SimHydraulics

Introduction

SimHydraulics^® extends Simscape with tools for modeling and simulating hydraulic power and control systems. It enables you to describe multidomain systems containing connected hydraulic and mechanical components as physical networks. It provides a representative library of hydraulic components and building blocks that lets you implement other components.

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Model a hydraulic actuation system. A double-acting hydraulic cylinder controlled by a four-way directional valve is modeled using SimHydraulics components.

SimHydraulics can be used for a variety of automotive, aerospace, defense, and industrial equipment applications, such as modeling automatic transmissions, and actuating flight control surfaces and heavy equipment. With Simscape, SimMechanics, SimDriveline, and SimPowerSystems (all available separately), SimHydraulics lets you model complex interactions in hydromechanical and hydroelectrical systems.

Key Features

• Modeling environment for building hydraulic and hydromechanical systems as physical networks
• More than 45 hydraulic and mechanical components, including pumps, valves, accumulators, and pipelines
• Customizable library of common hydraulic fluids
• Access to linearization and steady-state capabilities in Simscape

Hydraulic circuit schematic of a system that contains a gas-charged accumulator and a double-acting cylinder (bottom left). The colored blocks in the associated SimHydraulics model (top right) correspond to the colored elements in the circuit schematic.