Experimental study of Bernoulli's equation with losses

We present a simple and inexpensive experiment to study the drainage of a cylindrical vessel. The experiment consists of a transparent cylinder and a webcam or a digital camera connected to a computer. The model proposed to explain the results makes use of Bernoulli's equation for real flows in...

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Autores principales: Saleta, M.E., Tobia, D., Gil, S.
Formato: JOUR
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_00029505_v73_n7_p598_Saleta
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Sumario:We present a simple and inexpensive experiment to study the drainage of a cylindrical vessel. The experiment consists of a transparent cylinder and a webcam or a digital camera connected to a computer. The model proposed to explain the results makes use of Bernoulli's equation for real flows including energy losses. The experimental results are well explained by the model, which is a generalization of Torricelli's expression. © 2005 American Association of Physics Teachers.