Oil Hydraulics and Pneumatics
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Oil Hydraulics and Pneumatics Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Oil Hydraulics and Pneumatics (subject code 2171912) as prescribed for Mechanical Engineering · Semester 7 divides the course into 7 units, covering 37 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (2171912)Unit 1 Introduction
- Global fluid power Scenario
- Basic system of Hydraulics-Major advantages and disadvantages
- Principles of Hydraulic Fluid power
- Hydraulic Symbols
- Electrical Elements used in hydraulic circuits
Unit 2 System Components, Hydraulic Oils, Fluid Properties and Filter
- Hydraulic & Pneumatic Symbols as per ISO/ANSI
- physical characteristics & functions of hydraulic Oils
- Classification- Mineral based
- Fire resistant& Biodegradable Oils
- location of filter
Unit 3 Hydraulic Pumps, Motors and Actuators
- working principle and operation of rotary & reciprocating pumps like Gear
- Axial Piston
- Radial Piston
- Pump characteristics
- Linear and Rotary Actuators
- Hydrostatic Transmission Systems
- Selection of components for applications
Unit 4 Hydraulic Valves and Hydraulic System Accessories
- Direction control valves
- Pressure control valves
- Flow control valves
- Non-return valves
- Heating & cooling devices
- Selection of valves for circuits
Unit 5 Design of hydraulic circuits
- Basic hydraulic circuits
- Industrial hydraulic circuits
- Power losses in flow control circuits. 6 10
Unit 6 Introduction to Pneumatic Systems
- Basic Requirements for Pneumatic System
- Pneumatic fundamentals
- working principle and operation of pneumatic power transmission system components like Power source
- FRL unit
- Actuators and control valves like DCV, FCV, PCV, time delay
- quick exhaust
- twin pressure
Unit 7 Pneumatic circuits
- Basic pneumatic circuits
- Development of single Actuator Circuits
- Development of multiple Actuator Circuits
- Cascade method for sequencing
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