Fluid Power Systems ME 7th Sem Syllabus for VTU BE 2017 Scheme

Fluid Power Systems detail syllabus for Mechanical Engineering (Me), 2017 scheme is taken from VTU official website and presented for VTU students. The course code (17ME72), and for exam duration, Teaching Hr/week, Practical Hr/week, Total Marks, internal marks, theory marks, duration and credits do visit complete sem subjects post given below.

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Course Objectives:

• To provide an insight into the capabilities of hydraulic and pneumatic fluid power.
• To understand concepts and relationships surrounding force, pressure, energy and power in fluid power systems.
• To examine concepts centering on sources of hydraulic power, rotary and linear actuators, distribution systems, hydraulic flow in pipes, and control components in fluid power systems.
• Exposure to build and interpret hydraulic and pneumatic circuits related to industrial applications.
• To familiarize with logic controls and trouble shooting

Module 1

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Module 2

Pumps and actuators Pumps:Classification of pumps, Pumping theory of positive displacement pumps, construction and working of Gear pumps, Vane pumps, Piston pumps, fixed and variable displacement pumps, Pump performance characteristics, pump selection factors, problems on pumps. Accumulators: Types, selection/design procedure, applications of accumulators. Types of Intensifiers, Pressure switches/sensor, Temperature switches/sensor, Level sensor. Actuators:Classification cylinder and hydraulic motors, Hydraulic cylinders, single and double acting cylinder, mounting arrangements, cushioning, special types of cylinders, problems on cylinders. Construction and working of rotary actuators such as gear, vane, piston motors, and Hydraulic Motor. Theoretical torque, power,flowrate, and hydraulic motor performance; numerical problems. Symbolic representation of hydraulic actuators (cylinders and motors).

Module 3

Components and hydraulic circuit design Components:Classification of control valves, Directional Control Valves-symbolic representation, constructional features of poppet, sliding spool, rotary type valves solenoid and pilot operated DCV, shuttle valve, and check valves. Pressure control valves – types, direct operated types and pilot operated types. Flow Control Valves -compensated and non-compensated FCV, needle valve, temperature compensated, pressure compensated, pressure and temperature compensated FCV, symbolic representation. Hydraulic Circuit Design:Control of single and Double -acting hydraulic cylinder, regenerative circuit, pump unloading circuit, double pump hydraulic system, counter balance valve application,hydrauliccylinder sequencing circuits, cylinder synchronizing circuit using different methods, hydraulic circuit for
force multiplication;speedcontrol of hydraulic cylinder- metering in, metering out and bleed off circuits.Pilot pressure operated circuits.Hydraulic circuit examples withaccumulator.

Module 4

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Module 5

Pneumatic control circuits
Simple Pneumatic Control: Direct and indirect actuation pneumatic cylinders, speed control of cylinders – supply air throttling and exhaust air throttling. Signal Processing Elements: Use of Logic gates – OR and AND gates in pneumatic applications.
Practical examples involving the use of logic gates.
Multi- Cylinder Application: Coordinated and sequential motion control, motion and control diagrams. Signal elimination methods, Cascading methodprinciple, Practical application examples (up to two cylinders) using cascading method (using reversing valves).
Electro- Pneumatic Control: Principles – signal input and output, pilot assisted solenoid control of directional control valves, use of relay and contactors. Control circuitry for simple signal cylinder application.

Course Outcomes:

1. Identify and analyse the functional requirements of a fluid power transmission system for a given application.
2. Visualize how a hydraulic/pneumatic circuit will work to accomplish the function.
3. Design an appropriate hydraulic or pneumatic circuit or combination circuit like electro-hydraulics, electro-pneumatics for a given application.
4. Select and size the different components of the circuit.
5. Develop a comprehensive circuit diagramby integrating the components selected for the given application.

Text Books:

1. Anthony Esposito, Fluid Power with applications, Pearson edition,2000 .
2. Majumdar S.R., Oil Hydraulics,TalaMcGRawHllL, 2002 .
3. Majumdar S.R., Pneumatic systems – Principles and Maintenance,Tata McGraw-Hill, New Delhi, 2005

Reference Books:

1. John Pippenger, Tyler Hicks, Industrial Hydraulics, McGraw Hill International Edition, 1980.
2. Andrew Par, Hydraulics and pneumatics, Jaico Publishing House, 2005.
3. FESTO, Fundamentals of Pneumatics,VolI,IIandIII.
4. Herbert E. Merritt, Hydraulic Control Systems, John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
5. Thomson, Introduction to Fluid power, PrentcieHaIl, 2004
6. John Watton, Fundamentals of fluid power control, Cambridge University press, 2012.

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