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    The document contains 12 homework problems about fluid power fundamentals. The problems cover topics like cylinder efficiencies, force and velocity equations for ideal and real cylinders, flow rates, and calculating efficiency. They require calculating forces, pressures, flows and efficiencies based on given cylinder parameters and system conditions.

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    The document contains 12 homework problems about fluid power fundamentals. The problems cover topics like cylinder efficiencies, force and velocity equations for ideal and real cylinders, flow rates, and calculating efficiency. They require calculating forces, pressures, flows and efficiencies based on given cylinder parameters and system conditions.

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    Fundamentals of !

    Fluid Power

    Week One Homework Problems

    1. Three types of cylinder efficiency were presented in lecture: total efficiency, force
    efficiency, and volumetric efficiency. Why is it important to know the cylinder
    efficiencies when selecting a cylinder for an application?

    2. If a cylinder uses cup seals, explain why increasing the volumetric efficiency will
    likely reduce the force efficiency, and vice versa?

    3. What is the force equation for an ideal cylinder?

    4. What is the force equation for a real cylinder?

    5. What are the velocity equations for an ideal cylinder?

    6. What are the velocity equations for a real cylinder?

    7. Browse the internet for images of standard and long reach excavators. You
    will observe the stick cylinder (the cylinder attached to the bucket) to be much
    smaller on a long reach excavator. Assuming both excavators operate at a
    system pressure of 35 MPa, calculate the force at the bucket for:

    (a) a standard excavator with a stick cylinder diameter of 12.5 cm.


    (b) a long reach excavator with a stick cylinder diameter of 9 cm.

    8. A dynamic compression force,

    F = 3.5 + 3.5cos (45t) kN,

    is applied to the rod of an ideal cylinder with a bore diameter of 8.4 cm (take
    note that the force is in kN).

    (a) Assuming the rod-side of the cylinder is at atmospheric pressure, what


    gauge pressure, P , must be applied to the cap-side of the cylinder to keep
    the load stationary?
    (b) The fluctuating pressure, P , found in part (a) is applied to a different
    stationary cylinder with a bore diameter of 3.4 cm. What are the maximum
    and minimum forces generated by this smaller cylinder?

    9. A cylinder with an area ratio of 0.2 and a bore diameter of 7.5 cm steadily
    extends a 13.3 kN load. If the cap-side pressure is 4 MPa and the rod-side
    pressure is 250 kPa, what is the force efficiency of the actuator?

    10. What is the unknown flow rate, Q4 , in the conduit shown below?

    Q4

    Q1 =
    Q3 =
    8 lpm
    3 lpm

    Q2 = 4 lpm

    11. A cylinder with an area ratio of 0.85 and a bore diameter of 12 cm extends at
    a velocity of 4 cm/s.

    (a) What is the volumetric flow rate of fluid entering the cylinder at the cap
    side?
    (b) What is the rate of fluid storage in the cylinder?

    12. A cylinder displaces a 5 kN load at 0.3 m/s. If hydraulic fluid enters the actuator
    at a rate of 15 liters per minute (lpm) and a pressure of 16 MPa, what is the
    total efficiency of the system?

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