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Shuttle Valve

Shuttle valve with pressure bias

 

Description

Connections

Parameters

Description

The Shuttle Valve component allows flow out of port C from the either port A or port B, depending which has the higher pressure.

Based on the orifice area, the pressure vs. flow rate relationship is calculated by the formulation used in the Orifice component.

The boolean parameters Use volume A, Use volume B, and Use volume C, when true, add optional volumes VA, VB, and VC to ports A, B, and C, respectively.

Connections

Name

Description

Modelica ID

portA

Hydraulic port of left inlet

portA

portB

Hydraulic port of right inlet

portB

portC

Hydraulic port of bottom outlet

portC

Parameters

General

Name

Default

Units

Description

Modelica ID

popen

1·104

Pa

Pressure difference to make one side fully open

popen

Aclose

1·10−12

m2

Orifice area when closed (leakage)

Aclose

Aopen

1·10−5

m2

Orifice area when fully open

Aopen

Exact

false

 

True (checked) means a first-order dynamics is used for the valve areas

Exact

tc

0.1

s

Time constant

tc

Use constant Cd

true

 

True (checked) means a constant coefficient of discharge is implemented, otherwise a variable Cd is used in flow calculation

UseConstantCd

Cd

0.7

 

Flow-discharge coefficient; used when Use constant Cd is true

Cd

Cr

12

 

Reynolds number at critical flow; used when Use constant Cd is true

ReCr

Cdmax

0.7

 

Maximum flow-discharge coefficient; used when Use constant Cd is false

Cd_max

Critno

1000

 

Critical flow number; used when Use constant Cd is false

Crit_no

Optional Volumes

Name

Default

Units

Description

Modelica ID

Use volume A

false

 

True (checked) means a hydraulic volume chamber is added to portA

useVolumeA

VA

1·10−6

m3

Volume of chamber A

Va

Use volume B

false

 

True (checked) means a hydraulic volume chamber is added to portB

useVolumeB

VB

1·10−6

m3

Volume of chamber B

Vb

Use volume C

false

 

True (checked) means a hydraulic volume chamber is added to portC

useVolumeC

VC

1·10−6

m3

Volume of chamber C

Vc

For more information see Port Volumes.

See Also

Hydraulics Library

Valves