Application of the Hydraulic Analogy to Internal Subsonic Flow
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description: A study was made to determine the quantitative accuracy of the hydraulic analogy when applied to subsonic internal flows such as exist in pure fluid elements. The study included a literature survey, an analytical investigation of the hydraulic analogy, and an experimental test program to measure the degree of correlation between an air and water model of a typical pure fluid element. The fluid element used in the experimental program was a nonsymmetrical flow divider. It was shown that, in spite of the many simplifying assumptions made in the analogy, the quantitative data correlated to within 3 percent.
abstract: A study was made to determine the quantitative accuracy of the hydraulic analogy when applied to subsonic internal flows such as exist in pure fluid elements. The study included a literature survey, an analytical investigation of the hydraulic analogy, and an experimental test program to measure the degree of correlation between an air and water model of a typical pure fluid element. The fluid element used in the experimental program was a nonsymmetrical flow divider. It was shown that, in spite of the many simplifying assumptions made in the analogy, the quantitative data correlated to within 3 percent.
author: Warren, Carl Hugh
language: en_US
language: English
keywords: Fluid mechanics
date published: 1967
date modified: 2026-07-27T18:44:12Z
provider: University of Alabama
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
type: WebPage
source organization: University of Alabama Libraries