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Venturi Design Calculation Results

This document details an experiment to calculate the discharge coefficient (Cd) of a tube using the equation: Q = Cd * A * √(2g(h1-h2)) Where Q is the volume flow rate, A is the cross-sectional area, g is acceleration due to gravity, and h1 and h2 are the upstream and downstream water heights. The experiment involved measuring flow rates and water heights for different sized tubes. Plotting Q vs (h1-h2)^0.5 yielded a straight line, whose gradient equals √(2g)*Cd*A. Using the measured values, the document calculates Cd = 0.95 for the tube,

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Venturi Design Calculation Results

This document details an experiment to calculate the discharge coefficient (Cd) of a tube using the equation: Q = Cd * A * √(2g(h1-h2)) Where Q is the volume flow rate, A is the cross-sectional area, g is acceleration due to gravity, and h1 and h2 are the upstream and downstream water heights. The experiment involved measuring flow rates and water heights for different sized tubes. Plotting Q vs (h1-h2)^0.5 yielded a straight line, whose gradient equals √(2g)*Cd*A. Using the measured values, the document calculates Cd = 0.95 for the tube,

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Calculation

Cd a2

2 g ( h 1h2 )

From

a2
a1

( )

, we can see that plotting Q against (h1-h2) 0.5, will

give a straight line passing through the origin, whose gradient will be equal to

2 g

Cd a2

a2
a1

( )

Q = mass flow rate / density of water


Results
A
(mm)

190
192
195
204
208
212
Weight 221
Time
230
of
(s)
water 238
244
(kg)
248
75

90.31

75

48.08

75

36.82

75

29.08

75

26.46

75

24.01

75

20.80

75

18.42

75

18.40

75

17.34

75

16.38

B
(m
m)

C
(m
m)

D
(m
m)

E
(m
m)

F
(m
m)

G
(m
m)

189 183 175 179 181 181


189 178 160 161 168 174
192 174 146 150 161 170
199 168 122 130 152 164
200 164 110 120 146 164
204 160 95
109 140 157
211Volume
154 h1-h2
70
91 (h1-130 153
218tric150 (m)
50
77 h2)0.5
123 150
224flow144 33
65
115 147
229rate139 16
52
109 144
231(Q) 134 0 Tube40
102
Diameter
140
(m3/s)
(mm)
0.00008304 A 0.01 0.122
26.00
728
5
5
0.00015599 B 0.03 0.178
23.20
002
2
9
0.00020369 C 0.04 0.221
18.40
364
9
4
0.00025790 D 0.08 0.286
16.00
922
2
4
0.00028344 E 0.09 0.313
16.80
671
8
0
0.00031236 F 0.11 0.342
18.47
985
7
1
0.00036057 G 0.15 0.388
20.16
692
1
6
0.00040716 H 0.18 0.424
21.84
612
0
3
0.00040760 I 0.20 0.452
23.53
870
5
8
0.00043252 J 0.22 0.477
25.24
595
8
5
0.00045787 K 0.24 0.498
26.00
546
8
0

H
(m
m)

I
(m
m)

J
(m
m)

K
(m
m)

184 183 182


177 180 180
174 179 180
173 179 181
170 178 181
169 178 182
166 176 181
168 181 189
168 182 191
166 182 192
159 Area
181(m2194
)
0.000530
9
0.000422
7
0.000265
9
0.000201
1
0.000221
7
0.000267
9
0.000319
2
0.000374
6
0.000434
8
0.000500
3
0.000530
9

178
180
181
184
184
185
186
195
195
198
200

Min
(h2)
(m
m)
175
160
146
122
110
95
70
50
33
16
0

Max
(h1)
(mm)
190
192
195
204
208
212
221
230
238
244
248

a1 = 0.0005309 m2
a2 = 0.0002011 m2

g = 9.81 m2/s
Density of water = 1000 kg/m3
Plotting Q against (h1-h2)0.5

Gradient of Q (m3/s) against (h1-h2)0.5 plot = 0.000914242

Cd a2

2 g
a2
1
a1

( )

= 0.000914242

Replacing values of g, a2 and a1:


Cd = 0.000914242 / 0.000962 = 0.95009675
Value of Cd = 0.95

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