In this study we determine constitutive relations (relations between saturation, hydraulic conductivity and pressure head) for unsaturated fractured rocks using a computational procedure that mimics the laboratory technique of measurement. Isotropic three-dimensional rock samples with random vertical and horizontal fractures are computationally constructed. Each fracture is conceptualized as a ...

Schizothorax prenanti is an endemic fish in the mountain rivers of southwestern China with unique protection value. To further explore the vortex motion of hydraulic habitats, which is closely related to the fish breeding process, the cross-sectional vorticity was used to evaluate the hydraulic conditions of the natural spawning habitat of S. prenanti. A coupled level-set and volume-of-fluid (C...

[1] Prediction of flow through variably saturated porous media requires accurate knowledge of the soil hydraulic properties, namely the water retention function (WRF) and the hydraulic conductivity function (HCF). Unfortunately, direct measurement of the HCF is time consuming and expensive. In this study, we derive a simple closed-form equation that predicts the saturated hydraulic conductivity...

Robustness and fault-tolerance are desirable properties for hydraulic working machines and field robots. In applications where service personnel do not have easy access to the machine, it is important that the machine can continue its operation despite single machinery faults. Digital hydraulics enables a design which is inherently fault-tolerant by having each hydraulic actuator controlled by ...

An analytical solution for three-dimensional (3D) flow in the storative semiconfining layers of a leaky aquifer fully penetrated by a production well is developed in this article to provide a method from which accurate hydraulic parameters in the semiconfining layers can be derived from aquifer test data. The analysis of synthetic aquifer test data with the 3D analytical solution in the semicon...

This paper describes a unified approach to modeling and simulation of hydraulic systems using bond graphs. Unlike the others, the causalities are not applied in bond graph settings. This leads that mathematical model is generated in the form of differential algebraic equation (DAEs) and solved as such by suitable solver. Bond graph model of simple hydraulic system has developed using program Bo...

Real-time learning control of a hydraulic actuator is studied using a cerebellar model articulation controller (CMAC) neural network architecture. Experiments are conducted on a onedegree-of-freedom hydraulic cylinder. The main applications considered are the earth-moving equipment applications. The electrohydraulic valve used to control the flow in the hydraulic circuit is an open-centre non-p...