Fluid mechanics

Function and Applications

With applications in a wide range of disciplines, including mechanical, civil, chemical and biomedical engineering, the Matrix Fluid Mechanics set enables students to gain a practical understanding of key principles.

Benefits

• Six experiments are connected via USB to the pressure and flow sensors so that the results can be automatically plotted for analysis. A further three experiments are performed and recorded manually.
• Each component is attached to the main workstation with quick-release fasteners, allowing students to quickly set up and take down each experiment.
• A complete, free curriculum with easy-to-follow worksheets is provided online.
• Space-saving solution with easy-to-store components.
• Controller and calibration apps are available free of charge.
• Robust metal construction that meets the requirements of the education sector.
• Hoses with robust rubber seals provide a reliable seal.

Equipment and Technical Data

Includes a main workstation and sixteen individual components that allow students to set up nine different experiments without the need for additional tools.

Learning objectives

• Calibration of a Bourdon tube pressure gauge center of pressure on a partially and fully immersed plane.
• Viscosity apparatus to demonstrate Stoke's law.
• Use of different types of manometers (multi-tube manometer, U-tube manometer and inclined manometer).
• Bernoulli's equation and use of a Venturi tube as a flow meter.
• Pressure losses in bends, measurement and comparison of pressure losses of different bend geometries.
• Characteristic curves of centrifugal pumps.
• Experimental determination of the pressure/flow characteristics of a pump and determination of the overall efficiency of series pumps.
• Experimental determination of the pressure/flow characteristics of 2 pumps connected in series.
• Experimental determination of the pressure/flow characteristics of 2 pumps connected in parallel.