Project 1

solid: bottom cap

solid : head cap

actuator

graph

rod

piston

chamber A

chamber B

Double-acting hydraulic cylinder Double-acting hydraulic cylinders are linear hydraulic actuators that perform the movement in both directions using hydraulic pressure. The piston stroke in double-acting cylinders is much longer than in a single-acting cylinder.

This figure shows the block diagram of the double-acting cylinder model described above. The example uses two Translational Mechanical Converter (IL) blocks to model the chambers A and B of the cylinder. A Translational Multibody Interface block connects the Translational Mechanical Converter (IL) blocks to the Prismatic Joint block. See Connecting Simscape Networks to Simscape Multibody Joints for details of how to use the Translational Multibody Interface block.