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Aashir Nadeem Syed Irtiza Ali Shah* Mubashar Aftab Waleed Fayyaz*
College of Aeronautical Engg, College of Aeronautical College of Aeronautical
College of Aeronautical Engg,
National University of Sciences & Engg, National University of Engg, National University of
National University of Sciences
Technology, Pakistan Sciences & Technology, Sciences & Technology,
& Technology, Pakistan
irtiza_shah@getech.edu Pakistan Pakistan
I. NTRODUCTION
Till date several proposals have been put into block.
discussion regarding measurement of the hydrostatic Fig. 1. Apparatus setup to measure the hydrostatic forces
force. Systems already working on electricity and with reference to weight and height of fluid
Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Engineering & Emerging Technologies (ICEET), Superior
University, Lahore, PK, 7-8 April, 2016.
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Constant Parameters
ρ(kg/m3) 1000
2
g(m/s ) 9.81
Width, w(m) 0.075
Length, l(m) 0.1
Area, A(m2) 0.0075
Moment arm, L(m) 0.275
Table 3. These are the constant parameters for which
Fig.5. Theoretical force vs. predefined height. This
the experiment is carried out. This table is obtained
graph is obtained using the MS Excel software.
using MS Excel software.
Where:
No. m(kg) W(N) H+h y=(m) F(N) m: mass
1 0.05 0.49 0.06 0.03 2.207 W: weight
2 0.1 0.98 0.077 0.0385 2.833 H: height above the fluid
3 0.15 1.47 0.091 0.0455 3.348 h: height immersed in the fluid
4 0.2 1.96 0.104 0.052 3.826 y: effective height for the theoretical force
3 0.15 1.47 0.091 0.091 4.447 In case of completely submerged arc block in a
4 0.2 1.96 0.104 0.104 5.188 fluid; the height, counterweight mass, hydrostatic
5 0.25 2.45 0.116 0.116 5.814 pressure, and hydrostatic forces are related to each
other linearly.
6 0.3 2.94 0.128 0.128 6.323
Table 2.Practical force vs. predefined height. This
table is obtained using MS Excel software.
Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Engineering & Emerging Technologies (ICEET), Superior
University, Lahore, PK, 7-8 April, 2016.
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