Course detail

Fluid Power

FSI-MIMAcad. year: 2025/2026

The course provides students with basic knowledge in the field of fluid power - hydraulic and pneumatic mechanisms which are a part of many modern machines and equipment. It contains the basic theoretical knowledge, description of the most important hydraulic elements, hydraulic drives, introduction to the design of hydraulic circuits and to maintenance and diagnostics. It describes the pneumatic elements, circuits, basic theory, as well as the application in the field of pneumatic mechanisms.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

6

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

prof. Ing. František Pochylý, CSc.

Department

Energy Institute (EÚ)

Entry knowledge

Necessary knowledge: differential and integral calculus, hydrostatics and hydrodynamics, gas mechanics, numerical mathematics, computer programming.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

Course-unit credit is awarded on the following conditions - sufficient attendance and running knowledge of the subject-matter.
Examination requirements - course-unit credit,knowledge of the subject-matter and ability to apply it to the given examples. The exam has a written and an oral part.
Attendance at seminars is checked and an possible (limited) absence may be compensated for via by additional tasks.

Aims

The aim of the subject is to provide students with basic knowledge in the field of fluid power mechanisms. This concerns both elements of hydraulic and pneumatic systems and the whole circuits.
Students will be able to design hydraulic and pneumatic generators and motors and the other basic elements, as well as basic circuits.

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

IVANTYŠYN, Jaroslav a Monika IVANTYŠYNOVÁ. Hydrostatic pumps and motors: principles, design, performance, modelling, analysis, control and testing. New Delhi: Tech Books International, c2003. ISBN 81-88305-08-1.
KOPÁČEK, Jaroslav. Pneumatické mechanismy. Žilina: Vysoká škola dopravy a spojov v Žiline, 1991. ISBN 80-710-0057-4.
PEŇÁZ, Václav a Dušan BENŽA. Tekutinové mechanismy. Brno: Vysoké učení technické v Brně, 1990. Učební texty vysokých škol (Vysoké učení technické v Brně). ISBN 80-214-0082-X.
PIVOŇKA, Josef. Tekutinové mechanismy. Praha: SNTL, 1987.
STRÁŽOVEC, Igor a Pavol KUČÍK. Tekutinové mechanizmy. Žilina: EDIS, 2000. ISBN 80-710-0804-4.

Recommended reading

WATTON, John. Fundamentals of fluid power control. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2009. ISBN 05-217-6250-2. (EN)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme N-ETI-P Master's

    specialization FLI , 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory

  • Programme N-SUE-P Master's 2 year of study, winter semester, compulsory-optional

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

39 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. Ing. František Pochylý, CSc.

Syllabus

1. Fluid power mechanisms - introduction.
2. Basic theoretical knowledge.
3. Hydraulic mechanisms elements.
4. Pumps, motors.
5. Control elements of hydraulic mechanisms.
6. Hydraulic transmissions.
7. Introduction to hydraulic circuits design.
8. Operation, maintenance and diagnostics of hydraulic circuits.
9. Pneumatic mechanisms - classification and properties.
10. Basic theory of pneumatic mechanisms.
11. Elements of pneumatic mechanisms.
12. Pneumatic motors calculation.
13. Pneumatic circuits control.

Laboratory exercise

26 hod., compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

prof. Ing. František Pochylý, CSc.

Syllabus

1. Pressure losses calculations.
2. Volume losses calculations.
3. Hydraulic circuit heat relations computation.
4. Laboratory tests - hydraulic stand.
5. Gear pump - design calculation.
6. Axial piston pump - design calculation.
7. Radial piston pump - design calculation.
8. Hydraulic cylinder - design calculation.
9. Gas state equation for the ideal gas.
10. Gas accumulator computation.
11. Application of the gas state equation for the ideal gas and a real gas.
12. Use of compressed air in pneumatic motors.
13. Laboratory tests - pneumatic stands.