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MEET 3940 Fluid Mechanics Applications

Lab No. 5 Hydroflow System Design

By Austin Ciervo

November 12, 2018

Abstract In this experiment, the HYDROFLOW software was used to design and compute a hydraulics system. The problem asked to find the pressure after the given pump. The system was simulated and the program computed that the pressure after the pump was 140.55 psi. This calculation was confirmed by hand calculations which resulted in a pressure of 141.7 psi after the pump. This yielded a percent difference of 0.8166% which is an acceptable error. The HYDROFLOW software is concluded to be an effective way to calculate hydraulic systems.

Introduction The purpose of this experiment was to become familiar with the HYDROFLOW software to design hydraulics systems.

Theory The HYDROFLOW software can simulate and calculate hydraulics systems more efficiently than by hand calculations. The problem simulated is 8.46 and can be found in the textbook on page 202.

Procedure First, solve the problem by hand. Then, to verify calculations, use the HYDROFLOW software to simulate the problem. First add an open water reservoir, then add a pipe and connect a pump with 448.8 ugpm. Add a pressure gauge after the pump. Next, add an 8-in Schedule 40 steel pipe with a length of 2500 feet to a second open water reservoir that is elevated 210 feet. Lastly, generate a complete report of the simulated problem

Results

Discussion As a result, from the simulation, the gauge pressure after the pump reads 140.55 psi. This is very close to our hand calculation result which was calculated to be 141.7 psi. This calculates a percent error of only 0.8116%.

Conclusion In conclusion, the results from the simulation versus hand calculation showed to be extremely close in value with a percent different of 0.8166%. This percent error most likely could be due to the number of significant figures used in each calculation. Since the simulation yielded such a low percent error, it can be concluded that the HYDROFLOW software is a reliable and effective tool to use for computing hydraulics systems

References [1] M. Manzo, and I. Hill, ‘HYDROFLOW System Design’. Lab Instruction, Fall 2018. [2] ‘Convert cubic feet per second to US gallons per minute - Volumetric flow rate converter,’ UnitJuggler. [Online]. Available: https://www.unitjuggler.com/convert-flowratefrom-cfm-to-us-gpm.html. [Accessed: 12-Nov-2018].

Appendices Appendix A. Hand Calculations...