ZM8115 MOBILE BED AND FLOW VISUALISATION UNIT teaching aid equipment Hydrodynamics Lab Equipment
PRACTICAL DEMONSTRATION AND VISUALISATON CAPABILITIES
Ø ➤Mobile bed experiments
Ø ➤Flow around model engineering structures
Ø ➤Experimental investigation of erosion and deposition
Ø ➤Characteristics of meandering water courses
Ø ➤Two dimensional flow visualisation by the Ahlborn technique
Ø ➤Boundary layer suction demonstration
Ø ➤Velocity distribution in duct flow
Ø Hydraulic analogy to compressible flow
Ø Civil engineering model testing
Model: working length 4m
Basic Accessories
• Model bridge piers; two rectangular,four cylindrical, two profiled and twowith rounded ends.
• One asymetricalaerofoil shape.
• Two model gate guides.
• Eight aluminium baffles to direct thewater flow for general test purposes.One set of twelve x 50mm x 50mmaluminium Tees and six 40mm equal angles all 125mm long, to enable thelaboratory staff to build additionalmodels
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION
• Working area: 2 metres x 610mmor 4 metres x 610mmMax water depth: 120mm
• Thickness ofsand bed: 60mm
• Flow range: 0-3.5 litres/sec.
• Sump capacity: 300 litres
• Accuracy offlow metering: ±1.5% of full scaledeflection
ORDERING SPECIFICATION
• A self contained recirculating watertank for flow visualisation and mobilebed studies.
• The tank is manufactured from glassreinforced plastic and all components in contact with water are of noncorrodingmaterials.
• The working section has minimumdimensions of (4m) x 610mm and the flow range is 0-3.5 litres/sec.
• Fifteen models and accessories are included as standard and a sheet of coloured glass allows rapid changeover from mobile bed to flow visualisation mode.
• All controls are housed in a portable console which includes a flexible cable and water safe connectors.
SERVICES REQUIRED Electrical supply:
S2-4M-A: 220/240/1ph/50Hz
OVERALL DIMENSIONS
• Length (4M): 5.70m
• Width: 0.71m
• Height: 2.0m
