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Hydraulics
Hydraulics Hy*drau"lics, n. [Cf. F. hydraulique.]
That branch of science, or of engineering, which treats of
fluids in motion, especially of water, its action in rivers
and canals, the works and machinery for conducting or raising
it, its use as a prime mover, and the like.
Note: As a science, hydraulics includes hydrodynamics, or the
principles of mechanics applicable to the motion of
water; as a branch of engineering, it consists in the
practical application of the mechanics of fluids to the
control and management of water with reference to the
wants of man, including canals, waterworks, hydraulic
machines, pumps, water wheels, etc. Some writers treat
hydraulics and hydrostatics as subdivisions of
hydrodynamics.
HydraulicHydraulic Hy*drau"lic, a. [F. hydraulique, L. hydraulicus, fr.
Gr. ?, ?, a water organ; "y`dwr water + ? flute, pipe. See
Hydra.]
Of or pertaining to hydraulics, or to fluids in motion;
conveying, or acting by, water; as, an hydraulic clock,
crane, or dock.
Hydraulic accumulator, an accumulator for hydraulic
machinery of any kind. See Accumulator, 2.
Hydraulic brake, a cataract. See Cataract, 3.
Hydraulic cement, a cement or mortar made of hydraulic
lime, which will harden under water.
Hydraulic elevator, a lift operated by the weight or
pressure of water.
Hydraulic jack. See under Jack.
Hydraulic lime, quicklime obtained from hydraulic
limestone, and used for cementing under water, etc.
Hydraulic limestone, a limestone which contains some clay,
and which yields a quicklime that will set, or form a
firm, strong mass, under water.
Hydraulic main (Gas Works), a horizontal pipe containing
water at the bottom into which the ends of the pipes from
the retorts dip, for passing the gas through water in
order to remove ammonia.
Hydraulic mining, a system of mining in which the force of
a jet of water is used to wash down a bank of gold-bearing
gravel or earth. [Pacific Coast]
Hydraulic press, a hydrostatic press. See under
Hydrostatic.
Hydraulic propeller, a device for propelling ships by means
of a stream of water ejected under water rearward from the
ship.
Hydraulic ram, a machine for raising water by means of the
energy of the moving water of which a portion is to be
raised. When the rush of water through the main pipe d
shuts the valve at a, the momentum of the current thus
suddenly checked forces part of it into the air chamber b,
and up the pipe c, its return being prevented by a valve
at the entrance to the air chamber, while the dropping of
the valve a by its own weight allows another rush through
the main pipe, and so on alternately.
Hydraulic valve. (Mach.)
(a) A valve for regulating the distribution of water in the
cylinders of hydraulic elevators, cranes, etc.
(b) (Gas Works) An inverted cup with a partition dipping into
water, for opening or closing communication between two
gas mains, the open ends of which protrude about the
water.
Meaning of hydraulics from wikipedia
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Hydraulics (from
Ancient Gr**** ὕδωρ (húdōr) 'water', and αὐλός (aulós) 'pipe') is a
technology and
applied science using engineering, chemistry, and other...
- Car
hydraulics are
equipment installed in an
automobile that
allows for a
dynamic adjustment in
height of the vehicle.
These suspension modifications are...
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Bucher Hydraulics located in Klettgau-Griessen,
Germany is the
internationally active hydraulic division of the
Swiss conglomerate Bucher Industries, Niederweningen...
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Thermal hydraulics (also
called thermohydraulics) is the
study of
hydraulic flow in
thermal fluids. The area can be
mainly divided into
three parts: thermodynamics...
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Linde Hydraulics is a
manufacturer of
heavy duty
drive systems consisting of
hydraulics,
power transmissions, and electronics. The company's
product offerings...
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Denison Hydraulics is a
publicly traded U.S.-based
company (Stock Symbol:DENHY) that
manufactures industrial hydraulic fluid power systems (hydraulic pumps...
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Fairey Hydraulics was a main
aircraft flight control system manufacturer of the UK,
originally part of Fairey, and now a
division of UTC. It made the flight...
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Miniature Hydraulics are
copies or
models that
represent and
reproduce regular or
standard sized hydraulic systems and components, but in a
reduced state...
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pneumatics and
hydraulics are
applications of
fluid power.
Pneumatics uses an
easily compressible gas such as air or a
suitable pure gas—while
hydraulics uses relatively...
- valves, for
example "LSC" (Linde
Hydraulics), "LUDV" (Bosch
Rexroth Hydraulics) and "Flowsharing" (Parker
Hydraulics) etc. No
official standardized name...
