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- Effective Term:
- Summer 2022 through Winter 2025
- Course Number:
- MT 165
- Course Title:
- Hydraulics
- Credit Hours:
- 2
- Lecture Hours:
- 15
- Lecture/Lab Hours:
- 0
- Lab Hours:
- 15
Course Description
Intended Outcomes for the course
Upon completion of the course students should be able to:
- Operate hydraulic devices such as fluid pumps, hydraulic directional control valves, flow control valves, and actuators.
- Read, analyze, and utilize technical fluid power documentation such as data sheets, circuit diagrams, displacement step diagrams, timing diagrams, and function charts for hydraulic components within a mechatronic system.
- Block diagram a hydraulic system, identifying the various components, correcting malfunctions, or correctly identifying the expertise required to correct a malfunction.
- Follow safety regulations, use appropriate protective equipment, and operate equipment according to safety protocols.
Course Activities and Design
The lecture portion of the course may include instructor delivered lectures and demonstrations stressing key topics in the course. In preparation for the lecture portion of
the course, students will be expected to complete all reading and homework assignments.
The laboratory portion of the course will include laboratory activities. The purpose of the laboratory activities is to develop skills in the operation of basic hydraulic systems.
Outcome Assessment Strategies
Assessment of student performance in this course will be conducted in both the lecture and laboratory portions of the course and may be in the form of written and/or practice-based questions.
Course Content (Themes, Concepts, Issues and Skills)
a. OSHA and its Role
b. Safe Dress
c. PPE – Personal Protective Equipment
d. Mechanical Transmission Safety
e. Hydraulic/Pneumatic Safety
f. Machine Guarding
g. LOTO – Lock Out Tag Out
Hydraulics Systems1. Complex Mechatronics Systems
a. Systems Approach
b. System Block Diagram
c. Measuring Concepts
2. Introduction to Fluid Power Systems
a. Description of Fluid Power and Hydraulic Systems
b. Advantages and Disadvantages of Hydraulic Systems
Physical Principles of Air and Fluids1. Behavior of Fluids I
a. Review Systems Approach
b. Relation of Simple Machines to Fluid Power Systems
c. Basic Principles of Heat Transfer
d. Difference Between Laminar and Turbulent Flow
e. Pascal’s Law and Pressure Measurements in Fluids
2. Behavior of Fluids II
a. Boyle’s Law
b. Archimedes’ Principle
c. Bernoulli’s Theorem
d. General Gas Law
e. Viscosity
Standards and Symbols1. Fluid Power Standards
a. Block Diagrams of Energy, Mass, and Material
b. Reasons for Standardization
c. Types of Fluid Power Standards Organizations
2. Fluid Power Symbols
a. Symbols
b. Creating Fluid Power Circuit Diagrams
Basic Fluid Power Systems1. General Fluid Power System Components, Structure, and Operation
a. Generation and Distribution
b. Valves
c. Processors
d. Power
e. Systems
Hydraulic Fluids and Conditioning1. Hydraulic Fluid
a. Review of Safety Issues
a. Function of Hydraulic Fluid
b. Properties
c. Additives
d. Procedures to Handle Hydraulic Fluids
e. Reading Basic Hydraulic Fluid Data
2. Hydraulic Fluid Conditioning
a. Effects of Contamination
b. Types of Contaminants
c. Role of Reservoirs
d. Types of Filters
e. Causes of Increased Heat
f. Heat Exchangers and their Specifications
Fluid Pumpsa. Function of Pumps
b. Pump Designs
c. Cavitation
d. Procedures for Selecting Pumps
e. Reading Basic Hydraulic Pump Data Specifications
Fluid Storage and Distributionb. Conductors
c. Analysis of Circuit and System Operation
d. Conductor Installation
e. Distribution
Actuators1. Hydraulic Actuators
a. Cylinders
b. Motors
c. Miscellaneous Equipment
2. Hydraulic Motors
a. Types of Fluid Power Motors
b. Troubleshooting Fluid Power Motors
c. Motor Selection
d. Using Specifications to Gather Information
Controlling System Pressurea. Relief Valves
b. Safety Valves
c. Pressure Regulators
d. Pressure Switches
e. Sequence Control
f. Restrained Movement Control
g. Unloading Control
h. Reduced Pressure Control
a. Pressure Control Valve Specifications
b. Pressure Control Valve Troubleshooting
Controlling Directiona. Design and Operation of Control Valves
b. Controlling Direction
a. Directional Control Valve Specs and Sizing
b. Directional Control Valve Troubleshooting
Controlling Flowa. Design and Operation of Flow Control Vales
b. Design of Flow Control Circuits
c. Flow Control: Orifice Characteristics
d. Non-compensated Flow Control Valves
e. Compensated Flow Control Valves
f. Bypass Flow Control Valves
g. Flow Divider Valves
a. Pneumatic Special Purpose Control Valves and Other Devices
b. Flow Control Valve Specs and Sizing
c. Flow Control Valve Troubleshooting
Accumulatorsb. Basic Design, Operation, and Characteristics of Accumulators
c. Testing Accumulators in a Circuit
a. Sizing and Selecting Accumulators using Spec Sheets
b. Sizing Accumulator using Manufacturer’s Software
c. Troubleshooting Accumulators
Hydraulic Circuitsa. Pressure-Control Circuits
b. Flow-Control Circuits
2. Hydraulic Motion Control Circuits
a. Rapid-Advance-To-Work Circuits
b. Safety Circuits
c. System Protection Circuits
d. Troubleshooting