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  2. Hjulström curve - Wikipedia

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    The critical velocity for deposition, on the other hand, depends on the settling velocity, and that decreases with decreasing grainsize. The Hjulström curve shows that sand particles of a size around 0.1 mm require the lowest stream velocity to erode. The curve was expanded by Åke Sundborg in 1956.

  3. Flow measurement - Wikipedia

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    Sonar flowmeters have the capacity of measuring the velocity of liquids or gases non-intrusively within the pipe and then leverage this velocity measurement into a flow rate by using the cross-sectional area of the pipe and the line pressure and temperature. The principle behind this flow measurement is the use of underwater acoustics.

  4. Rapidity - Wikipedia

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    The rectangular hyperbola xy = 1 can be used to gauge velocities (in the first quadrant). Zero velocity corresponds to (1, 1) . Any point on the hyperbola has light-cone coordinates ( e w , e − w ) {\displaystyle (e^{w},\ e^{-w})} where w is the rapidity, and is equal to the area of the hyperbolic sector from (1, 1) to these coordinates.

  5. Venturi effect - Wikipedia

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    The limiting case of the Venturi effect is when a fluid reaches the state of choked flow, where the fluid velocity approaches the local speed of sound. When a fluid system is in a state of choked flow, a further decrease in the downstream pressure environment will not lead to an increase in velocity, unless the fluid is compressed.

  6. Hazen–Williams equation - Wikipedia

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    The general form of the equation relates the mean velocity of water in a pipe with the geometric properties of the pipe and the slope of the energy line. = where: V is velocity (in ft/s for US customary units, in m/s for SI units)

  7. Pitot tube - Wikipedia

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    In these kinds of measurements, the most practical instrument to use is the pitot tube. The pitot tube can be inserted through a small hole in the duct with the pitot connected to a U-tube water gauge or some other differential pressure gauge for determining the flow velocity inside the ducted wind tunnel. One use of this technique is to ...

  8. Velocity triangle - Wikipedia

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    An example of a velocity triangle drawn for the inlet of a turbomachine. The "1" subscript denotes the high pressure side (inlet in case of turbines and outlet in case of pumps/compressors). A general velocity triangle consists of the following vectors: [1] [2] V = absolute velocity of the fluid. U = blade linear velocity.

  9. Dynamic pressure - Wikipedia

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    In fluid dynamics, dynamic pressure (denoted by q or Q and sometimes called velocity pressure) is the quantity defined by: [1] = where (in SI units): q is the dynamic pressure in pascals (i.e., N/m 2, ρ (Greek letter rho) is the fluid mass density (e.g. in kg/m 3), and; u is the flow speed in m/s.