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Short Lab report
Experiment Name
Reynolds Number
By
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1. Introduction
v D pipe
=
D pipe
Where v is the velocity of the fluid (m/s), is the diameter of the
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pipe (m), and is the kinematic viscosity of the fluid ( m /s .
= where is the dynamic viscosity, and is the density of
the fluid.
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to the laminar regime, while if the lines are random and mixing, it
would be turbulent. If it would oscillate, it would be in the transitional
phase.
In this lab, we are going to test his hypothesis by doing his experiment
and calculating the reynolds number of a fluid at different velocities
.until it shows different regimes
Q
By using the equation v = A we will calculate the velocity. Q is the
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volume the water will fill ( m ), and A is the cross sectional area of
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.( m ) pipe measured in seconds
Rocks will be added in the tank as obstacles for the water when it is
.pumped to avoid sudden ink dispersion
When the water fills the tank, overflow will let water mix with ink
.droplets and make them flow inside a visualization flow tube
Hydraulic Bench
Osborne-Reynolds Demonstration
Coloring matter
Graduated cylinder
Stopwatch
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:Materials
:Data
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0009
0008
0007
0006
(s/m) ytcoleV
6. Sample of calculations
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Volume = 128 x 10^-6 m^3
Time = 19.50 s
Volume flow rate = 128 x 10^-6 /19.50 = 6.564103 m^3/s
Area of cylinder = * (0.005) ^2 = 7.85 x 10^-5 m^2
Velocity = 0.08361914 m/s
Re = (0.08351914* 0.01)/(1.007 x 10 ^-6) = 830 <2000
so laminar
All our values are within the range of Reynolds experiment. However,
we have to be careful when we are using the stopwatch because it
could account for human error.
When the velocity of the flow increases, Reynolds number increase but
only if the temperature of the room is kept constant. Because viscosity
depends on the temperature, and the diameter is fixed, so the graph
will be directly proportional which we saw in our previous graph.