6 - Fundamentals of Liquid
6 - Fundamentals of Liquid
CE123-1
HYDRAULICS
DISCHARGE OF FLOW RATE, Q
𝑸 = 𝑨𝒗
WHERE:
𝑴 = 𝝆𝑸
WHERE:
Q = DISCHARGE IN M3/S OR FT3/S
M = MASS FLOW RATE
𝝆 = MASS DENSITY IN KG/M3 OR SLUGS/FT3
WEIGHT FLOW RATE
𝑾 = 𝜸𝑸
WHERE:
W = WEIGHT FLOW RATE
Q = DISCHARGE IN M3/S OR FT3/S
𝜸 = WEIGHT DENSITY IN N/M3 OR LB/FT3
TYPES OF FLUID FLOW
CONTINUITY EQUATION
THE FLOW IS SAID TO BE LAMINAR WHEN THE PATH OF INDIVIDUAL FLUID PARTICLES DO NOT
CROSS OR INTERSECT. THE FLOW IS ALWAYS LAMINAR WHEN THE REYNOLDS NUMBER 𝑅𝑒 IS LESS
THAN (APPROXIMATELY) 2,100.
TURBULENT FLOW
THE FLOW IS SAID TO BE TURBULENT WHEN THE PATH OF INDIVIDUAL PARTICLES ARE IRREGULAR
AND CONTINUOUSLY CROSS EACH OTHER.
TURBULENT FLOW NORMALLY OCCURS WHEN THE REYNOLD’S NUMBER EXCEED 2,100
(ALTHOUGH THE MOST COMMON SITUATION IS WHEN IT EXCEEDS 4000)
ONE-DIMENSIONAL
FLOW
THIS OCCURS WHEN IN AN
INCOMPRESSIBLE FLUID, THE
DIRECTION AND MAGNITUDE OF
THE VELOCITY AT ALL POINTS ARE
IDENTICAL.
TWO-DIMENSIONAL
FLOW
THIS OCCURS WHEN THE FLUID
PARTICLES MOVE IN PLANES OR
PARALLEL PLANES AND THE
STREAMLINE PATTERNS ARE
IDENTICAL IN EACH PLANE.
STREAMLINES
THESE ARE IMAGINARY CURVES
DRAWN THROUGH A FLUID TO
INDICATE THE DIRECTION OF
MOTION IN VARIOUS SECTIONS OF
THE FLOW OF THE FLUID SYSTEM.
STREAMTUBES
1 2
1𝑊 2
𝐾. 𝐸. = 𝑀 𝑣 = 𝑣
2 2𝑔
𝐾𝐸 𝑣2
𝐾𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑐 𝑜𝑟 𝑣𝑒𝑙𝑜𝑐𝑖𝑡𝑦 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑑 = =
𝑊 2𝑔
KINETIC ENERGY
FOR CIRCULAR PIPE OF DIAMETER D FLOWING FULL:
𝑄 2
𝑣2 𝐴 𝑄2
= =
2𝑔 2𝑔 2𝑔𝐴2
𝑣2 𝑄2
= 2
2𝑔 2𝑔 𝜋ൗ4 𝐷2
𝒗𝟐 𝟖𝑸𝟐
= 𝟐 𝟒
𝟐𝒈 𝝅 𝒈𝑫
ELEVATION ENERGY
𝑃
𝑃𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝐸𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑔𝑦 = 𝑊
𝛾
𝑃𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝐸𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑔𝑦 𝑃
𝑃𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑑 = =
𝑊 𝛾
WHERE:
𝑧=POSITION OF THE FLUID ABOVE (+) OR BELOW (-) THE DATUM PLANE
𝑝 = FLUID PRESSURE
𝑣 = MEAN VELOCITY OF FLOW
TOTAL FLOW ENERGY, E
𝒗𝟐 𝑷
TOTAL HEAD, 𝑬 = + + 𝒛
𝟐𝒈 𝜸
POWER AND EFFICIENCY
• POWER- A RATE WHICH THE WORK IS DONE
𝑷𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓 = 𝑸𝜸𝑬
𝑶𝒖𝒕𝒑𝒖𝒕
𝑬𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒚, 𝜼 = × 𝟏𝟎𝟎%
𝑰𝒏𝒑𝒖𝒕
WHERE:
Note:
𝑄 = DISCHARGE (M3/S)
1 Horsepower (hp) = 746 Watts
𝛾 = UNIT WEIGHT (N/M3) 1 Horsepower (hp) = 550 ft-lb/sec
1 Watt = 1 N-m/s = 1 Joule/sec
E = TOTAL ENERGY (M)
POWER = N-M/S (JOULE/SEC) OR WATTS
BERNOULLI’S ENERGY THEOREM
• APPLICATION OF THE PRINCIPLES OF CONSERVATION OF
ENERGY
• FIRST DERIVED (1738) BY THE SWISS MATHEMATICIAN
DANIEL BERNOULLI, THE THEOREM STATES, IN EFFECT, THAT
THE TOTAL MECHANICAL ENERGY OF THE FLOWING FLUID,
COMPRISING THE ENERGY ASSOCIATED WITH FLUID
PRESSURE, THE GRAVITATIONAL POTENTIAL ENERGY OF
ELEVATION, AND THE KINETIC ENERGY OF FLUID MOTION,
REMAINS CONSTANT.
BERNOULLI’S ENERGY THEOREM
Assumptions made for deriving the
Bernoulli’s equation from Euler’s
equation of motion:
2. HEAD FORM
• HYDRAULIC GRADE LINE (HGL)
• HYDRAULIC GRADE LINE, ALSO CALLED HYDRAULIC GRADIENT AND PRESSURE
GRADIENT, IS THE GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION OF THE POTENTIAL HEAD (PRESSURE
HEAD + ELEVATION HEAD). IT IS THE LINE TO WHICH LIQUID RISES IN SUCCESSIVE
PIEZOMETER TUBES. THE LINE IS ALWAYS AT A DISTANCE (P/𝛾 + Z) ABOVE THE
DATUM PLANE.
FORMS OF ENERGY EQUATION
2. HEAD FORM
• CHARACTERISTICS OF HGL
➢HGL SLOPES DOWNWARD IN THE DIRECTION OF FLOW BUT IT MAY RISE OR FALL
DUE TO CHANGE IN PRESSURE.
➢HGL IS PARALLEL TO EGL FOR UNIFORM PIPE CROSS SECTION.
➢FOR HORIZONTAL PIPES WITH CONSTANT CROSS SECTION, THE DROP IN PRESSURE
GRADIENT BETWEEN TWO POINTS IS EQUIVALENT TO THE HEAD LOST BETWEEN
THESE POINTS.
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