Hydraulics

General Data
Academic program	ECAM LaSalle Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Programme			Module Manager(s) : ANKOUNI Mouhamad,BEN HAJ SLAMA Rafika
EC Type : Lectures	Hydraulics (LIIEEng06EHydr)
Tutorials : 10h00 Lectures : 10h00 Individual work : 20h00 Total duration: 20	Status	Period Semester 6	Teaching language : English

General objectives
1.To compute minor and major head losses in piping systems/hydraulic network (system head). 2.To evaluate dynamic pumps performance using measured pump performance curves. 3.To match a pump characteristic to a hydraulic network characteristic. 4.To select an appropriate type and size of a dynamic pump for a specific application (use of specific speed). 5.To predict pump performance or to adapt pump operation using similarity rules. 6.To develop a fundamental and practical understanding of hydraulic power systems. 7.To evaluate the performance of positive displacement pumps. 8.To design a hydraulic circuit for a specific hydraulic power application.

General objectives

1.To compute minor and major head losses in piping systems/hydraulic network (system head).
2.To evaluate dynamic pumps performance using measured pump performance curves.
3.To match a pump characteristic to a hydraulic network characteristic.
4.To select an appropriate type and size of a dynamic pump for a specific application (use of specific speed).
5.To predict pump performance or to adapt pump operation using similarity rules.
6.To develop a fundamental and practical understanding of hydraulic power systems.
7.To evaluate the performance of positive displacement pumps.
8.To design a hydraulic circuit for a specific hydraulic power application.

Content
- Hydraulic networks: fundamentals of fluid flow in pipes, major and minor and head loss, system head, branches in parallel and series. - Pumping systems: classification of pumps, operation of dynamic pumps, pump main parameters, pump performance curves, pumps combined in series and parallel, matching a pump to a piping system, cavitation and net positive-suction head, dimensionless pump performance, similarity rules, specific speed, adaptation of operating conditions. - Hydraulic power systems: Fundamentals of Hydraulic Power Transmission, hydraulic power generation, positive displacement pumps (design and performance), hydraulic power distribution (hydraulic valves: types, design and function), hydraulic power deployment (hydraulic cylinders, hydraulic motors, hydrostatic transmission), hydraulic circuits.

Content

- Hydraulic networks: fundamentals of fluid flow in pipes, major and minor and head loss, system head, branches in parallel and series.
- Pumping systems: classification of pumps, operation of dynamic pumps, pump main parameters, pump performance curves, pumps combined in series and parallel, matching a pump to a piping system, cavitation and net positive-suction head, dimensionless pump performance, similarity rules, specific speed, adaptation of operating conditions.
- Hydraulic power systems: Fundamentals of Hydraulic Power Transmission, hydraulic power generation, positive displacement pumps (design and performance), hydraulic power distribution (hydraulic valves: types, design and function), hydraulic power deployment (hydraulic cylinders, hydraulic motors, hydrostatic transmission), hydraulic circuits.

Corequis
Fluid Mechanics

Bibliographie
- Cengel, Y., & Cimbala, J. M. (2014), Fluid mechanics: Fundamentals and applications, 3th ed., McGraw-Hill Education. - White F. (2016), Fluid Mechanics, 8th ed, McGraw- Hill. - Zhang Q. (2018), Basics of Hydraulic Systems, 2nd ed., CRC Press. - Esposito A. (2014), Fluid Power with Applications, 7th ed., Pearson Education Limited.

Assessment(s)
N°	Nature	Coefficient	Observable objectives
1	1, 2, 3	40	Midterm exam of 1h 30 mins: Hydraulic networks Pumping systems
2	1 to 8	60	Final exam: Hydraulic networks Pumping systems Hydraulic power systems