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Pneumatic Drives
Peter Beater
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Description for Pneumatic Drives
Hardback. A comprehensive work on pneumatic drives, this book bridges the gap between classical descriptions of pneumatic systems and the engineers' wish to test their design before setting up hardware. It further covers several control strategies like binary mode cylinder drives or position controlled drives and computer aided analysis of complex systems. Num Pages: 324 pages, 244 black & white illustrations, 14 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: TGMF2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 653.
The idea to use air for transmitting power is very old. Ctesibius in - cient Greece described a catapult using pneumatic cylinders to first store energy and then rapidly accelerate an arrow. Heron of Alexandria dev- oped automatic temple doors which opened and closed by means of hot air. And from the Greek word for breath he coined the term that was used as title for his book and today describes a whole industry: - pneumatics. Pneumatic components and systems have become an important topic for textbooks. Most have their focus on the description of the steady-state - haviour, practical ... Read more
The idea to use air for transmitting power is very old. Ctesibius in - cient Greece described a catapult using pneumatic cylinders to first store energy and then rapidly accelerate an arrow. Heron of Alexandria dev- oped automatic temple doors which opened and closed by means of hot air. And from the Greek word for breath he coined the term that was used as title for his book and today describes a whole industry: - pneumatics. Pneumatic components and systems have become an important topic for textbooks. Most have their focus on the description of the steady-state - haviour, practical ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
324
Condition
New
Number of Pages
324
Place of Publication
Berlin, Germany
ISBN
9783540694700
SKU
V9783540694700
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Ref
99-15
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