ME519- ADVANCED ENGINNERING SOFTWARE LAB

TUTORIAL 1
ON
FLOW ANALYSIS OF VENTURIMETER

SUBMITTED BY:
Anurag Kumar
1711ME06
SUBMITTED TO
MANABENDRA PATHAK
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINNERING

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY PATNA

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Problem statement
Consider water flow through a venturimeter. Various dimensions of the venturimeter are given
as D1=D3=0.026 m, D2= 0.016 m, L1=0.02 m, L2=0.156 m, L3= 0.02m. Length of the
converging section, throat and diverging section are 0.04 m, 0.014 m and 0.102 m respectively.
Using ANSYS Fluent software, solve the problem for inlet velocity of 1.9 m/s, 4 m/s and 6
m/s. (1) Determine the average velocity at the throat for all three cases. (2) Show the (i) plot of
stream wise centreline velocity versus length of the venturimeter, (ii) plot of stream wise
centreline pressure versus length of the venturimeter (iii) Coefficient of discharge for all three
values of inlet velocity.

Governing equation and boundary condition

Continuity equation
𝜕𝑢 𝜕𝑣 𝜕𝑤
+ + =0
𝜕𝑥 𝜕𝑦 𝜕𝑧
Bernoulli equation
𝑝 𝑣2
+ +𝑧 =𝐶
𝜌𝑔 2𝑔
Based on the above equation the discharge through the venturimeter can be given as

𝑄 = 𝐴1 𝑉1 = 𝐴2 𝑉2 = 𝑐𝑑 (𝐴1 𝐴2 √2𝑔ℎ)/(√𝐴12 − 𝐴22 )

Boundary condition
 Inlet velocity of 1.9m/s,4m/s and 6m/s.
Based on the velocity given we need to find whether the flow is laminar or turbulent by
calculating the Reynold’s number.

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Results and graphs
At 1.9 m/s
@ Whole length

At throat

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Pressure at 1.9 m/s
For full length

Pressure at throat for 1.9 m/s

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Velocity at 4 m/s
For full length
(Considering turbulent condition)

At throat velocity variation

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Pressure variation for full length at 4 m/s

Pressure variation for throat at 4m/s

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Velocity at 6 m/s
For full length
Considering turbulent flow

Velocity variation at throat 4m/s

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Pressure variation for full length at velocity 6m/s

Pressure variation at throat for velocity 6m/s

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