Pipe Definition and 1000 Threads

  1. Remusco

    When air pressure drops in a pipe due to friction losses, how do you calculate the associated temperature drop?

    Say I drop the pressure in a pipe from P1 to P2. I know T1. How would I calculate T2? When you expand the gas the temperature will drop, but there is also heat addition which will raise the temperature a certain amount.
  2. druidhr

    Drain water from 5" pipe buried 9ft underground

    Hello, I'm working on my greenhouse project in my back yard. For heating over winter I'm experimenting with earth tubing, so I buried 160ft long pipe (5" in diameter) 9ft underground. Yesterday I called friend that has camera for sewer inspection and we run on a problem. Somewhere on 80ft of...
  3. S

    Mathematica Read from Linux named pipe - Mathematica

    I have a named pipe : mkfifo /home/pi/Desktop/gnuradio/PIPE I can see the pipe in the Linux directory listing and also using Directory[] in Wolfram. I can test it in the console using echo and cat. But Wolfram doesn't seem to see it: In[10]:= FindFile["/home/pi/Desktop/gnuradio/PIPE"]...
  4. J

    Misc. Modeling Pressure in a Sound Wave Instrument with External Force

    Hello everyone, I’m working on a theoretical model for a sound wave instrument that involves a pipe. Traditionally, sound wave instruments utilize an open tube, but I’m interested in exploring what happens when I apply a force F to the pipe. How can I theoretically model the relationship...
  5. Maulik Chaudhary

    Nusselt number is variable or constant for laminar fully developed pipe flow?

    It is the case that the Nusselt number along the fully developed (hydrodynamically and thermally) laminar flow through the constant cross section is 4.36 for constant heat flux and 3.66 for constant wall temperature. But the formula of the nusselt number is Nu = h Lc/K so for pipe it becomes Nu...
  6. Hauzen

    Engineering explanation please (pipe welded to a wall)

    Hello. I work for a company and I need your help! The pipe is welded to the wall. However, the worker applied force to the right with the force of F, and the welding was cracked. As a countermeasure, welding is carried out in two layers as shown in the picture on the right. In this case, is it...
  7. as919461

    How best to install a pressure sensor inside a pipe?

    Dear memebers, I have a test setup with a pipe (25 mm dia) having certain holes with a suction fan at the end of pipe. I need to check the suction pressure generated in the holes. What type of sensors can i use to install inside the pipe (above the hole in the mainstream) which doesn't disturb...
  8. N

    Effect of pressure due to change in diameter of pipe

    The pump has an outlet size of 4 inch 1) In case 1, 4 inch pipe is connected at length of 20 m 2) In case 2, 2 inch pipe is connected using reducer In both cases the pump outlet conditions are same( having same flow rate at a given pressure) What happens to pressure at the end of the pipe in...
  9. Hauzen

    Please tell me the difference in the size of the air volume

    Hi. Since I've been studying fluid mechanics, I've been asking a lot of questions Thank you all for your help! I suddenly have a problem that I want to think about while studying today. I would like to know the change of air volume according to the pipe shape as shown in the picture below...
  10. Mohmmad Maaitah

    How Does Stress Affect a Hollow Pipe When Force Is Uniformly Applied?

    Hi, I've problem thinking about this problem isn't the force acting on "nothing"? how can there be any stress, I'm lost!
  11. mcrr

    How to Maintain Constant Air Flow in a Dust Collection System?

    Dear friends. It's my first post here and sorry if it's in wrong place. I have a system with a diaphragm pump and a filter to collect dust. I need to set the flow (like 1 liter per minute) and I need to keep this flow constant during long time. The dust obstruct the filter and I need to make...
  12. J

    Joint physics - hose/pipe connection

    Hello, Did a simple study at work recently and was confounded by the results. Hoping for a simple explanation…. Consider a pipe is inserted into a hose and a clamp is tightened over the connection. The pipe has a groove and the hose has a bead. To complete the connection the hose bead is...
  13. hya_t

    Calculating the inlet lengths of a fluid circulating in a pipe?

    TL;DR Summary: why do we need input length in fluid's dynamics What is the purpose of calculating the inlet lengths of a fluid circulating in a pipe? and how to calculate it correctly? why do we need it in engineering? This is for a class project where we are asked to calculate it and I think...
  14. DaveC426913

    What is this pipe on my boiler, and why is it leaking?

    A house inspector has noted this leak in our boiler. I don't know what this pipe is for. It seems to have some sort of steam release valve on top and it vents right out onto the basement floor. Help! Prospective buyers want to know why our boiler is leaking.
  15. C

    Pressure in a gas container measured with a barometer and a U pipe

    Can someone please tell me where I am wrong, here goes the question: to a container filled with gas, U shaped pipe is attached, as shown in the picture(picture below). What is a gas pressure in the container if the height of the pillar of mercury in barometer is 740 mm? The way I solved it is...
  16. M

    Calculating turbine RPM in a pipe with known air velocity and diameter

    Hello, I am trying to calculate the turbine RPM for a turbine in a closed pipe. I know the air velocity and pipe diameter. Can this be done?
  17. P

    Static hydraulic pressure in a pipe

    My Question: Two pipes filled with water and caped at one end, they have the same diameter, but different lengths. One pipe is 10 feet long and the other pipe is 1,000 feet long. At the other end of both pipes a piston applies an equal amount of pressure on the water in the pipes...
  18. A

    Bernoulli equation and parallel pipe branch

    Hello! I have a question regarding the application of the bernoulli equation and calculation of the flow through a parallel pipe branch. It's more the basic understanding how the flow will establish. You can find a sketch attached to follow my explanation. Let's assume I have a pipe with...
  19. N

    Fluid Dynamics Question -- Water flowing through a pipe into two cylinders

    Because my little work project involves fluids I thought this the best topic to post under. I took the route of biological sciences and computer science. This area is out of my league at the moment I'm not sure the amount of time that would be required to get the material applicable to this...
  20. Teru123

    Heat Flow in a Pipe with integrated Sensor

    Hello, I have the following problem and hope you can help me. I have the setup as shown in the drawing. A pipe that is flowed through, and in the middle of it another pipe, but at the end of this branch is a sensor. Initially the fluid would flow, with a temperature of 25°C. If my thought is...
  21. Krismein

    Calculate deflection of rod/axlepipe due to distributed load

    Summary:: Calculate the deformation on a rod/axle/pipe due to a distributed load. I’m manually trying to calculate the deformation on a rod/axle/pipe due to a distributed load. The rod has an outer diameter of 62mm and an inner diameter of 50, is 170mm long, made from a material with an...
  22. CalvinandHobbes

    Engineering Electrical energy to empty reservoir with a siphon water pipe

    Calculation of the potential electrical energy generation of a siphon pipe, emptying an enclosed reservoir and end of siphon pipe connected to a pelton turbine with efficiency of 75% Known inputs: Height difference of siphon(Hd) = 4,5m Height lift of Siphon (Hu) = 6m Total siphon pipe length...
  23. D

    I Sound Frequency & Pipe Wall Thickness

    We have 2 open metal tubes, made of Stainless Steel. They both are the same length of 1 metre, and and Outer Diameter of 76mm. One pipe has a wall thickness of 1.5mm, and the other has a wall thickness of 2.0mm. It was our reasonable guess that the tube with 2.0mm wall thickness, should...
  24. C

    Hydraulic Losses Through a Pipe

    I am trying to estimate the pressure loss from a tap to a piece of equipment we are feeding water to. I have the pressure on the 12" ductile line. I have the friction losses in the different pipe sizes (1",1.5", and 2") for the service line. I also have the losses through the 1" meter. The only...
  25. C

    B Propagation speed of movements of a fluid in a pipe

    Assume that we have a 1.5 km x 100 cm^2 long straight pipe, totally inelastic and full of water. From time t = 0, a pressure of 300 000 Pa is continuously applied to the water with a piston at one extremity. This correspond to a force of 30 000 N on the pipe cross section in the direction of the...
  26. S

    I Magnet through Pipe Experiment, continued

    The changing magnetic field of a falling magnet induces currents in the pipe that slows it's fall through the pipe. Question: If the induced currents are decreasing the magnets descent then they must themselves have momentum. How is it dissipated once the magnet has passed through the end of...
  27. guyvsdcsniper

    Boundary Conditions for an infinite rectangular pipe

    Does setting up the problem symmetrically on this axis and the boundary conditions applied make sense? I don't believe I will have a problem solving for the potential inside, but i just want to make sure I have my B.C and axis correct before proceeding. EDIT: Or should this be a 2-D lapace...
  28. S

    Cooling of a thick walled pipe transporting water

    Hi everyone, I'm trying to solve the following problem but can't quite get my head around it. I have a pipe of length, L (m), diameter, d (m), the pipe walls are thick (multiple meters). I know the inflow temperature of the pipe, say, Tin (K), and the pipe's external wall temperature, Tw. I...
  29. guyvsdcsniper

    Evaluating the boundary conditions for a rectangular pipe

    I have attached an image of the pipe in the attachmnts. The pipe is parallel to z-axis form (-∞,∞) and sides of length a. So my boundary conditions for this problem are as follows 1.) V=0 at y=0 2.)V=0 at y=a 4.)∂v/∂x=0 @ x=0 3.)V0 @ x=a I am a little confused on the fourth boundary...
  30. JD_PM

    Understanding how to model a non-isothermal flow through a pipe

    For the fluid, I will use three conservation laws for mixture quantities (mass, momentum and total energy) and an additional equation for the void ratio (as explained in the paper "Modeling for non isothermal cavitation using 4-equation models"). If you want I can share the explicit equations...
  31. V

    Reflection of sound wave in an open organ pipe

    I know that standing waves form in an open organ pipe. Since, standing waves can only form from superposition of original wave and reflected wave, so there must be a reflected wave in an open organ pipe. But I fail to understand how sound wave can reflect at the open end of organ pipe.
  32. S

    Creating a magnetic field near a pipe

    I want to wrap no. 16 copper wire around 1" copper pipe to create a mag field. At 120v / 1 amp AC, how many turns will I need to get about 5 milligauss near the pipe?
  33. rylest

    Stuck on complex pipe system bending moment hand calcs

    Some more details on the system are that L1 is very long (close to 100ft) and L2 is close to 30ft (the vertical pipes). The piping is all schedule 40 1/2" OD. Moment of inertia is roughly 10^-8. Components are about 2kg each. The distance of the pipes horizontally is small (around 2ft). Pressure...
  34. O

    I Magnet falling though copper pipe

    I do not fully understand why a falling neodymium magnet is decelerated in a vertical copper pipe. It is usually explained by Lenz's law, two induced currents generate an upward force that counteracts the force of gravity. (link) However, I assume this upward force has to be generated by the...
  35. M

    I Transferring static charge from a Wimshurst machine to a foil pipe

    Hi everyone. I am an engineer by trade (don’t hold that against me!) but I was trying an experiment for the latest of my crazy inventions and am missing some key logic in static electricity which I was hoping you could identify. Equipment 1. Wimshurst machine (like...
  36. D

    Find the pressure drop and power loss of pipe when elevation changes

    Summary:: I can’t get the correct answers, I think I haven’t fully understand the theory behind them The answers are given in the picture
  37. S

    Designing an orifice plate to increase the pressure in a pipe

    say for 3.013bar absolute pressure pressure ratio : P/Po = 14.7psi/43.707psi = 0.33 which means its chocked flow now i want to find diameter or area of orifice : so could anyone help me
  38. knotted_pine

    Engineering Finding arc length of a pipe between two tanks

    I can't seem to find the arclength between A and B. I tried using L = integral (0.6 to 0.4) of sqrt (1+ (dz/dx)^2) to no avail. Would it be roughly similar to 400 km (the length from A to B) since the change in elevation could be considered negligible? Furthermore, how might I go about...
  39. R

    A Optimum profile of light pipe exit for narrow beam angle

    I am trying to design an acrylic light pipe that has a 3W power red LED input with 60 degree beam angle. I need a reasonably collimated exit light beam or at least a narrow angle output. What I'd like to know is - what is the optimum shape of the exit end of the light pipe to produce the...
  40. R

    Force of pressurized water exiting a hose or pipe?

    Well known examples of the force produced by pressurized water exiting a pipe: JetLev Water Propeled jet Pack. Hovering Car. I need to calculate the maximum for the thrust produced when the hose or pipe is bent rearward. Since this is similar to the case of a water bottle rocket, the guess...
  41. R

    I Minimize supported weight of a water pipe

    I’m trying to calculate the weight I have to support at one end of a pipe with flowing water. So suppose you had a water pipe that extended from the ground upwards some distance away both horizontally and vertically, i.e., at an angle. Normally, you don’t have to worry about this issue because...
  42. I

    How to determine the pressure drop in pipe diameter sizing

    Hi all, I'm a tinkerer with no formal engineering background, but enjoy read about physics and engineering in general. I'm reading up on fluid flow and I'm a bit grasping at the concepts. As far as I understand it, flow rate, pressure drop and pipe size are all interrelated, where one affects...
  43. G

    Plug the Closed Ends of a Pipe at Depth and Bring it to the Surface

    Hi Guys - I have very simple question but I cannot get my head around. Say if we cut pipeline into one section (12m) then close each cut end with temporary plugs Water depth is 100m. Before the cut there is seawater inside the pipeline. Now I understand there is no differentiated pressure...
  44. P

    Pressure change in pipe due to sudden closure of valve

    Water is flowing in the pipe with velocity v0. Upon sudden closure of the valve at T, a pressure wave travels in the -ve x direction with speed c. The task is to find ##\alpha##, where ##\Delta P = \rho_0 c (\Delta v) \alpha##. The 1st step is to set up an equation using conservation of mass...
  45. Marwan1303

    I Pipe Air Blowing - Exit Velocity of Air

    Suppose an isolated pipeline of known dimensions is being filled with air from the atmosphere (via a compressor) to a gauge pressure P1=2barg. A rupture disc at one end of the pipeline blows at this pressure, and the air inside the pressurized pipeline is released to the atmosphere. The rupture...
  46. K

    A Can high air velocity in vacuum system create "freezing" of the pipe?

    Hi folks, very simple question, but have not been able to find an answer: Assume a vacuum pump pulls air through a pipe. Also assume that within the pipe run, there is an area with reduced cross section, creating a temporary increase in air velocity. Also assume the air is very moist, and is at...
  47. C

    Ejection speed and travel distance of a ball in a pressurized water pipe

    Diameter of metallic ball : 3.000 inches SG of ball is : 2 ID of pipe is : 4.05 inches ID of seat : 2.885 inches Pressure behind ball when released from seat #1 is 1100 psi Fluid in pipe is Seawater (above and below the ball) Fluid flow rate after ball is released is 800 litres pr minute The...
  48. D

    PEX Pipe in Residential Subfloor Thermal Mass

    Hello friends! We are installing a future provision for a Rocket Mass-type woodstove in our home. This is a future project but realized that we could take advantage of the open area between the footing and finished floor by adding an insulated block of concrete with PEX pipes for Heating and...
  49. D

    Water Pressure and Different Pipe Sizes

    Started an irrigation project. There are 4 points in this irrigation system; A, B, C and D. The main water line to the house is 1" diameter pipe. (Point A) The distance from Point A to Point B is approximately 30 feet. Here at Point B the pipe size is reduced down to 3/4" pipe. The distance...
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