Fluid Power with Applications, 7th edition

For sophomore- or junior-level courses in Fluid Power, Hydraulics, and Pneumatics in two- or four-year Engineering Technology and Industrial Technology programs.

Fluid Power with Applications, Seventh Edition presents broad coverage of fluid power technology in a readable and understandable fashion. An extensive array of industrial applications is provided to motivate and stimulate students' interest in the field. Balancing theory and applications, this text is updated to reflect current technology; it focuses on the design, analysis, operation, and maintenance of fluid power systems.

Hallmark Features

• Clear presentation. Presents broad coverage of material in a readable and understandable fashion. Enables instructors to rely on the text to provide much of the basic learning. Enables students to more effectively use their instructor's class time.
• Extensive use of industry-provided cutaway drawings and illustrations. Gives students a better understanding of the operation of fluid power components and systems in a real-world context.
• Ideal balance of theory and applications. Provides students with an excellent foundation for understanding the changes that take place in methodology in the field.
• Boolean Algebra with electric ladder diagrams. Combines both in presenting the material on electrical controls. Allows students to better understand how electrical currents control the operation of fluid power systems.

This edition is updated to include

• A CD that uses Automation Studio (tm) software to simulate 16 of the fluid power circuits presented throughout the book. The software provides students with dynamic and visual presentation of the creation, simulation, analysis, and animation of the fluid power circuits studied in class or assigned as homework exercises.
• A new chapter entitled Automation Studio(tm) Computer Software covers the salient features and capabilities of Automation Studio(tm), which empowers users to design and create virtual circuits, simulate circuit behavior, animate component operation, and perform mathematical analyses that optimize system performance.
• A new section in Chapter 12 covering water hydraulics, which are increasing in popularity and use — particularly among the food- and paper-processing industries — because they are environmental-friendly.
• Several updated illustrations and photographs showing current fluid power technology.
• Updated example problems and end-of-chapter exercises which better reflect current industrial applications. The example problems and exercises encompass a wide range of subject matter and levels of difficulty, allowing students to progress in an orderly manner.
• New material covering fluid power systems that enhance the use of renewable energy, reflecting the increasing emphasis on lowering air pollution levels and reducing greenhouse gases.
• New material on hydroforming, a manufacturing application of hydraulics that uses hydraulic liquid to form three-dimensional sheet-metal panels (sheet hydroforming) or stiff and strong structural parts (tube hydroforming).
• New material covering waterjet cutting, a manufacturing application of hydraulics that pressurizes water up to about 60,000 psi and pushes it through an orifice to produce a precise jet of water traveling at approximately three times the speed of sound.