Fluid Power with Applications
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For sophomore- or junior-level courses in Fluid Power, Hydraulics, and Pneumatics in two- or four-year Engineering Technology and Industrial Technology programs.
Fluid Power with Applications presents broad coverage of fluid power technology in a readable and understandable fashion. An extensive array of industrial applications is provided to motivate and stimulate students' interest in the field. Balancing theory and applications, this text is updated to reflect current technology; it focuses on the design, analysis, operation, and maintenance of fluid power systems.
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Anthony Esposito was born on October 4, 1934 in Schenectady, NY. His family moved to Saratoga Springs, NY in 1948. He graduated from Saratoga Springs High School in 1953. In 1957 he received a Bachelors Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Union College in Schenectady. He was employed at General Electric Company as a design engineer in Cincinnati from 1957 to 1961 and a control systems engineer in Schenectady from 1961 to 1965. He married Mary Jane Stark of Cincinnati in 1959 and they have four children and ten grandchildren. Anthony and Mary currently live in Fairfield, OH.
Upon receiving a Masters Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Union College in 1965, Anthony left General Electric to begin a teaching career at Miami University within the Manufacturing Engineering Department. In 1969 he received his Professional Engineer's License from the State of Ohio. He served as Chairman of the Manufacturing Engineering Department from 1976 to 1992. During his career at Miami University, he authored four engineering technology college textbooks, including "FLUID POWER WITH APPLICATIONS' published by Prentice Hall. His current title at Miami University is Professor Emeritus.
Content
- CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION TO FLUID POWER
- CHAPTER 2 PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF HYDRAULIC FLUIDS
- CHAPTER 3 ENERGY AND POWER IN HYDRAULIC SYSTEMS
- CHAPTER 4 FRICTIONAL LOSSES IN HYDRAULIC PIPELINES
- CHAPTER 5 HYDRAULIC PUMPS
- CHAPTER 6 HYDRAULIC CYLINDERS AND CUSHIOING DEVICES
- CHAPTER 7 HYDRAULIC MOTORS
- CHAPTER 8 HYDRAULIC VALVES
- CHAPTER 9 HYDRAULIC CIRCUIT DESIGN AND ANALYSIS
- CHAPTER 10 HYDRAULIC CONDUCTORS AND FITTINGS
- CHAPTER 11 ANCILLARY HYDRAULIC DEVICES
- CHAPTER 12 MAINTENANCE OF HYDRAULIC SYSTEMS
- CHAPTER 13 PNEUMATICS: AIR PREPARATION AND COMPONENTS
- CHAPTER 14 PNEUMATICS: CIRCUITS AND APPLICATIONS
- CHAPTER 15 BASIC ELECTRICAL CONTROLS FOR FLUID POWER CIRCUITS
- CHAPTER 16 FLUID LOGIC CONTROL SYSTEMS
- CHAPTER 17 ADVANCED ELECTRICAL CONTROLS FOR FLUID POWER SYSTEMS
- CHAPTER 18 AUTOMATION STUDIOTM COMPUTER SOFTWARE
