Original state of boom

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1.1 Original state of boom

3 1.2 The boom started to expand 3 1.3 The boom cannot expend independently 4 1.4 The firefighting machine 5 2.1 Hydraulic hose 11 2.2 A Simple Open Center Hydraulic Circuit 13 2.3 Open-loop and Closed-loop hydraulic circuit 15 2.4 An exploded view of an external gear pump 16 2.5 Cutaway View of Hydraulic Cylinder 18 2.6 SimHydraulic circuit of a system 22 2.7 Screen shot captured in SolidWorks 23 2.8 The front view of firefighting machine 24 2.9 Side view of firefighting machine 25 2.10 The back view of firefighting machine 25 2.11 The nozzle of firefighting machine 26 2.12 The angle and height cylinder 26 2.13 The boom cylinder 27 3.1 Design Process 29 3.2 Conceptual Design 31 3.3 Example of Hydraulic Circuit 33 3.4 Cutaway diagram 36 3.5 Pictorial Diagram example 36 3.6 SolidWorks view 38 4.1 MATLAB desktop preview 42 4.2 Simulink library browser 42 4.3 Block connection 1 44 4.4 Block connection 2 44 4.5 Block connection 3 45 4.6 Block connection 4 46 4.7 Block connection 5 47 4.8 Block connection 6 48 4.9 Block connection 7 49 4.10 Tank connection 50 4.11 Block connection 8 51 4.12 Block connection 9 52 4.13 Block connection 10 53 4.14 Block connection 11 54 4.15 Complete first model 55 4.16 Block connection 12 57 4.17 Hydraulic reference connection 57 4.18 Block connection 13 58 4.19 Block connection 14 59 4.20 Block connection 15 60 4.21 Complete second model 61 4.22 Configuration parameter dialog 62 4.23 Hydraulic fluid dialog box 62 4.24 Boom cylinder parameter 64 4.25 Parameter for angle and height cylinder 66 4.26 Parameter for directional valve 67 4.27 Parameter for pump 68 4.28 Parameter for pressure relief valve 69 4.29 Parameter for translational friction 69 4.30 Ideal translational motion sensors parameter 70 5.1 Existing hydraulic system 72 5.2 Boom cylinder translation 73 5.3 Angle cylinder translation 73 5.4 The height cylinder 74 5.5 First model system 75 5.6 Boom cylinder translation 76 5.7 Angle cylinder translation 76 5.8 Height cylinder translation 77 5.9 Second model system 79 5.10 Boom cylinder translation 80 5.11 Angle cylinder translation 80 5.12 Height cylinder translation 81 CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION This chapter will explain about the introduction of the project which covers the overview, problem statement, objectives, and scope of the project.

1.1 Overview