Hydraulics

General Data
Academic program	Incoming Exchange Student Courses			:
Type d'EC	Classes (LIIEXP06EHydrMecha)
Lectures : 10h00 Tutorials : 10h00 Total duration : 40h00	Status : Obligatoire	Period : Semester 6_Mechanical Engineering	Education language : English

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

Learning Outcomes

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

Pre-requisites / co-requisites
Fluid Mechanics

Bibliography
- 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.