Effect of dynamic properties attributable to hydraulic lines onto operation of avionic

The present paper is dedicated to discuss how dynamic parameters of a hydraulic line intended to transfer hydraulic power from a source of hydraulic power (a hydraulic pump) to an actuating device (a hydraulic motor) can affect operation of an avionic hydraulic drive. Avionic hydraulic drives are operated with fast-varying waveforms of flow intensities and pressures. It is why analysis of most hydraulic drive systems must take account of compressibility of working fluid and elasticity of hydraulic lines. It leads to a wave model for propagation of energy variation down a hydraulic line (a pipe). The paper deals with flow of a compressible liquid via a hydraulic line with flexible walls. Theoretical deliberations were successfully verified by experimental research studies that were carried out on a dedicated test bench, therefore the presented amplitude vs. frequency characteristic curves of the hydraulic line could be obtained from both theoretical considerations and experimental research studied. The experimental research studies were carried out for hydraulic line terminated with a fixed flow restrictor alone and a flow restrictor combined with a hydraulic accumulator as well as for a hydraulic line supplied from a source of constant pressure and terminated with a valve with adjustable flow together with a hydraulic accumulator. The theoretical calculations for the amplitude vs. frequency characteristic curve are based on a model for a hydraulic line with its resistance depending on frequency.