Mobile Bed & Flow Visualization Bench Model FM 68

Specifications  Working area: 2 metres x 610mm or 4 metres x 610mm Max water depth: 120mm  Thickness of sand bed: 60mm  Flow range: 0-3.5 litres/sec.  Sump capacity: 300 litres  Accuracy of flow metering: ±1.5% of full scale deflection  Basic Accessories - Model bridge piers; two rectangular, four cylindrical, two profiled and two with rounded ends. - One asymmetrical aerofoil - Two model gate guides. - Eight aluminum baffles to direct the water flow for general test purposes. One set of twelve x 50mm x 50mm aluminum Tees and six 40mm equal angles all 125mm long, to enable the laboratory staff to build additional models  Overall Dimensions - Length (4M): 5.70m - Width: 0.71m - Height: - 2.0m - Ordering Specifications  A self-contained recirculating water tank for flow visualization and mobile bed studies.  The tank is manufactured from glass reinforced plastic and all components in contact with water are of no corroding materials.  The working section has minimum dimensions of (4m) x 610mm and the flow range is 0-3.5 litres/sec.  Fifteen models and accessories are included as standard and a sheet of coloured glass allows rapid changeover from mobile bed to flow visualization mode.  All controls are housed in a portable console which includes a flexible cable and water safe connectors. Experiment Capabilities  Flow around model engineering structures  Boundary layer suction demonstration  Experimental investigation of erosion and deposition  Characteristics of meandering water courses  Two dimensional flow visualization by the Ahlborn technique  Velocity distribution in duct flow  Hydraulic analogy to compressible flow  Civil engineering model testing Required Services  Electricity supply: 220/240V/1PH/50Hz Stopwatch Complementary Products  Multi-Purpose Teaching Flume  Glass Sided Tilting Flume