Hydraulics and Pneumatics detailed syllabus for Civil Engineering (Civil) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna Universities official website and presented for the Civil students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.
For Civil Engineering 7th Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit Civil 7th Sem 2021 regulation scheme. For Open Elective-IV scheme and its subjects refer to Civil Open Elective-IV syllabus scheme. The detailed syllabus of hydraulics and pneumatics is as follows.
Course Objectives:
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Unit I
FLUID POWER PRINICIPLES AND HYDRAULIC PUMPS 9 Introduction to Fluid power – Advantages and Applications – Fluid power systems – Types of fluids -Properties of fluids and selection – Basics of Hydraulics – Pascals Law – Principles of flow – Friction loss -Work, Power and Torque- Problems, Sources of Hydraulic power: Pumping Theory– Pump Classification -Construction, Working, Design, Advantages, Disadvantages, Performance, Selection criteria of pumps -Fixed and Variable displacement pumps – Problems
Unit II
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Unit III
HYDRAULIC CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS 9 Accumulators, Intensifiers, Industrial hydraulic circuits – Regenerative, Pump Unloading, Double-Pump, Pressure Intensifier, Air-over oil, Sequence, Reciprocation, Synchronization, Fail-Safe, Speed Control, Deceleration circuits, Sizing of hydraulic systems, Hydrostatic transmission, Electro hydraulic circuits, -Servo and Proportional valves – Applications- Mechanical, hydraulic servo systems.
Unit IV
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Unit V
TROUBLE SHOOTING AND APPLICATIONS 9 Installation, Selection, Maintenance, Trouble Shooting and Remedies in Hydraulic and Pneumatic systems, Conditioning of hydraulic fluids Design of hydraulic circuits for Drilling, Planning, Shaping, Surface grinding, Press and Forklift applications- mobile hydraulics; Design of Pneumatic circuits for metal working, handling, clamping counter and timer circuits. – Low-cost Automation – Hydraulic and Pneumatic power packs, IOT in Hydraulics and pneumatics
Note: (Use of standard Design Data Book is permitted in the University examination)
Course Outcomes:
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Text Books:
- Anthony Esposito, Fluid Power with Applications, Prentice Hall, 2009.
- James A. Sullivan, Fluid Power Theory and Applications, Fourth Edition, Prentice Hall, 1997
Reference Books:
- Jagadeesha. T., Pneumatics Concepts, Design and Applications , Universities Press, 2015.
- Joshi.P., Pneumatic Control, Wiley India, 2008.
- Majumdar, S.R., Oil Hydraulics Systems – Principles and Maintenance,TataMcGraw Hill, 2001.
- Shanmugasundaram.K., Hydraulic and Pneumatic Controls. Chand & Co, 2006.
- Srinivasan.R., Hydraulic and Pneumatic Controls, Vijay Nicole Imprints, 3rd edition,2019.
For detailed syllabus of all the other subjects of Civil Engineering 7th Sem, visit Civil 7th Sem subject syllabuses for 2021 regulation.
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