AFF050 Flumes And Gauging Weirs Teaching Equipment Educational Fluid Mechanics Experiment Equipment
Depth 450mm
Length: 10m working section
Walls: Toughened glass
Bed: Exclusively fabricated from stainless steel
End tanks: GRP (Glass Reinforced Plastic)
Sump tanks & pipework: PVC (Polyvinylchloride) & PE (polyethylene)
Pump: Close coupled centrifugal
Flow regulation valve: Hand wheel operated butterfly
+ve slope: 1:40 max (1.4º)
-ve slope: 1:200 max (0.28º)
Flow meter: electro-magnetic
Maximum flow rate: 30 Liters/sec
Bed stability: <1.0mm (typical) at 400mm water depth
Side wall stability <0.5mm (typical) at 400mm water depth
Should include
Instrument carrier: both longitudinal and transverse movement and position lock.
Velocity meter and mountings: Velocity probe and digital meter, complete with mounting attachments to channel. Range 0.6 to 3m/sec.
Software control and data acquisition package
Control function: Inverter speed control of circulating pump, either by front panel control or from a PC. When using PC control the pump speed can be set in a PID loop to maintain a constant flow rate. Control of powered jacking system to set specific slope of bed.
Undershot weir
Screw operated adjustable undershot weir
Thin plate weirs
Thin plate weirs constructed of stainless steel and mounted on a painted weir plate carrier with a simple head scale attached for a range of interchangeable plate weirs that must be included in the supply:
Sharp crested weir (with aeration pipe)
Rectangular notch weir
Trapezoidal notch weir
90º vee notch weir
60º vee notch weir
Sutro notch weir
Self-regulating Syphon
Syphon Spillway
Complete with Adjustable breather tube.
Broad crested
Broad crested weir constructed of durable glass reinforced plastic.
Rectangular sharp cornered weir
rectangular streamlined weir
Crump Weir
Triangular shaped broad crested Crump weir constructed of durable glass reinforced plastic.
Ogee Weir
Ogee Weir and Manometer board
Eight pressure tappings (2 upstream, 5 downstream, 1 apex) complete with multi-tube piezometer board.
Dam spillway model
Complete with the following interchangeable downstream section:
Spillway toe
Roller bucket toe
Apron with removable energy dissipators