Hydraulics is a topic in
applied science and
engineering dealing with the mechanical properties of
liquids or fluids. At a very basic level, hydraulics is the liquid version of
pneumatics.
Fluid mechanics provides the theoretical foundation for hydraulics, which focuses on the engineering uses of fluid properties. In
fluid power, hydraulics are used for the generation, control, and transmission of
power by the use of
pressurized liquids. Hydraulic topics range through some part of science and most of engineering modules, 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.
