(Ebook) Fundamentals of Fluid Power Control by John Watton ISBN 9780511604362, 9780521762502, 051160436X, 0521762502

(Ebook) Fundamentals of Fluid Power Control by John Watton ISBN 9780511604362, 9780521762502, 051160436X, 0521762502

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.