1st Edition
Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer Inexpensive Demonstrations and Laboratory Exercises
This practical book provides instruction on how to conduct several "hands-on" experiments for laboratory demonstration in the teaching of heat transfer and fluid dynamics. It is an ideal resource for chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, and engineering technology professors and instructors starting a new laboratory or in need of cost-effective and easy to replicate demonstrations. The book details the equipment required to perform each experiment (much of which is made up of materials readily available is most laboratories), along with the required experimental protocol and safety precautions. Background theory is presented for each experiment, as well as sample data collected by students, and a complete analysis and treatment of the data using correlations from the literature.
Section I Fluid Mechanics Experiments
and Demonstrations
1. Determining the Net Positive Suction Head of a Magnetic
Drive Pump
[Allen A. Busick, Melissa L. Cooley, Alexander M. Lopez,
Aaron J. Steuart, William Roy Penney, and Edgar C. Clausen]
2. Bernoulli Balance Experiments Using a Venturi
[Megan F. Dunn, William Roy Penney, and Edgar C. Clausen]
3. Force Produced by Impingement of a Fluid Jet on a Deflector
[Daniel R. Miskin, William Roy Penney, and Edgar C. Clausen]
4. Applying the Bernoulli Balance to Determine Flow and
Permanent Pressure Loss
[Jordan N. Foley, John W. Thompson, Meaghan M. Williams,
William Roy Penney, and Edgar C. Clausen]
5. A Simple Sharp-Edged Orifice Demonstration
[William Roy Penney, Shannon L. Servoss, Christa N. Hestekin,
and Edgar C. Clausen]
6. Depressurization of an Air Tank
[Martin A. Christie, John A. Dominick III, William Roy Penney,
and Edgar C. Clausen]
7. Draining an Upper Tank into a Lower Tank: Experimental
and Modeling Studies
[William Roy Penney and Edgar C. Clausen]
8. Determining the Pump Curve and the Efficiency for a Bomba
BP-50 Regenerative Centrifugal Pump
[William Roy Penney and Edgar C. Clausen]
Section II Heat Transfer Experiments and
Demonstrations
9. Thermal Conductivity and Radiative Experiments Measurement
[Edgar C. Clausen, William Roy Penney, Dave C. Marrs,
Megan V. Park, Anthony M. Scalia, and Nathaniel S. Weston]
10. Free Convection Heat Transfer from Plates
[Edgar C. Clausen and William Roy Penney]
11. Forced Convection Heat Transfer by Air Flowing over the
Top Surface of a Horizontal Plate
[Edgar C. Clausen and William Roy Penney]
12. Laminar Forced Convection Inside a Coiled Copper Tube
[Edgar C. Clausen, William Roy Penney, Jeffrey R. Dorman,
Daniel E. Fluornoy, Alice K. Keogh, and Lauren N. Leach]
13. An Experimental Testing of Turbulent Forced Convection
Inside Tubes
[Edgar C. Clausen, William Roy Penney, Jeffrey R. Dorman,
Daniel E. Fluornoy, Alice K. Keogh, and Lauren N. Leach]
14. Forced Convection through an Annulus
[Edgar C. Clausen and William Roy Penney]
15. Experimental Investigation and Modeling Studies of the
Transient Cooling of a Brass Rod Subjected to Forced
Convection of Room Air
[William Roy Penney and Edgar C. Clausen]
16. Solar Flux and Absorptivity Measurements
[William Roy Penney, Kendal J. Brown, Joel D. Vincent, and
Edgar C. Clausen]
17. A Transient Experiment to Determine the Heat Transfer
Characteristics of a 100 W Incandescent Light Bulb,
Operating at 48 W
[Lauren Cole, Lindsay R. Hoggatt, Jamie A. Sterrenberg,
David R. Suttmiller, William Roy Penney, and Edgar C. Clausen]
18. Experimental Determination of a Room Heat Transfer
Coefficient by Transient Cooling of a Mercury-in-Glass
Thermometer
[William Roy Penney and Edgar C. Clausen]
19. Experimental Determination and Modeling of the Temperature
Distribution Along a Hollow Fin
[William Roy Penney and Edgar C. Clausen]
Biography
William Roy Penney currently serves as Professor Emeritus of Chemical Engineering at the University of Arkansas. His research interests include fluid mixing and process design, and he has been instrumental in introducing hands-on concepts into the undergraduate classroom. Professor Penney is a registered professional engineer in the state of Arkansas.
Edgar C. Clausen currently serves as Professor and Associate Department Head in Chemical Engineering at the University of Arkansas. His research interests include bioprocess engineering, the production of energy and chemicals from biomass and waste, and enhancement of the K-12 educational experience. Professor Clausen is a registered professional engineer in the state of Arkansas.
"This book presents 19 hands-on experiments and demonstrations that can be easily replicated at your university. They are budget friendly experiments and many are inexpensive enough to be replicated for small group use in an active-learning session in a classroom. The instructions are clearly written so that you can successfully build and operate them. The author’s indications of the level of precision that you will get with the apparatus are very helpful in planning whether it is appropriate for your purpose. Tips on changes that you might wish to make are included. Best yet, the authors invite you to email them with your questions."
—Christi Patton Luks, Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA