Continuing the discussion from the last installment of “Motion Control,” internal leakage is not the only loss in the pump. There are technical frictional losses as well. These are symbolized algebraically with Rfw, meaning “friction and windage,” an ages-old term for the analogous frictional losses in electrical motors and generators...
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