Course detail
Mechanic and Hydraulic Gears
FSI-QMH Acad. year: 2025/2026 Winter semester
The course deals with the following topics: Hydrostatic transmissions: elements of hydrostatic mechanisms – converters, elements for pressure regulation, elements for flow regulation, elements for flow direction regulation, auxiliary elements, proportional elements. Calculation of hydrostatic circuits, starting and braking, thermal balance. Hydrostatic circuits of working machines. Hydrodynamic transmissions: hydrodynamic couplings and hydraulic torque converters. Combined hydraulic and mechanical gears.
Language of instruction
Czech
Number of ECTS credits
5
Supervisor
Department
Entry knowledge
Successful completion of the course is conditional on the basic knowledge of technical mechanics, physics and higher mathematics.
Rules for evaluation and completion of the course
The exam is written. It consists of an example and theoretical questions. Preparation time is 100 minutes.
Course-unit credit is awarded on condition of having attended the seminars actively and completed all tasks, as well as fulfilled the requirements of continuous control. Presence in the exercises is obligatory.
Aims
The aim of this course is to develop and deepen students' knowledge in the area of machine mechanisms and hydraulic systems with a focus on sustainable development and ecology. Students will learn about biodegradable oils, their specific properties, advantages, and applications in hydraulic systems, including their role in achieving Green Deal objectives. Completing this course will equip students with the necessary knowledge to design and construct mobile working machines, emphasizing environmental impact reduction through sustainable technologies and materials.
Students will be acquire knowledge of designing and construction especially of mobile machines from the study program. They will widen and deepen their knowledge of design of regulative hydrostatic circuit, with respect to the latest development trends.
Study aids
ŠKOPÁN, Miroslav. Hydraulické pohony strojů.. Brno: University of Technology in Brno, 2009. [cit. 1/10/2018]. Available from https://www.vutbr.cz/studis/student.phtml
The study programmes with the given course
Programme N-ADI-P: Automotive and Material Handling Engineering, Master's, compulsory-optional
Type of course unit
Lecture
39 hours, optionally
Syllabus
1. Theory of hydrostatic mechanisms, continuity equation, Bernoullis relation.
2. Hydraulic resistances in the hydrostatic mechanisms.
3. Transmission of pressure energy in the hydrostatic mechanisms, resistances H, R, D, Oils and Their Environmental Impact.*
4. Switching-in resistances of the same and different type, resistance network.
5. Starting and braking hydrostatic mechanisms, heat calculation of hydrostatic circuits.
6. Components of hydrostatic mechanism: converters and their parameters.
7. Hydraulic generators: construction, characteristic curves, circuits.
8. Rotary and rectilinear hydraulic motors: construction, characteristic curves, connection in circuit.
9. Elements for pressure, direction and rate of flow control.
10. Proportional elements, auxiliary elements.
11. The ground of hydrostatic mechanisms design.
12. Hydrostatic propulsive circuits of mobile working machines.
13. Hydrodynamic couplings and hydraulic torque converters.
Laboratory exercise
8 hours, compulsory
Syllabus
6. Construction and maintenance of main elements of hydrostatic circuits (in the form of a professional excursion).
7. Drawing up a hydraulic generator characteristic curve (in the form of a professional excursion).
8. Control of hydraulic motors speed in open hydraulic circuits (in the form of a professional excursion).
Exercise
18 hours, compulsory
Syllabus
1. Liquids in Hydrostatic Circuits, Properties, Comparison between Traditional and Biodegradable Oils.*
2. Hydraulic loss in hydrostatic mechanisms.
3. Calculation of resistances across movement, acceleration, deformation.
4. Calculation of starting and braking hydrostatic mechanisms.
5. Heat calculation of hydrostatic mechanisms.