A mouthpiece is a short length of pipe or tube attached to the tank or vessel, used to determine the rate of flow of fluid. It is an extended form of an orifice with a length equal to 2 to ...
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How to Measure Discharge Using an Orifice?
An orifice is defined as a small opening of any cross-section provided on the side or bottom of a tank through which a fluid can flow easily. Orifices are used to measure the rate of flow of a fluid. The ...
What is Velocity Potential and Stream Function?
Velocity potential function and stream function are two scalar functions that help study whether the given fluid flow is rotational or irrotational. Both the functions provide a specific Laplace equation. The fluid flow can be rotational or irrotational flow based ...
What is Velocity and Acceleration of a Fluid Flow?
Velocity and Acceleration are vector functions that are used to explain the kinematics of fluid flow. Both velocity and acceleration have their respective components in three directions, i.e x, y, and z. Both the components are dependent on the space-co-ordinates ...
What are the Types of Fluid Flow in Pipe?
The fluids can be classified into different types based on the variation of the fluid characteristics like velocity, density etc. Depending on the type of flow, the analysis method varies in fluid mechanics. The different types of fluid flow are: ...
Kinematics of Flow in Fluid Mechanics- Discharge and Continuity Equation
In kinematics of flow, the study is only focused on the parameters that cause the motion of the fluid and not the forces that cause the motion of a fluid particle. The discharge and continuity equation are topics that are ...
What is Chezy’s Formula for Open Channels? How to determine Chezy’s Constant?
The Chezy’s formula was given by the French hydrologist Antonie Chezy. He related the discharge (Q) of the water flowing through an open channel with the respective channel dimensions and slope of the bed. Also Read: What is Open Channel ...
What is Open Channel Flow? Types of Flow in Open Channels
The flow of liquid through a channel with a free surface is defined as open channel flow. This free surface of the liquid is subjected to atmospheric pressure. Hence, open channel flow can also be defined as the flow of ...