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Drives and Gears

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 338-0519/04
Abbreviation PohPř
Course title Drives and Gears
Credits 4
Coordinating department Department of Hydromechanics and Hydraulic Equipment
Course coordinator doc. Dr. Ing. Lumír Hružík

Subject syllabus

1 Purpose and definition of a drive system. Load kinematics. Basic equation of motion.
2 Application of the motion equation; operating modes of the load and drive system. Optimization of power transmission.
3 Energy and heat balance of power transmission. Power loss.
4 Electric motors: classification, characteristics, properties. DC and AC electric motors.
5 Combustion engines—classification, characteristics, properties, control.
6 Combustion turbines. Pneumatic motors. Hydraulic motors.
7 Mechanical transmissions, classification, properties, losses.
8 Hydrostatic transmissions, structure, parameters, control.
9 Hydrodynamic transmissions, classification, properties. Hydrodynamic coupling, theory, design, characteristics.
10 Hydrodynamic converter, theory, design, characteristics. Cooperation of hydrodynamic transmission with drive motor.
11 Combined transmissions. Purpose and applications. Power branching.
12 Multi-motor drives. Theoretical fundamentals, characteristics.
13 ️A common characteristic of motor and load. Design and calculation of drive motors.

Literature

Bosch Rexroth AG. Hydraulics – Basic Principles, Knowledge in Detail. Edition 1. Würzburg: Bosch Rexroth Academy, Germany, 2022. 380 p. ISBN 978-3-9820731-5-6 .
DESHPANDE, M.V. Electric Motors. Applications and Control. Eastern Economy Edition, 2010. 228 p. ISBN: 978-81-203-3643-8 .
BEATER, P. Pneumatic Drives. Springer, 2007. 324 p. ISBN 978-3-540-69470-0.

Advised literature

MURRENHOFF, H. Fundamentals of Fluid Power: Part 1 Hydraulics. Shaker Verlag GmbH, Germany, 2016. 388 p. ISBN 978-3844048179 .
GÖTZ, W. Hydraulics. Theory and Applications. Ditzingen, Germany: OMEGON, 1998. 291 s. ISBN 3-980-5925-3-7.
DE, N.K., SEN, P.K. Electric Drives. Applications and Control. Eastern Economy Edition, 2006. 324 p. ISBN: 978-81-203-1492-4 .