Hydraulics for u mak

Hydraulics is a topic of science and engineering subject dealing with the mechanical properties of liquids. Hydraulics is part of the more general discipline of fluid power. Fluid mechanicsengineering uses of fluid properties. Hydraulic topics range through most science and engineering disciplines, and cover concepts such as pipe flow, dam design, fluid control circuitry, pumps, turbines, hydropower, computational fluid dynamics, flow measurement, river channel behavior and erosion. provides the theoretical foundation for hydraulics, which focuses on the

The word "hydraulics" originates from the Greek word ὑδραυλικός (hydraulikos) which in turn originates from ὕδραυλος meaning water organ which in turn comes from ὕδρω (water) and αὐλός (pipe).

History

The earliest masters of this art were Ctesibius (flourished c. 270 BC) and Hero of Alexandria (c. 10–70 AD) in the Greek-Hellenized West, while ancient China had those such as Du Shi (circa 31 AD), Zhang Heng (78 - 139 AD), Ma Jun (200 - 265 AD), and Su Song (1020 - 1101 AD). The ancient engineers focused on sacral and novelty uses of hydraulics, rather than practical applications. Ancient Sinhalese used hydraulics in many applications, in the Ancient kingdoms of Anuradhapura, Polonnaruwa etc. The discovery of the principle of the valve tower, or valve pit, for regulating the escape of water is credited to Sinhalese ingenuity more than 2,000 years ago. By the first century A.D, several large-scale irrigation works had been completed. Macro- and micro-hydraulics to provide for domestic horticultural and agricultural needs, surface drainage and erosion control, ornamental and recreational water courses and retaining structures and also cooling systems were in place in Sigiriya, Sri Lanka.

In 1690 Benedetto Castelli (1578–1643), a student of Galileo Galilei, published the book Della Misura dell'Acque Correnti or "On the Measurement of Running Waters," one of the foundations of modern hydrodynamics. He served as a chief consultant to the Pope on hydraulic projects, i.e., management of rivers in the Papal States, beginning in 1626.^[1]

Blaise Pascal's (1623–1662) study of fluid hydrodynamics and hydrostatics centered on the principles of hydraulic fluids. His inventions include the hydraulic press, which multiplied a smaller force acting on a smaller area into the application of a larger force totaled over a larger area, transmitted through the same pressure (or same change of pressure) at both locations. Pascal's law or principle states that for an incompressible fluid at rest, the difference in pressure is proportional to the difference in height and this difference remains the same whether or not the overall pressure of the fluid is changed by applying an external force. This implies that by increasing the pressure at any point in a confined fluid, there is an equal increase at every other point in the container, i.e., any change in pressure applied at any point of the fluid is transmitted undiminished throughout the fluids.

Hydraulic drive system

A hydraulic/hydrostatic drive system is a drive, or transmission system, that makes use of a hydraulic fluid under pressure to drive a machinery. Such a system basically consists of a hydraulic pump, driven by an electric motor, a combustion engine or maybe a windmill, and a hydraulic motor or hydraulic cylinder to drive the machinery. Between pump and motor/cylinder, valves, filters, piping etc guide, maintain and control the drive system. Hydrostatic means that the energy comes from the flow and the pressure, but not from the kinetic energy of the flow.

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