Fluid Mechanics and Water Flow Videos

Pressure loss due to friction in a horizontal pipe. Water discharge from a tank through an orifice. Videos of experiments and computer analysis.

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Video of pressure drop (due to pipe friction) experiment of water flowing through a 4-ft lengh of 3/4-inch PVC pipe
Video: FrictionLossExpt-5min.mp4 - 5 minutes
(created July 5, 2008)

Comparison of experimental results of pressure drop due to friction with calculations using Hazen-Williams friction losses video
Video: FrictionLossAnalysisHW-8min.mp4 - 8 minutes
Calculator: Hazen Williams Pipe Flow Calculator

Comparison of experimental results of pressure drop due to friction with calculations using Darcy-Weisbach friction losses video
Video: FrictionLossAnalysisDW-8min.mp4 - 8 minutes
Calculator: Darcy Weisbach Pipe Flow Calculator

Video of tank discharge experiment
Video: TankExperiment.mp4 - 6 minutes
(created May 19, 2008)
 

Video of comparison of experimental results with calculation results: flow rate computed from head
Video: TankAnalysisQfromH.mp4 - 8 minutes
Calculator: Tank Discharge Calculator

Comparison of experimental results with calculation results: flow rate and head computed from water trajectory video
Video: TankAnalysisQHfromXY.mp4 - 11 minutes
Calculator: Tank Discharge Calculator