Orifice and Free jet Flow

Objectives
-To determine the coefficient of discharge "Cd", coefficient of velocity "Cv"
and the coefficient of contraction "Cc" for an orifice plate.

Experimental Apparatus

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 𝑸𝒕𝒉 = 𝑨𝒕𝒉 𝑽𝒕𝒉 , 𝑸𝒕𝒉 → 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝑫𝒊𝒔𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒈𝒆 𝒎𝟑 /𝒔
𝝅
𝑨𝒕𝒉 = 𝒅𝟐 , 𝑨𝒕𝒉 → 𝑶𝒓𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝑨𝒓𝒆𝒂 𝒎𝟐
𝟒
𝑽𝒕𝒉 = √𝟐𝒈𝒉 , 𝑽𝒕𝒉 → 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝑽𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒄𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒎/𝒔
𝑽𝒂 = 𝑽𝒕𝒉 𝑪𝒗
𝑸𝒂 = 𝑸𝒕𝒉 𝑪𝒅
𝑨𝒂 = 𝑨𝒕𝒉 𝑪𝒄
𝑸𝒂 = 𝑨𝒂 𝑽𝒂

𝒈 𝒙𝟐
𝑽𝒂 = √
𝟐𝒛
𝑽𝒂
𝑪𝒗 =
𝑽𝒕𝒉

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 𝑪𝒅
𝑪𝒄 =
𝑪𝒗
𝑪𝒄 = 𝑨𝒂 /𝑨𝒕𝒉
Where, "Cc" is the coefficient of contraction and "Cv" is the coefficient of
velocity.
𝝅 𝟐 𝝅
𝑨𝒕𝒉 = 𝑫 = (𝟔 × 𝟏𝟎−𝟑 )𝟐 = 𝟐. 𝟖𝟐𝟕 × 𝟏𝟎−𝟓 𝒎𝟐
𝟒 𝟒
𝑽𝒕𝒉 = √𝟐𝒈𝒉 = 𝟐. 𝟕𝟑 𝒎/𝒔
𝑸𝒕𝒉 = 𝑨𝒕𝒉 𝑽𝒕𝒉 = 𝟕. 𝟕𝟏𝟗 × 𝟏𝟎−𝟓 𝒎𝟑 /𝒔
𝑽 𝟐 × 𝟏𝟎−𝟑
𝑸𝒂 = = = 𝟒. 𝟒𝟒 × 𝟏𝟎−𝟓 𝒎𝟑 /𝒔
𝒕𝒊𝒎𝒆 𝟒𝟓

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