Good Hydraulic Textbook?

[Reverend Blair]

Does anybody know of a good textbook for teaching yourself about hydraulics? I'm thinking of something along the lines of Koel's Carpentry text...comprehensive, yet adaptable to self-learning. I see a few texts out there, but I have no way of knowing which is good.

It seems like I've been fixing various forms of hydraulic systems since I was a lad...usually in the cold and dark...and I'm tired of guessing. I'd like to just buy a book and learn the theory and have a reference for equations and so on.

 

[kennyd]

Here is one online that I have read: Army Hydraulic Manual

 

[Reverend Blair]

That looks a whole lot better than the tattered copy of "Agricultural Mechanics" that my uncle got as a kid. Thanks kennyD.

 

[jgrreed]

Does anybody know of a good textbook for teaching yourself about hydraulics? I'm thinking of something along the lines of Koel's Carpentry text...comprehensive, yet adaptable to self-learning. I see a few texts out there, but I have no way of knowing which is good.

It seems like I've been fixing various forms of hydraulic systems since I was a lad...usually in the cold and dark...and I'm tired of guessing. I'd like to just buy a book and learn the theory and have a reference for equations and so on.

Depending on how in depth you wanna go, google Brendan Casey. He knows A LOT of stuff....

-Jer.

 

[dkhntr04]

Vickers Industrial Hydraulics Manual. It was required for my fluid power course in college. Pretty decent info and can be had for under $20.

 

[kattywumpus]

Depending on how in depth you wanna go, google Brendan Casey. He knows A LOT of stuff....

-Jer.

Many of Brendan Casey's articles can be found here:

Brendan Casey