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COURSE PLAN
PNEUMATIC AND HYDRAULIC POWER SYSTEMS
College
College Faculty of Engineering Technology
Department Mechanical Engineering
Course
Course Title Hydraulic & Pneumatic Power Systems
Course Code 30128443
Credit Hours 3
Prerequisite Fluid Mechanics
Instructor
Name Prof. Omar Badran
Office No. NA
Tel (Ext) 0785553581
E-mail Omar_badran@bau.edu.jo , O_badran@yahoo.com
9:00 – 10:00 am Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday and 3:15 – 4:15 pm Monday and
Office Hours
Wednesday
Room
Class Times Building Day Start Time End Time
No.
11:45 am 1:00 Pm
Sunday, Tuesday and
Thursday
11:45am 1:00 Pm
MONDAY, WEDNESDAY

Text Book
Anthony Esposito. Fluid power with Applications. 7th Edition, Person Education Limited, USA.

References
James R. Daines. Fluid Power: Hydraulics and Pneumatics. 2nd Edition, FESTO, USA.

SECOND: PROFESSIONAL INFORMATION

COURSE DESCRIPTION
Introduction to fluid power, physical properties of hydraulic fluid, Hydraulic cylinder and cushioning
devices, hydraulic motors, hydraulic valves; hydraulic circuits design and analysis; pneumatic: air
preparation and components; pneumatic circuit and applications; control of fluid power, computer
applications.
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COURSE OBJECTIVES
 Introduce basic concepts of fluid power systems.

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

Upon the completion of this course students will be able to:
1) Knowledge and Understanding
 Students develop qualitative and quantitative understanding of fluid power systems.
 Students understand the basic concepts of hydraulic and pneumatic valves, motors and
cylinders.
 Students understand the concepts associated with performance, and loading of different fluid
power and energy analysis of cylinders and motors.
 The student should understand and be able to apply 1st and 2nd laws of thermodynamics and
basic fluid mechanics principles to analyze the general performance of fluid power systems.
 Students understand the design of fluid power circuits’ concepts.
 Students understand the concept of fluid logics.
 Students understand the basic calculations of conserving energy of fluid power systems.

2) Professional Skills
 Students will be required to solve different types of problems related to fluid power systems
 Students should be able to analyze the problem and how to use in a given physical situation a
useful method to solve engineering problems.
 Student should be able to analyze the design of fluid power circuits

3) Competences (Transferable skill and attributes)

 Students should be able to analyze and break down complex problems to known cases.
 Students showed learn how to solve fluid power problems related to different applications


COURSE SYLLABUS
Week Course Topic Notes
Week 1 Introduction to Fluid Power
Week 2 Review of basic fluid mechanics and
thermodynamics. Energy and power in
hydraulic systems
Week 3 Introduction to pumps
Week 4 Hydraulic Cylinders and Cushioning
devices
Week 5 Hydraulic motors
Week 6 Hydraulic valves
Week 7 Hydraulic circuits design and analysis
Week 8 Midterm exam Midterm Exam
Week 9 Ancillary hydraulic devices
Week 10 Pneumatics air preparation and
components
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Week 11 Pneumatic circuits and applications

Week 12 Basic electrical controls
Week 13 Automation studio computer software
Week 14 Case Study
Week 15 Case Study and Review
Week 16 Final exam Final Exam
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COURSE LEARNING RESOURCES

This module will be taught using available resources including: standard lectures and materials
uploaded to the e-learning system or to the site of Mechanical Students’.

ONLINE RESOURCES
https://web.facebook.com/groups/mid.group/

ASSESSMANT TOOLS
ASSESSMENT TOOLS %
Participation/attendance 5
Quiz 5
Mid Exam 40
Final Exam 50
TOTAL MARKS 100

THIRD: COURSE RULES

ATTENDANCE RULES
Attendance and participation are extremely important, and the usual University rules will apply.
Attendance will be recorded. Absence of 10% will result in a first written warning and in case exceeding
15% of the course, this will result in a second warning. Absence of 20% or more will result in forfeiting
the course and the student will not be permitted to attend the final exam. Should a student encounter
any special circumstances (i.e. medical or personal), he/she is encouraged to discuss this with the
instructor and written proof will be required to delete any absence from his/her attendance records.
GRADING SYSTEM
Example:
Points Grade
4 A
3.75 A-
3.5 B+
3 B
2.75 B-
2.5 C+
2 C
1.75 C-
1.5 D+
1 D
0.75 D-
0.5 F

REMARKS
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Use of Mobile Devices, Laptops, etc. During Class, unexpected noises and movement automatically
divert and capture people's attention, which means you are affecting everyone’s learning experience if
your cell phone, laptop, etc. makes noise or is visually distracting during class. For this reason, students
are required to turn off their mobile devices and close their laptops during class.

Academic Integrity. Students, who copy assignments, allow assignments to be copied, or cheat on tests
will fail the assignment or test on the first offense, and may fail the entire course on the second.
Plagiarism means using words, ideas, or arguments from another person or source without citation. Cite
all sources consulted to any extent (including material from the internet), whether or not assigned and
whether or not quoted directly.

COURSE COORDINATOR
Course Coordinator: Prof. Omar Badran
Signature:
Date: 24-Jun-2020