Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

1. Introduction, Applications, and Concepts -- 2. Introduction to Fluid Properties -- 3. Steady-State Characteristics of Circuit Components -- 4. Steady-State Performance of Systems -- 5. System Dynamics -- 6. Control Systems -- 7. Some Case Studies.

This exciting reference text is concerned with fluid power control. It is an ideal reference for the practising engineer and a textbook for advanced courses in fluid power control. In applications in which large forces and/or torques are required, often with a fast response time, oil-hydraulic control systems are essential. They excel in environmentally difficult applications because the drive part can be designed with no electrical components and they almost always have a more competitive power/weight ratio compared to electrically actuated systems. Fluid power systems have the capability to control several parameters, such as pressure, speed, position, and so on, to a high degree of accuracy at high power levels. In practice there are many exciting challenges facing the fluid power engineer, who now must preferably have a broad skill set.