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Use of Goal Seek in Liquid level

Impulse input calculations

Practical readings

time height y(t)/A

0 16.5 1
3.36 11 0.666667
7.09 10.5 0.636364
8.61 10 0.606061
12.22 9.5 0.575758
14.81 9 0.545455
37.6 8.5 0.515152

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Assume ‘tau’ near to other values….

time height y(t)/A tau

0 16.5 1 2.0
3.36 11 0.666667
7.09 10.5 0.636364
8.61 10 0.606061
12.22 9.5 0.575758
14.81 9 0.545455
37.6 8.5 0.515152

Calculate y(t)/A with eqn… y(t) = A (e-t/ ) / 

time height y(t)/A tau theo calc

0 16.5 1 2.0 0.5
3.36 11 0.666667 0.093187
7.09 10.5 0.636364 0.014434
8.61 10 0.606061 0.00675
12.22 9.5 0.575758 0.00111
14.81 9 0.545455 0.000304
37.6 8.5 0.515152 3.42E-09

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Calculate error….
time height y(t)/A tau theo calc error
0 16.5 1 2 0.5 0.5
3.36 11 0.666667 0.093187 0.57348
7.09 10.5 0.636364 0.014434
8.61 10 0.606061 0.00675
12.22 9.5 0.575758 0.00111
14.81 9 0.545455 0.000304
37.6 8.5 0.515152 3.42E-09

Calculate error….
time height y(t)/A tau theo calc error
0 16.5 1 2 0.5 0.5
3.36 11 0.666667 0.093187 0.57348
7.09 10.5 0.636364 0.014434 0.621929
8.61 10 0.606061 0.00675 0.59931
12.22 9.5 0.575758 0.00111 0.574647
14.81 9 0.545455 0.000304 0.54515
37.6 8.5 0.515152 3.42E-09 0.515152

Total: 3.929668

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Now apply goal seek (in excel)…

• Main manu > data > what if analysis > goal seek

Now apply goal seek (in excel)…

• Main manu > data > what if analysis > goal seek

• Set cell: give address of sum of error cell

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Now apply goal seek (in excel)…

• Main manu > data > what if analysis > goal seek

• Set cell: give address of sum of error cell

• To value: 0.001
• By changing cell: give address of assumed tau

• OK..

At the end of iterations…

time height y(t)/A tau theo calc error
0 16.5 1 0.220052 4.544389 -3.54439
3.36 11 0.666667 1.06E-06 0.666666
7.09 10.5 0.636364 4.62E-14 0.636364
8.61 10 0.606061 4.62E-17 0.606061
12.22 9.5 0.575758 3.47E-24 0.575758
14.81 9 0.545455 2.68E-29 0.545455
37.6 8.5 0.515152 2.82E-74 0.515152

0.001065