Fluid power has the highest power density of all conventional power-transmission technologies. Learn the benefits and limitations of fluid power, how to analyze fluid power components and circuits, and how to design and simulate fluid power circuits for applications.
In this course, you will be introduced to the fundamental principles and analytical modeling of fluid power components, circuits, and systems.
You will learn the benefits and limitations of fluid power compared with other power transmission technologies; the operation, use, and symbols of common hydraulic components; how to formulate and analyze models of hydraulic components and circuits; and how to design and predict the performance of fluid power circuits.
This course is supported by the National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center for Compact and Efficient Fluid Power, and is endorsed by the National Fluid Power Association, the leading industry trade group in fluid power.
Fundamentals of Fluid Power
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University of Minnesota
À propos de ce cours
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Compétences que vous acquerrez
EnergyHybrid Vehicle ManufacturingHydraulicsMechanical Engineering
Programme du cours : ce que vous apprendrez dans ce cours
Semaine
1Week 1: Fundamentals of Fluid Power
This week: An overview of the course, introduction to hydraulics and pneumatics, and introduction to fundamental concepts of fluid power through the cylinder.
9 videos (Total 60 min), 10 lectures, 1 quiz
9 vidéos
Promotional video2 min
Course Overview 5 min
What is fluid power?4 min
Hydraulics and Pneumatics3 min
Fluid Power compared to Electric Motors1 min
Introducing the Cylinder10 min
Fluid power variables and units11 min
Theory: Two fundamental laws, important to fluid power10 min
Efficiency10 min
10 lectures
Start Here!10 min
Syllabus10 min
Simscape Fluids (formerly SimHydraulics) Information10 min
Learning objectives10 min
Video Slides10 min
Background Material10 min
Objectives10 min
Video Slides10 min
Background Material10 min
Homework problems10 min
1 exercice pour s'entraîner
Week 1 Quiz10 min
Semaine
2Week 2: Components and Concepts: Part 1
This week: circuit diagrams, the written language of fluid power, and how fluid flows through conduits. We hope that you find the hydraulic circuits on the mowing machine as interesting as we did.
5 videos (Total 46 min), 7 lectures, 1 quiz
5 vidéos
Schematic Diagrams17 min
Introducing Conduits4 min
Fluid Viscosity8 min
Pressure Drop in Pipes10 min
Pressure Drop in Fittings4 min
7 lectures
Objectives10 min
Video Slides10 min
Background Material10 min
Objectives10 min
Video Slides10 min
Background Material10 min
Homework problems10 min
1 exercice pour s'entraîner
Week 212 min
Semaine
3Week 3: Components and Concepts: Part 2
This will be a busy week diving into valves and pumps. We will discuss how basic valves function, how to use them in hydraulic circuits, and how to calculate pressure drop for a given flow rate, or vice versa. The videos will directly address the discussion on the forum about seeing hydraulic components working in real world circuits. In our discussion of pumps we will look at many different positive displacement pumps, exploring flow ripple and pump efficiency, look at the supporting components that form a hydraulic power supply, and see how we can make a transmission with a hydraulic pump and a motor. We are now into the heart of this course; we hope you enjoy seeing the components come together into useful circuits.
9 videos (Total 97 min), 10 lectures, 1 quiz
9 vidéos
Valve Introduction8 min
Theory: Orifice flow16 min
Check Valves7 min
Introducing Pumps9 min
Library of Pumps12 min
Pump Flow Ripple5 min
Pumping Efficiency16 min
Basic Hydraulic Power Supply10 min
Pump Application: Hydrostatic transmission11 min
10 lectures
Objectives10 min
Video Slides10 min
Background Material10 min
Objectives10 min
Video Slides10 min
Background Material10 min
Objectives10 min
Video Slides10 min
Background Material10 min
Homework Problems10 min
1 exercice pour s'entraîner
Week 310 min
Semaine
4Week 4: Predicting Performance Through Simulation
This week is entirely devoted to you learning how to use Simscape Fluids (formerly SimHydraulics), the fluid power simulation application that we use in the course. The lecture provides an introduction to computer-based, object-oriented simulation, and goes through a demo of using Simscape Fluids. The homework assignment contains the real work because this is where you will learn to use Simscape Fluids. The homework ends with an open-ended problem that encourages you to branch out on your own and create and run simulations based on examples listed in the course Simscape Fluids resource page or on any other fluid power system that interests you. We will be monitoring the discussion boards to help you with any technical problems with Simscape Fluids.
*NOTE: The lecture videos were created using an earlier version of SimHydraulics; some small difference exist with the most recent version of Simscape Fluids, but the general approach is the same.
*THERE IS NO QUIZ THIS WEEK as we recognize that a few of you may not be able to get Simscape Fluids running on your computer. Happy simulating!
1 video (Total 28 min), 6 lectures
1 vidéo
Simulation27 min
6 lectures
Objectives10 min
Download and install Simscape Fluids10 min
Video Slides10 min
Background Material10 min
Homework problems10 min
Week 4 Quiz: *THERE IS NO QUIZ FOR THIS WEEK.10 min
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par SS•Sep 25th 2017
Good course with basic review of Fluid mechanics in pipe flow, hydraulics component and application as well as basics in Simscape. More intensive version of this course would be great
par JB•Sep 16th 2017
Teachers were great and made the subject quite interesting. The accumulator portion will aid me in further understanding the operation of fluid equipment at work. Thanks for this!
Enseignants
James D. Van De Ven, PhD
Assistant ProfessorMechanical Engineering
Will Durfee, PhD
Morse Alumni Distinguished Teaching ProfessorMechanical Engineering
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