Bondgraph modelling of hydraulic network has been developed from fundamentals of fluid mechanics. An attractive feature of this text is that it incorporates a large number of worked out examples of considerable practical significance.

Dedication / Preface / Notations / Introduction to Bondgraphs / Causality / Generation of System Equations / Art of Creating System Bondgraph / Modelling in Noninertial Coordinates/ Nonpotential Fields / Modelling of Structural Members / Mechanisms and Mechanical Handling Systems / Introduction to Multibondgraph/ Bondgraph Modelling of Thermal Systems / Modelling of Hydraulic Systems / Approaching Control Systems / Designing Control Strategies in Physical Domains / Electronic Circuits / Examples of Thermopneumatic, Power Hydraulic and Economic Systems-Modelling and Simulation / Part A: Thermopneumatic system / Part B: Power hydraulics / Part C: Market economics / Appendix A: Introduction / Symbols Environment/ Examples / Bibliography / Index

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