POE Hydraulic Power

Hydraulics is defined as the use of ______ flowing under pressure to transmit power from one location to another.

Liquid in a hydraulic system behaves like a _____ since it compresses very little.

• Gas

• Solid

• Wave

• Student

Hydraulics vs. Pneumatics:

Hydraulics systems have...

(than pneumatics systems)

• Slower Motion

• Same Motion

• Faster Motion

Hydraulics vs. Pneumatics:

Hydraulics systems are generally...

(than pneumatics systems)

• Less Precise

• Equally Precise

• More Precise

Hydraulics vs. Pneumatics:

Hydraulics systems generally produce...

(than pneumatics systems)

• Less Power

• Same Power

• More Power

Hydraulics systems often operates at pressures of...

• 1-100 psi

• 50-500 psi

• 500-5,000 psi

• 10,000-100,000 psi

Early Hydraulic Uses

Water wheels exists as early as...

• 1st century BC

• 1500s

• 2nd BC

• 1920s

Early Hydraulics Uses

Roman Aqueducts...

(Select all that apply)

• Delivered water to buildings

• Used gravity to create flow

• Delivered water to agricultural fields

• Fountains were decorative and used by people to collect water for practical use

Hydrodynamic Systems: Fluid is in _____.

Hydrodynamic Systems: Force and Energy are transmitted by ____.