Simulation package OHC-Sim for design of oil-hydraulic circuit and analysis of its dynamic characteristics

This paper presents OHC-Sim (Oil-Hydraulic Circuit Simulation Program) which is a simulation package for design of an oil-hydraulic circuit and analysis of its dynamic characteristics. In order to make the design and improvement processes of an oil-hydraulic circuit more effective and systematic, OHC-Sim was developed with the support of JHPS (the Japan Hydraulics and Pneumatics Society) and has been improved in the research committee of JHPS. OHC-Sim has a user friendly graphical user interface in Windows 95(R) environment, and provides easy design and improvement of an oil-hydraulic circuit referring to its simulated dynamic behaviors on personal computer. In this paper, the basic structure of OHC-Sim are described and main functions of OHC-Sim are shown through an example.