Reviews for Fluid Power Engineering

The average rating for Fluid Power Engineering based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2019-12-18 00:00:00 Edward Snead It's a great book and very useful and informative, focus on hydraulic systems intensively and deeply and explains each part of the hydraulic system like pumps, actuators, accumulators, ...etc. and the last chapter covers the pneumatic system briefly.

Review # 2 was written on 2017-10-27 00:00:00 Felice Osborne (722 pages) I'm only up to chapter 4 as of today, however, this textbook is one of the best that I have ever studied. Everything is put together very well and the calculations progress in a wonderful workflow. This book should really only be used by the undergrad engineering students (or computer science such as myself) or by others in grad school as only a reference, however, practitioners and researches use this book as well. This book is great for computer science majors because all of the more labor-intensive computational procedures are implemented in MATLAB code. Before picking up this book you should have completed courses in physics, dynamics & mathematics through differential equations and applied linear algebra. Here is what each chapter contains so you get the idea of what's inside the cover. Ch.1 Dynamics of point masses CH.2 The two-body problem Ch.3 Orbital position as a function of time (orbits, trajectories, & . universal variables) Ch.4 Orbits in three dimensions Ch.5 Preliminary orbit determination Ch.6 Orbital maneuvers Ch.7 Relative motion and rendezvous Ch.8 Interplanetary trajectories Ch.9 Rigid-body dynamics Ch.10 Satellite altitude dynamics Ch.11 Rocket vehicle dynamics Appendix A - Physical data Appendix B - A road map Appendix C - Numerical integration of the n-body equations of motion Appendix D - MATLAB algorithms (Computer Science!!!) Appendix E - Gravitational potential energy of a sphere This is a truly intriguing book..