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.
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周
1完成时间为 3 小时
Week 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 个视频 （总计 60 分钟）, 10 个阅读材料, 1 个测验
9 个视频
Course Overview 5分钟
What is fluid power?4分钟
Hydraulics and Pneumatics3分钟
Fluid Power compared to Electric Motors1分钟
Introducing the Cylinder10分钟
Fluid power variables and units11分钟
Theory: Two fundamental laws, important to fluid power10分钟
Efficiency10分钟
10 个阅读材料
Start Here!10分钟
Syllabus10分钟
Simscape Fluids (formerly SimHydraulics) Information10分钟
Learning objectives10分钟
Video Slides10分钟
Background Material10分钟
Objectives10分钟
Video Slides10分钟
Background Material10分钟
Homework problems10分钟
1 个练习
Week 1 Quiz10分钟
周
2完成时间为 2 小时
Week 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 个视频 （总计 46 分钟）, 7 个阅读材料, 1 个测验
5 个视频
Introducing Conduits4分钟
Fluid Viscosity8分钟
Pressure Drop in Pipes10分钟
Pressure Drop in Fittings4分钟
7 个阅读材料
Objectives10分钟
Video Slides10分钟
Background Material10分钟
Objectives10分钟
Video Slides10分钟
Background Material10分钟
Homework problems10分钟
1 个练习
Week 212分钟
周
3完成时间为 4 小时
Week 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 个视频 （总计 97 分钟）, 10 个阅读材料, 1 个测验
9 个视频
Theory: Orifice flow16分钟
Check Valves7分钟
Introducing Pumps9分钟
Library of Pumps12分钟
Pump Flow Ripple5分钟
Pumping Efficiency16分钟
Basic Hydraulic Power Supply10分钟
Pump Application: Hydrostatic transmission11分钟
10 个阅读材料
Objectives10分钟
Video Slides10分钟
Background Material10分钟
Objectives10分钟
Video Slides10分钟
Background Material10分钟
Objectives10分钟
Video Slides10分钟
Background Material10分钟
Homework Problems10分钟
1 个练习
Week 310分钟
周
4完成时间为 2 小时
Week 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 个视频 （总计 28 分钟）, 6 个阅读材料
1 个视频
Simulation27分钟
6 个阅读材料
Objectives10分钟
Download and install Simscape Fluids10分钟
Video Slides10分钟
Background Material10分钟
Homework problems10分钟
Week 4 Quiz: *THERE IS NO QUIZ FOR THIS WEEK.10分钟
4.8
122 个审阅36%
完成这些课程后已开始新的职业生涯
35%
通过此课程获得实实在在的工作福利
21%
加薪或升职
热门审阅
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
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!
讲师
James D. Van De Ven, PhD
Assistant ProfessorMechanical Engineering
Will Durfee, PhD
Morse Alumni Distinguished Teaching ProfessorMechanical Engineering
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