Fluid Power: Hydraulics and Pneumatics, 4th Edition

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• Master hydraulic and pneumatic systems, components, circuits, and troubleshooting.
• Build technical skills through schematics, hands-on activities, and real-world applications.
• Strengthen problem-solving abilities with safety-focused training and practical math examples.

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Fluid Power: Hydraulics and Pneumatics is an introductory text appropriate for students pursuing a technician-level career path. It presents the fundamentals of this subject with extensive, balanced coverage of both hydraulic and pneumatic systems, providing details on the design and operation of hydraulic and pneumatic components, circuits, and systems. To help students better understand schematics and symbols, this edition includes a symbols review in the appendix as well as a number of interactive digital activities for students to practice fluid power symbol recognition and reading schematic drawings. This new edition also includes new and expanded content on safety, the basics of pump selection, compressor selection and air flow requirements, and shock and burst pressure. Extensive math examples foster an understanding of the scientific principles involved in fluid power. Rigorous assessment offerings allow students to reinforce their knowledge of chapter content, extend learning, and develop higher-order thinking and problem-solving skills.

Special features throughout the text include Examples, Cautions, and Notes.
Numerous illustrations and photos engage students and help to clearly communicate complex systems, components, and processes.
The Lab Workbook provides questions, activities, and projects that allow students to work on various fluid power systems.

1. Introduction to Fluid Power

2. Fluid Power Systems

3. Safety and Health

4. Basic Physical Principles

5. Fluid Power Standards and Symbols

6. Hydraulic Fluid

7. Source of Hydraulic Power

8. Fluid Storage and Distribution

9. Actuators

10. Controlling the System

11. Accumulators

12. Conditioning System Fluid

13. Applying the Hydraulic Power

14. Compressed Air

15. Source of Pneumatic Power

16. Conditioning and Distribution of Compressed Air

17. Work Performers of Pneumatic Systems

18. Controlling a Pneumatic System

19. Applying Pneumatic Power

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About the Author

James R. Daines

is Professor Emeritus of Technology at the University of Wisconsin--Stout. He holds an EdD degree from the University of Missouri and BS and MS degrees from Stout State College, Menomonie, Wisconsin. For 25 years, Dr. Daines taught power- and media-related courses to secondary, postsecondary, and adult students. He also spent 10 years as president of a company specializing in developing courses and instructional materials for power and other related technologies. Those materials included extensive computer-based courses for hydraulics and pneumatics. Other experiences related to fluid power involved working on the design and construction of training benches and instructional materials for a producer of fluid power training equipment.

Martha J. Daines holds a PhD from the University of Chicago and a BS degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Martha's professional experience includes 10 years investigating multiphase flow in high-pressure environments and 15 years teaching technology and power courses to students at the University of Wisconsin-Stout.Martha has great passion for instructional design and places great focus on assessments, writing detailed questions and activities.

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Quote The purpose of this book is to introduce you to the field of fluid power. It lays the groundwork for building an understanding of the concepts involved and systematically guides the use of these concepts in designing functional circuits...Mastery of the subject matter is not easy, but careful study and thoughtful experimentation will make it happen

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