This book presents a comprehensive methodology of modeling the interaction of mechanical and hydraulic dynamics of a hydro-mechanical multi-body system using the relatively new bond graph tool. A low duty excavating manipulator with three degrees of freedom is used as a case study. Bond graph method is chosen as the modeling tool because, firstly, it is a domain-independent graphical method of representing the dynamics of physical systems. Therefore, systems from different engineering disciplines can be described in the same way. Secondly, the available literature shows that the...