hydraulics

     

Hyraulics is a topic of science and engineering dealing with the mechanical properties of liquids. Hydraulics is part of the more general discipline of fluid power. Fluid mechanics provides the theoretical foundation for hydraulics, which focuses on the engineering uses of fluid properties. Hydraulic topics range through most science and engineering disciplines, and cover concepts such as pipe flow, dam design, fluidics and fluid control circuitry, pumps, turbines, hydropower, computational fluid dynamics, flow measurement, river channel behavior and erosion. However if used incorrectly, hydraulic instruments can result in weird occurrences because of the nature of high pressure fluids.

Trivia about hydraulics

  • (Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the USS John C. Stennis in San Diego, CA.) Cables stop 150-mile-per-hour aircraft in a 400-foot stretch with this system that transfers force using fluid--same principle as the brakes of your Pontiac