEMATICAL DESIGN OF SEVERAL COMPONENTS

FLUID POWER, MATHEMATICAL DESIGN OF SEVERAL COMPONENTS

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CONTENTS

PREFACE

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION

1.1. FLUID, A MOLECULAR POINT OF VIEW

1.2. FLUID, A THERMODYNAMIC POINT OF VIEW

1.3. FLUID, A MECHANICAL POINT OF VIEW

1.4. CONTINUUM THEORY

1.5. LOCAL THERMODYNAMIC EQUILIBRIUM

1.6. FLUID PROPERTIES

1.7. FLUID KINEMATICS

1.8. NOMENCLATURE

1.9. REFERENCES

Chapter 2: MAIN FLUID MECHANICS EQUATIONS

2.1. INTRODUCTION. REYNOLDS TRANSPORT EQUATION

2.2. CONTINUITY EQUATION, INTEGRAL FORM

2.3. MOMENTUM EQUATION, INTEGRAL FORM

2.4. MOMENTUM EQUATIONS FOR A NON INERTIAL COORDINATE SYSTEM, INTEGRAL FORM

2.5. EQUATION OF ANGULAR MOMENTUM FOR AN INERTIAL COORDINATE SYSTEM. INTEGRAL FORM

2.6. ENERGY EQUATION. INTEGRAL FORM

2.7. APPLICATION OF DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS: FLOW UNDER DOMINANT VISCOSITY

2.8. INTRODUCTION TO FLOW WITH NEGLIGIBLE ACCELERATION

2.9. NOMENCLATURE

2.10. REFERENCES

Chapter 3: INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER FLUID DYNAMICS (CFD)

3.1. STEP BY STEP NUMERICAL FORMULATION

3.2. BASIC FLUID DYNAMIC EQUATIONS AND THEIR PHYSICAL INTERPRETATION

3.3. DISCRETIZATION OF MOMENTUM EQUATION

3.4. SOLVING A FINITE ELEMENT PROBLEM VIA FINITE VOLUME THROUGH COORDINATE TRANSFORMATION

3.5. CONVERGENCE CRITERIA

3.6. CLOSING REMARKS

3.7. NOMENCLATURE

3.8. REFERENCES

Chapter 4: VALVES

4.1. INTRODUCTION

4.2. CONICAL SEAT RELIEF VALVES

4.3. SOME MEASURED STEADY STATE CHARACTERISTICS ON PROPORTIONAL DIRECTIONAL CONTROL VALVES

4.4. SERVOVALVE PERFORMANCE

4.5. NOMENCLATURE

Chapter 5: PUMPS AND MOTORS

5.1. INTRODUCTION

5.2. EFFECT OF PISTON-BARREL CLEARANCE AND GROOVES

5.3. SLIPPER PERFORMANCE, EFFECT OF GROOVES ON SLIPPER SURFACE

5.4. BARREL-PORT PLATE PERFORMANCE

5.5. SPHERICAL JOURNAL BEARING

5.6. PISTON PUMP FULL DYNAMIC MODEL

5.7. SOME NEW TRENDS ON PISTON PUMPS

5.8. NOMENCLATURE, GENERAL

Chapter 6: ACCUMULATORS

6.1. INTRODUCTION TO ACCUMULATORS

6.2. TYPES OF ACCUMULATORS

6.3. ACCUMULATORS DESIGN

6.4. ACCUMULATORS APPLICATION

6.5. NOMENCLATURE

6.6. REFERENCES

Chapter 7: CONTAMINATION CONTROL IN FLUID POWER SYSTEMS

7.1. INTRODUCTION

7.2. SORTS OF CONTAMINATION

7.3. HYDRAULIC FILTERS

7.4. STRATEGIES FOR CONTAMINATION CONTROL

7.5. NOMENCLATURE

7.6. REFERENCES

Chapter 8: INTRODUCTION TO CARTRIDGE VALVES

8.1. INTRODUCTION

8.2. CARTRIDGE VALVES, MAIN PARTS AND CLASSIFICATION

8.3. MAIN CARTRIDGE VALVE CONFIGURATIONS

8.4. EXAMPLE OF APPLICATION

8.5. REFERENCES

INDEX