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Some Aspects of Hydraulics in Mechanical Handling and Mobile Equipment

  • 1st Edition
  • June 28, 2014
  • R.H. Warring
  • English
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 2 - 9 6 1 0 - 4
Some Aspects of Hydraulics in Mechanical Handling and Mobile Equipment focuses on the principles, methodologies, and approaches in hydraulics employed in mechanical handling and mobile equipment. The publication first underscores hydraulics and pneumatics in mechanical handling. Discussions focus on press unloading, safety and pneumatic feeding devices for presses, direct lifting by air cylinders, power steering, hydraulic motors, hydrostatic drives, road construction, diggers, materials lifting, pumps and power, and fluids and reservoirs. The manuscript then examines the application of pneumatics to handling equipment, cost and performance aspects of hydraulic and pneumatic handling, and hydraulics in construction machinery. Topics include four-wheel drive loading shovel, flexibility of control, multiple pumps, medium pressure suction systems, blow tank, preset weight packaging, fluidization, and high reliability. The text examines hydraulic valves for mobile equipment, including valve sizes, pressure drop, main relief valves, two stage relief valves, detents, electric switches, service port relief valve, flow divider, metered flow or flow check valves, regenerative spool, and anti-cavitation and re-generation. The publication is a dependable reference for researchers interested in the use of hydraulics in mechanical handling and mobile equipment.

HVAC Engineer's Handbook

  • 9th Edition
  • May 16, 2014
  • F. Porges
  • English
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 1 - 4 8 3 1 - 6 5 3 9 - 4
Hydraulics and Fluid Mechanics covers the proceedings of the First Australasian Conference. The book presents 29 papers that tackle several areas of concerns in fluid flow. The coverage of the text includes the behavioral aspects of fluid flow such as pressure drop and surge, gas pulsation, and cavitation. The book also discusses materials that cover methods in analyzing and estimating fluid flow variables, such as waterhammer analysis with nonlinear frictional resistance; estimation of hold-up at and below flooding; and analysis of shallow water wave patterns produced by a traveling model with straight and circular courses. The text will be of great use to researchers and professionals whose work concerns fluid flow.

Hydraulics and Pneumatics

  • 3rd Edition
  • January 28, 2011
  • Andrew Parr
  • English
  • Paperback
    9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 9 6 6 7 4 - 8
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 9 6 6 7 5 - 5
Hydraulics and Pneumatics: A Technician's and Engineer's Guide serves as a guide to the hydraulic and pneumatic systems operations. It features mathematical content that has been presented in a style understandable even to beginners and non-experts. It has nine chapters that cover both hydraulic and pneumatic machinery, their fundamental principles including safety standards and regulations. The book also features abundant referencing, updated web links, and masterful tables for easier understanding of the concepts covered. The text is written to serve as an introductory reference for novices and students in pneumatics and hydraulics. It is also invaluable and can be used as primary reference for control, manufacturing, mechanical, and electrical engineers, operations managers, and technicians working with hydraulic and pneumatic equipment.

Working Guide to Pump and Pumping Stations

  • 1st Edition
  • October 21, 2009
  • E. Shashi Menon
  • English
  • Paperback
    9 7 8 - 1 - 8 5 6 1 7 - 8 2 8 - 0
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 1 - 8 5 6 1 7 - 8 2 9 - 7
Working Guide to Pumps and Pumping Stations: Calculations and Simulations discusses the application of pumps and pumping stations used in pipelines that transport liquids. It provides an introduction to the basic theory of pumps and how pumps are applied to practical situations using examples of simulations, without extensive mathematical analysis. The book begins with basic concepts such as the types of pumps used in the industry; the properties of liquids; the performance curve; and the Bernoullis equation. It then looks at the factors that affect pump performance and the various methods of calculating pressure loss in piping systems. This is followed by discussions of pump system head curves; applications and economics of centrifugal pumps and pipeline systems; and pump simulation using the software PUMPCALC. In most cases, the theory is explained and followed by solved example problems in both U.S. Customary System (English) and SI (metric) units. Additional practice problems are provided in each chapter as further exercise. This book was designed to be a working guide for engineers and technicians dealing with centrifugal pumps in the water, petroleum, oil, chemical, and process industries.

Rubber Seals for Fluid and Hydraulic Systems

  • 1st Edition
  • September 11, 2009
  • Chellappa Chandrasekaran
  • English
  • Hardback
    9 7 8 - 0 - 8 1 5 5 - 2 0 7 5 - 7
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 8 1 5 5 - 2 0 7 6 - 4
Rubber Seals for Fluid and Hydraulic Systems is a comprehensive guide to the manufacturing and applications of rubber seals, with essential coverage for industry sectors including aviation, oil drilling and the automotive industry.Fluid leakage costs industry millions of dollars every year. In addition to wasted money, unattended leaks can result in downtime, affect product quality, pollute the environment, and cause injury. Successful sealing involves containment of fluid within a system while excluding the contaminants; the resilience of rubber enables it to be used to achieve these two objectives and create a tight sealing effect. A sound understanding of the complex factors involved in successful fluid sealing is essential for engineers who specify, design, operate and maintain machinery and mechanical equipment.This book focuses on the characteristics of rubbers as seals, their manufacturing procedures, the implications of their physical and chemical characteristics for the sealing function in the fluid and hydraulic systems, how rubbers seal and prevent leaks, what properties are required for sealing function, and how they change before and after installation.The chapter on Manufacture of Seals and ‘O’Rings includes approximately 25 workable starting point formulations based on different rubbers, with cure and property data of those formulations as guidelines for technologists and engineers.

Pumping Station Design

  • 3rd Edition
  • July 23, 2008
  • Garr M. Jones PE DEE + 1 more
  • English
  • Hardback
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  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 5 6 0 0 5 - 2
Pumping Station Design, 3e is an essential reference for all professionals. From the expert city engineer to the new design officer, this book assists those who need to apply the fundamentals of various disciplines and subjects in order to produce a well-integrated pumping station that is reliable, easy to operate and maintain, and free from design mistakes. The depth of experience and expertise of the authors, contributors, and peers reviewing the content as well as the breadth of information in this book is unparalleled, making this the only book of its kind.

Handbook of Pumps and Pumping

  • 1st Edition
  • October 18, 2006
  • Brian Nesbitt
  • English
  • Hardback
    9 7 8 - 1 - 8 5 6 1 7 - 4 7 6 - 3
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 5 4 9 2 1 - 7
Written by an experienced engineer, this book contains practical information on all aspects of pumps including classifications, materials, seals, installation, commissioning and maintenance. In addition you will find essential information on units, manufacturers and suppliers worldwide, providing a unique reference for your desk, R&D lab, maintenance shop or library.

Open Channel Hydraulics

  • 1st Edition
  • March 6, 2006
  • A. Osman Akan
  • English
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 4 7 9 8 0 - 4
Open Channel Hydraulics is written for undergraduate and graduate civil engineering students, and practicing engineers.Written in clear and simple language, it introduces and explains all the main topics required for courses on open channel flows, using numerous worked examples to illustrate the key points.With coverage of both introduction to flows, practical guidance to the design of open channels, and more advanced topics such as bridge hydraulics and the problem of scour, Professor Akan's book offers an unparalleled user-friendly study of this important subject

Profile of the International Pump Industry

  • 6th Edition
  • December 28, 2005
  • R. Reidy
  • English
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 9 4 9 3 9 - 0
The new 6th Edition of this popular market report will be published by the end of December. Brought to you by the team behind Pump Industry Analyst, Profile of the International Pump Industry: Market Prospects to 2010, reviews the markets and major manufacturers of industrial pumps. The report includes a detailed five-year review of mergers and acquisitions, and a Top 20 Table, ranking the leading pump manufacturers by estimated pump sales. Market estimates and forecasts to 2010 are presented by region and pump type, along with profiles of 50 leading international pump manufacturers.

Practical Hydraulic Systems: Operation and Troubleshooting for Engineers and Technicians

  • 1st Edition
  • February 7, 2005
  • Ravi Doddannavar + 2 more
  • English
  • Paperback
    9 7 8 - 0 - 7 5 0 6 - 6 2 7 6 - 5
  • eBook
    9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 4 5 5 4 8 - 8
Whatever your hydraulic applications, Practical Hydraulic Systems: Operation & Troubleshooting For Engineers & Technicians will help you to increase your knowledge of the fundamentals, improve your maintenance programs and become an excellent troubleshooter of problems in this area. Cutaways of all major components are included in the book to visually demonstrate the components' construction and operation. Developing an understanding of how it works leads to an understanding of how and why it fails. Multimedia views of the equipment are shown, to give as realistic a view of hydraulic systems as possible. The book is highly practical, comprehensive and interactive. It discusses Hydraulic Systems construction, design applications, operations, maintenance, and management issues and provides you with the most up-to-date information and Best Practice in dealing with the subject.