Name: Mohamed Ahmed Ashraf Abd Elghany Bakr

Elgheriany
Section: 8
Number: 335
Alexandria University,
Faculty of Engineering,
Mechanical Engineering Department.

Fluid report 1
Name: Mohamed Ahmed Ashraf Abd Elghany bakr
Elgheriany
Section: 8
No.: 335

Experiment 1:
Calibration of a pressure gauge by
using a dead weight tester.

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Name: Mohamed Ahmed Ashraf Abd Elghany Bakr
Elgheriany
Section: 8
Number: 335
Objective:
The aim of this experiment is to calibrate a
pressure gauge using weights by benefiting of the
property of pressure applied to a liquid at rest is
transferred undiminished to every part of the
liquid and even to the walls of the container
(Pascal’s principle), so pressure applied by weight
applied to the piston is transferred through oil till
it reaches pressure gauge causing a reading.

So by applying known pressure to the liquid,

which apply it to the gauge causing a reading
which contains an error. This error can be remarked by the following procedure.

Procedure:
1- Fill the interior of the apparatus with oil, and free it from air
bubbles

2- Fit the tested gauge in position.

3- Level the apparatus in a horizontal position.

4- Table the reading of the tested gauge before putting the piston in place. This is
the zero reading of the gauge.

5- Close the valve of the tested gauge and put the piston in place. Put a load on the
piston and use the handle to reach the equilibrium position, Stake reading of gauge
at equilibrium position.

6- Repeat, with increasing the load, use handle to retain equilibrium position.

7 - Continue till you reach the maximum reading on the gauge then reduce the load
gradually and take readings in the unloading process.

8- Plot a curve between the actual pressure and the indicated pressure.

The actual pressure = (Load)/ (area of piston)

Indicated pressure = reading on the gauge.

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Name: Mohamed Ahmed Ashraf Abd Elghany Bakr
Elgheriany
Section: 8
Number: 335
3.Observations:
2
Load (kgf) Indicated pressure (kg
f/cm )
During unloading During
loading
zero Zero Zero
1 0.9 0.9
2 1.9 1.9
3 2.9 2.9
4 3.9 3.9
5 4.9 4.9

Results:

Actual pressure Indicated pressure (kgf/cm2)

(kgf/cm2) Loading Unloading Average
Zero Zero Zero Zero
1 0.9 0.9 0.9
2 1.9 1.9 1.9
3 2.9 2.9 2.9
4 3.9 3.9 3.9
5 4.9 4.9 4.9

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Name: Mohamed Ahmed Ashraf Abd Elghany Bakr
Elgheriany
Section: 8
Number: 335
4.This is a simple graph between actual pressure
and average indicated pressure:

calibration of pressure gauge by dead weight

tester
pressure in (kgf/cm2)

6
average indicted

5
4
3
2
1
0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6
actual pressure in (kgf/cm2)

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