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Chapter 5 Fluid power, mechatronics, and control

Published by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, St. Joseph, Michigan www.asabe.org

Citation:   (doi:10.13031/2013.41467) in Fluid power, mechatronics, and control Chapter 5 Engineering Principles of Agricultural Machines, 2nd ed., pp. 91-122 St. Joseph, Michigan: ASABE. . Copyright 2006 American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, St. Joseph, Mich.
Authors:   Ajit K. Srivastava, Carroll E. Goering, Roger P. Rohrbach, Dennis R. Buckmaster
Keywords:   Section headings: Fluid power, mechatronics, and control, Basic principles and elements of fluid power, Pumps, Valves, Pressure control valves, Volume control valves, Directional control valves, Actuators, Hydraulic motors, Hydraulic cylinders, Reservoirs, Fluids, filters, and lines, Types of fluid power systems, Open-center systems, Pressure-compensated systems, Load-sensing systems, Pressure transients, Hydrostatic transmissions, Mechatronics and system control, An introduction to mechatronics, System control, Problems, Simulation problems

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