Hydraulics

Table of Hydraulics and Hydrostatics, from the 1728 Cyclopaedia.

Hydraulics is a topic of science and engineering subject dealing with the mechanical properties of liquids. Many machines work on hydraulic power.

One of the founders of modern hydraulics was Benedetto Castelli, a student of Galileo Galilei.

Fluid mechanics provides the theoretical foundation for hydraulics, which focuses on the engineering uses of fluid properties.

Related pages

• Archimedes' screw
• Hydrology

Other websites

• International Association of Hydraulic Engineering and Research (IAHR)
• visualization of hydraulic concepts
• Information about Fluid Power is also available on the National Fluid Power Association web-site nfpa.com
• Decision tree to choose an uncertainty method for hydrological and hydraulic modelling Archived 2013-06-01 at the Wayback Machine