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Experimental Methods for Measuring the Viscous Friction Coefficient in Hydraulic Spool Valves

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  • Massimo Rundo

    (Department of Energy, Politecnico di Torino, 10129 Turin, Italy)

  • Paolo Casoli

    (Department of Engineering and Architecture, University of Parma, 43124 Parma, Italy)

  • Antonio Lettini

    (Casappa SpA, 43044 Lemignano di Collecchio, Italy)

Abstract

In hydraulic components, nonlinearities are responsible for critical behaviors that make it difficult to realize a reliable mathematical model for numerical simulation. With particular reference to hydraulic spool valves, the viscous friction coefficient between the sliding and the fixed body is an unknown parameter that is normally set a posteriori in order to obtain a good agreement with the experimental data. In this paper, two different methodologies to characterize experimentally the viscous friction coefficient in a hydraulic component with spool are presented. The two approaches are significantly different and are both based on experimental tests; they were developed in two distinct laboratories in different periods of time and applied to the same flow compensator of a pump displacement control. One of the procedures was carried out at the Fluid Power Research Laboratory of the Politecnico di Torino, while the other approach was developed at the University of Parma. Both the proposed methods reached similar outcomes; moreover, neither method requires the installation of a spool displacement transducer that can significantly affect the results.

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  • Massimo Rundo & Paolo Casoli & Antonio Lettini, 2021. "Experimental Methods for Measuring the Viscous Friction Coefficient in Hydraulic Spool Valves," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(13), pages 1-19, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:13:y:2021:i:13:p:7174-:d:582670
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