Pneumatic & Hydraulic Control (MDP-452)

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Course Meeting Times:
Lectures: 2 sessions/ week, 1.5 hours/session
Sections: 1 session/ week, 1.5 hours/session
Labs: 1 session/ week, 1.5 hours/session

Goals
After this course you will be able to:

• Explain the importance of pneumatic and Hydraulic in equipment.

• Describe fundamental concepts of: “Pumps, Valves, Actuators, Accumulators and power packs.
• Describe when pneumatic and hydraulic systems are used in equipments.
• Illustrate the advantages and disadvantages of pneumatic and hydraulic systems.
• Mention types of pneumatic and hydraulic systems.
• Understand the function of pneumatic and hydraulic circuits from schematics.
• Select an appropriate suitable hydraulic pump, valve, hydraulic motor, hose and Accumulator with suitable sizes.
• Produce Innovative solutions for the practical industrial problems.
• Analyze pneumatic and hydraulic circuits for different applications.
• Diagnose the faults in pneumatic and hydraulic circuits.
• Design and Implement a pneumatic or hydraulic circuit.
• Read any pneumatic or hydraulic circuit schematic Drawing.
• Test practical pneumatic and hydraulic components and circuits.

Related Courses:
After this course, related courses include:)
Project (MDP-499)
Mechatronics 2 (MDP-454)


Recommended Textbooks:

• Class Notes.

• Anthony Esposito, Fluid Power with Applications, Prentice Hall, 2003.

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Examinations:
The final exam is 3 hours long.

Sections:
The purpose of the recitations is to give students experience in the subject by working out examples and expanding on the material presented in the lectures. Attendance and participation in the recitations is obligatory.

Grading:
List of Topics:

• Introduction to pneumatic and hydraulic control systems.
• Hydraulic and pneumatic Equipments.
• Hydraulic pumps- characteristics, Pump, Selection, Pumping circuits, symbols.
• Hydraulic Valves, their selection, characteristics, sizes, and symbols
• Hydraulic Actuators, Selection, characteristics and symbols.
• Pneumatic and Hydraulic Servo Systems
• Control of Hydraulic and pneumatic systems
• Electro-pneumatic and electro-Hydraulic systems
• Fault diagnosis and maintenance of pneumatic and hydraulic systems