TY - JOUR TI - CFD analysis of flow forces acting on the spool of directional control valve type WE10J AU - Lisowski, Edward AU - Rajda, Janusz TI - CFD analysis of flow forces acting on the spool of directional control valve type WE10J AB - The paper presents a CFD analysis of flow forces acting on a spool of directional control valve type WE10J. This is a four-port, three-position, solenoid directly operated valve with a nominal diameter of 10 mm and working pressure up to 35 MPa. The aim of the study was to investigate whether hydraulic forces acting on the spool during the flow of working fluid through the valve could be reduced by changing the geometry of that spool. ANSYS/Fluent software was used for the CFD analysis. VL - 2015 IS - Mechanika Zeszyt 2-M (7) 2015 PY - 2016 SN - 0011-4561 C1 - 2353-737X SP - 133 EP - 140 UR - https://ejournals.eu/czasopismo/czasopismo-techniczne/artykul/cfd-analysis-of-flow-forces-acting-on-the-spool-of-directional-control-valve-type-we10j KW - CFD analysis KW - hydraulic directional control valve KW - flow forces KW - ANSYS/Fluent