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Sigma KEE - HydraulicCylinder
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hydraulic cylinder
A Device consisting of a HoleRegion that is the cylinder, and a Piston. Oil is forces into one part of the cylinder, moving the piston in the opposite direction, imparting force to a shaft that is part of the piston. Note that a cylinder without a piston, or a piston without a cylinder, is not considered a hydraulic cylinder. Both parts are essential to its identity.
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Parents physical system PhysicalSystem is the class of complex Physical things. A PhysicalSystem may have one or more corresponding abstract Graph representations.
Children master cylinderThis is the source of hydraulic pressure that actuates the BrakeCaliper, and is in turn actuated by the driver stepping on the BrakePedal.


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