Keller George R. Hydraulic System Analysis

Published by the Editors of Hydraulics & Pneumatics Magazine, 1985. — 212 p.Hydraulic System Analysis fills an educational gap between practical texts that emphasize hardware and applications at the expense of theory, and theoretical fluid dynamics texts that have little relationship to the real world of functioning systems.
The material was developed from a course that is part of the continuing education program carred out at Boeing Aircraft Co. The original course was intended for use by graduate engineers working with hydraulic systems. The material has been modified and broadened to become a one-year course for third-year technical students.
Because this is a text about system analysis, an extensive amount of time may be allotted to a study of the techniques of actuator and system design, and servo analysis, as outlined in Chapters 9, 11, and 12. Shorter periods may be spent on the descriptive material such as in Chapters 2 and 10.
Where appropriate, problems are given at the ends of the chapters. The problems are straight-forward, rather than subject to individual interpretation, and are representative of the situations faced by design engineers working with advanced systems.
The emphasis in the problems is on analytical technique, and in most cases a knowledge of the calculus is not necessary. Complete solutions are given in the Appendix.
The graduate engineer will update or expand his knowledge of this field by applying himself to those individual chapters which may be pertinent, or to the text as a whole. The problem solutions can be of significant help because they are as self-explanatory as possible.Pressure and Fluid Flow;
Hydraulic System Materials;
Power Generators;
Transmission Lines - Steady Flow;
Transmission Lines - Unsteady Flow;
Transmission Lines - Components;
Contamination and Filtration;
Control Valves;
Power Output Transducers;
Seals and Sealing Devices;
Hydraulic Servomechanisms;
System Concepts;