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Hydraulic Cylinder

Ideal transformation between hydraulic and 1-D translational work

	Description
	The Hydraulic Cylinder component models an ideal translational actuator. It transforms energy between the hydraulic and translational domains.

	Equations
	$p = p_{a}$ $q = q_{a} = A \frac{d s_{rel}}{d t}$ $f = - f_{a} = f_{b} = - A p$ $s_{rel} = s_{b} - s_{a}$

Variables

Name	Units	Description	Modelica ID
$p$	$Pa$	Pressure in cylinder	p
$q$	$\frac{m^{3}}{s}$	Flow rate into cylinder	q
$s_{rel}$	$m$	Relative distance between flanges	s_rel
$f$	$N$	Force between flanges	f
$f_{x}$	$N$	Force at flange $x, x \in \{a, b\}$ between flanges	flange_x.f

Connections

Name	Description	Modelica ID
$portA$	Hydraulic port	portA
${flange}_{a}$	Left flange of compliant 1-dim. translational component	flange_a
${flange}_{b}$	Right flange of compliant 1-dim. translational component	flange_b

Parameters

Name	Default	Units	Description	Modelica ID
$A$	$1$	$m^{2}$	Cross-sectional area of piston	A

See Also

Hydraulics Library

Linear Actuators

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