Fundamentals of Fluid Power Control (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521762502)

This exciting new reference text is concerned with fluid power control. It is an ideal reference for the practicing engineer and a textbook for advanced courses in fluid power control. In applications in which large forces and/or torques are required, often with a fast response time, oil-hydraulic control systems are essential. They excel in environmentally difficult applications because the drive part can be designed with no electrical components and they almost always have a more competitive power/weight ratio compared to electrically actuated systems. Fluid power systems have the capability to control several parameters, such as pressure, speed, position, and so on, to a high degree of accuracy at high power levels. In practice there are many exciting challenges facing the fluid power engineer, who now must preferably have a broad skill set.

Author: John Watton
ISBN-10: 0521762502
ISBN-13: 9780521762502
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 08/24/2009
Pages: 510
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.60lbs
Size: 10.00h x 7.20w x 1.30d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 03/01/2010
Scitech Book News 03/01/2010 pg. 150