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Selecting a water pump for low flow and 1 Bar pressure
I am designing a small automatic drip irrigation system. There will be about 10-15 drippers. Flow through the system will be about 1 l/minute, but this may change if expanding or reducing the system. ...
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Question on fluid flow measurement uncertainty
Say you are trying to measure the liquid flow rate (mass or volume) through a pipe and you want to get the best measurement possible, and you have two flow meters. In one scenario, you put one flow ...
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How do I connect a 3mm water tube to a plastic box?
I need to connect a 3mm inside-diameter tube from a solenoid valve to a plastic box. The box wall thickness is 4.5mm. The purpose is to empty water in the box when needed.
How should I connect it so ...
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How to have a watertight or airtight pipe seal that is rotating at a radius, with a stationary junction tube?
How would I have a watertight or airtight pipe that is rotating at a radius, if the main reservoir pipe is not? Since I'm pretty sure I didn't do a good job of describing what I mean, the image above ...
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A Doublet's stream function
We were learning about superpositions of potential flows.
so,
$$\Psi_{doublet} = \Psi_{source} + \Psi_{sink}$$
where: $\Psi_{source} = \frac{Q'}{2\pi}\theta_1$, and $\Psi_{sink} = \frac{-Q'}{2\pi}\...
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how to find torque from force due to pressures that change as a function of z
My teacher is very strict about copying his work so I will have to explain it.
We have a wall with two fluids of different constant densities and depths. The wall is 'L' long. The wall has a section ...
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If a gas is pushed through a widening section of a pipe with a piston, will the pressure increase?
Imagine I have a section of pipe that increases in cross-section at some point. If the gas in the pipe before this section is being displaced with a piston, will the gas increase its pressure and ...
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What material can wick up fluids while not allowing micro-organisms to pass?
I'm looking for a material that can wick up a solution containing nutrients and sugars. The dirty side of the wick should touch a medium to draw up the solution, on the clean side of the wick ...
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What is the purpose of the ink delivery disks found in most rollerball pens
See picture.
In most rollerball pens there are those peculiar looking disks near the nib, the purpose of which I have not yet figured out, apart from being some kind of ink reservoir/flow control.
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Hydraulic system dynamics modelling
I'm trying to mathematically model an actuation system and it comes down to relating the pressure across the pump and the actuator as shown in the picture. Assuming no friction in the pipes and the ...
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Bernoulli equation on moving cart
Let’s say I have moving cart with velocity U .
And water from pipe flows at velocity V with respect to ground
The question asks to use Bernoulli equation , pressure is atmospheric in the top
If I use ...
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Why does this glass tend to stick on surfaces
I have a glass here.
This is the bottom face of the glass.
Now this is on what I had kept my glass. There is a little much of water spilled on it. Let us call this thing as C
Now , when I lifted the ...
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Why is the direction of pressure always perpendicular to surface area for fluids?
Why is the direction of pressure always perpendicular to surface area of a body for fluids ? We also assume that it is an ideal fluid here.
So , pressure acts in all directions because fluid has a ...
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Finding all the pressure acting on base of cylidner
Water is filled in a flask up to a height of 20 cm. The bottom of the flask is circular with radius 10 cm. If the atmospheric pressure is $1.013 \times 10^5$ Pa,find total force exerted on the bottom ...
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Is Viscosity = Slope?
studying fluid mechanics, I see that viscosity relates shear stress to shear rate, like a slope. However, on graphs I see that they draw a triangle, and where I would expect to see $\Delta \tau $, I ...
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Air flow optimization in a small opening
I have a 36 x 6 cm opening from where I need to pull fresh air. I need to optimize for air flow as well as noise. I considered using 6 Noctua NF-A6x25 fans which would give me a total of 175,2 m3/h at ...
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Why does use with air or water reduce the maximum temperature of certain high temperature / pressure hoses?
This example is a Parker Hannifin model 426/436 "SAE 100 R1 AT / SAE 100 R16 High Temperature Hose".
Here are the temperature specifications:
(Full data sheet)
Although there is an asterisk ...
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Work calculation in a thermodynamics cycle process
To calculate work in a cyclic process (say Carnot cycle) we find area under p-v curve,or use net heat transfer= net work done.
Why won't we simply add work calculated in each process of a cycle,like ...
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Does the aerodynamic force qualify as a viscous damping force in the Mechanical Harmonic Oscillator
When reading about a harmonic oscillator, the most common form of damping is proportional to the velocity.
$$F_D = c \;\dot{x}$$
Without giving much thought to viscous damping, one example I always ...
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Turbulent boundary layer development in channel flow
I'm currently working on my Bachelor's thesis about the numerical simulation of a turbulent air flow through a rectangular channel. As part of that I'd like to compare my results to empirical ...
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Fluid Mechanics Question
I am preparing for GATE(Chemical). I need the answer of this question part 2 (question 54) as I am not able to find the mistake in my logic.
I have applied the logic here as:
Initial energy stored in ...
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At what volume would air bubbles become static in a fluid with viscosity of 7000cps
I would appreciate any help with this as its been a few years since my fluid dynamics courses at University!
Basically I am trying to determine the cause of voids that we are seeing in a set resin.
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determine if the flow is laminar or turbulent [closed]
what would be the the type of flow if the water flows through stainless steel channel? would it be a laminar flow or turbulent flow. I assume the adhesive force of water to stainless steel is minimum.
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Unequal water level in connected containers - Aquarium Sump
I have recently designed and had fabricated the following two sumps for my Aquarium (See image).
I have a pump in the right hand container (section 4), and the return is coming back into the left ...
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How to calculate flowrate of water through a crosssection of pipe?
Assume we have a pipe with a diameter of 10mm. Water is flowing through that pipe and we know that the water pressure at the 'open' end of the pipe is 2 atm. How would one go about calculating the ...
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Can you help me to source a screw thread G1 3/4 inch to anything to fit in my stainless steel heat exchanger?
Last year I bought s heat exchanger for my above ground 12 foot paddling pool. I also bought a pair of 'gee' one and three quarter thread pva plastic
adaptors to push in 50mm plain blank tapered holes....
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What is the convective acceleration?
I want to gain a better understanding of the convective acceleration that occurs for instance in Navier. Why, in a permanent flow, there can still be acceleration?
Thank you
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What is the best way to find solved problems similar to the one at hand?
This is a general question, so sorry if it breaks the rules. However, I think it is very important as more often than not someone else has already solved a similar problem that can be applied to solve ...
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Calculating the flow rate of a siphon system
What i am looking for:
I am looking for a formular to calculate the water output in $l/s$.
My goal is to match a pump (pumping the water back up) with the following setup, to keep it going with as ...
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Distribution of water through a pipe network
I have a network of stainless steel pipes that are distributing water throughout a building.
I know the flow rate of water entering the system is 600 IGPM, but am unsure of how this water will be ...
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Is it possible to have circulation without vorticity?
Both circulation and vorticity have to do with rotation of a fluid element.How are vorticity and circulation are related.
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Question About Pumps in Series
I have a circulation tank that runs a piping loop out and back in with a motor pump on it to keep fluid constantly agitated in it. I want to add an inlet to the tank, so I can fill it without pouring ...
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What Is The Liquid Depth Inside The Tank?
I know that $P_{total}=P_{gauge}+P_{atmosphere}$, so $P_{gauge}=P_{atmosphere}-P_{total}$
$P_{atmosphere}=101.325 KPa$ and $P_{gauge}=0.2 psig=1.38 KPa$.
$P_{gauge}=(0.8 \times sin{30})(900)(9.807) -...
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How is flow work calculated?
I am reading thermodynamics from Cengel and Boles. I am currently studying flow work. The following image contains text of the book:
The work done is calculated by considering the pressure of ...
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How can I connect F=ma to Drag=1/2*Cd*(rho)*V^2*A?
I previously posted a different question that was very vague. I have kept working on the problem, and now I have a different question. Please let me know if I should have just added it to the old ...
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Choosing a pump to inject liquid into a pressurised water pipe
I'm interested in using a pump to inject liquid into a mains water pipe (3-6 bar pressure)
I don't know what pump to use as they all seem too big for the task they are carrying out. I want to use a ...
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Measuring viscosity with tools other than viscometer
I would like to measure viscosity, but do not have access to a viscometer. If possible, I would like to avoid having to purchase one. I have access to many other flow measuring devices, including ...
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Buckingham-Pi Dimensional Analysis when there is a non-dimensional parameter: How is it accounted for?
I am in the process of completing a design project for my fluids course in which Buckingham-Pi /Dimensional Analysis is needed to find the optimal parameters needed to achieve a rotational rate of 120 ...
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Frictionless Flow
Suppose we have a water reservoir at some elevation say z and the flow is frictionless then by Bernoulli's equation we have the exit velocity (2gz)^0.5 . This means that the static pressure in the ...
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Water & plumbing pipes vs gravity or air pressure
I'm sure there is a simple answer here, so I apologize in advance for the unchallanging & low level question, but here it is:
Why does the water at water oulets, through out a building, stop ...
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What are fluids or “goos” called, that increase friction?
I have a shaft inside a bushing, the shaft has a gear on one end that is supposed to provide resistance to other gears it is driven with.
I'm having a hard time finding the correct term for the sort ...
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Determine Cp of an oil from density and temperature?
I suspect I know the answer to this, but hoping someone may know something I don't here.
Is there a way I can determine the specific heat capacity at constant pressure (Cp) of an oil if I know the ...
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How does this transformation actually happen?
I cant exactly give you the complete relevant details of the variables but assume the following (bold means vector):
B(x) ~ $\frac{1}{8\pi}*(\nabla\frac{1}{r})\times\int \mathbf X'\times \mathbf \...
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Method of Hydraulic Resistances (Crane TP 410), how accurate is it really?
A bit vague but a question for you working engineers out there.
For a couple of years now I've been designing fluid systems, mostly using Crane's TP 410 as the guiding resource for pressure drop ...
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Volumetric flow in a pipe from velocity
I think I'm missing something important here.
For a fluid with a velocity $u$ in a pipe with cross section area $S$, the volumetric flow rate is equal to:
$$Q_v = uS$$
If we now consider vectors, ...
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the angle of water surface in a moving car
in this picture, there is a container of water and it is moving on the slope.
we want the acceleration of the container while the angle of water surface is parallel to the slope.
so the book says the ...
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Fluid for mechanical lubrication and hydraulic connection to plastic/rubber parts
I have a piston made of anodized aluminium and stainless steel with nitrile seals which I need to connect hydraulically to our system which mainly consists of silicone rubber with polycarb and acrylic ...
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Fluid dynamics of a valve
I am new to fluid mechanics and am trying to understand the fluid mechanics of a simple valve.
Let's assume we have a simple tube, which is supplied with a constant stream of liquid using a pump.
At ...
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What pressure to take in surface tension question?
Pressure inside a water droplet is $0.32 N/cm^2$ if surface tension of liquid is $0.095 N/m$. We have to find the radius of the bubble
since it's a water droplet the formula used is $$P_i-P_o=\frac{...
