Armfield Engineering Education

FLUID MECHANICS

F1-10 Accessory
F1-19 Flow Channels - Issue 19

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The Flow Channel introduces students to the characteristics of flow in an open channel at an elementary level.

Order Specification |
Description |
Technical Details |
Demonstration & Visualisation Capabilities

| Shipping Specification and Dimensions

ORDERING SPECIFICATION

• Clear acrylic working section fed from stilling tank

• Six different models for investigation

• Dye injection system

• Quick release fitting for easy connection to hydraulics bench

• Educational Software available as an option

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Description

The channel consists of a clear acrylic working section of large depth to width ratio incorporating undershot and overshot weirs at the inlet and discharge ends respectively.

Water is fed to the streamlined channel entry via a stilling tank to reduce turbulence. Water discharging from the channel is collected in the volumetric tank of the Hydraulics Bench and returned to the sump for recirculation.

A dye injection system incorporated at the inlet to the channel permits flow visualisation in conjunction with a graticule on the rear face of the channel.

Models supplied with the channel include broad and sharp crested weirs, large and small diameter cylinders and symmetrical and asymmetrical aerofoils which, in conjunction with the inlet and discharge weirs, permit a varied range of open channel and flow visualisation demonstrations.

Adjustable feet permit levelling.

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Technical Details

Technical Details
item	value
Dye injection needles:	5
Dye reservoir capacity:	0.45 litres
Width of channel:	15mm
Length of channel:	615mm
Depth of channel:	150mm
Models:	-broad crested weir -narrow crested weir -symmetrical aerofoil -asymmetrical aerofoil -small cylinder -large cylinder