F1-38 Hele Shaw Apparatus
The Armfield F1-38 Hele Shaw apparatus enables investigation into the principles of potential flow and enables modelling of appropriate physical systems.
It allows students to study various source and sink arrangements and look at flow around a variety of different shaped models.
Description
The F1-38 Hele Shaw Apparatus provides a very visual means of showing potential flow in the field of fluid dynamics. The water flows through a very narrow channel which is formed between two plates causing the water to flow in a special way.
The mean velocity of the water along the channel obeys equations as those for local velocity in potential flow. The water flow within the channel is designed to be in a steady, laminar state.
The apparatus injects dye (by gravity) into the water flow to produce streamlines that clearly show the effect of different flow conditions around shapes and/or with the use of sinks and sources. F1-38 Hele Shaw Apparatus is a demonstration of classic experiments with visualisation of flow behaviour by injection of dye as a steady flow in a working cell.
The apparatus is designed to fit onto the top of the standard F1-10 series hydraulic bench forming part of the F1 series fluid mechanics’ range. The F1-10 Hydraulics Bench can be used as work surface and water collection sump.
The apparatus requires a supply of clean cold water, with an optional overhead tank (F1-38a supplied separately), available if required. In addition the optional F1-38b Visualisation accessory allows the user to capture or project video or still images via use of the supplied USB camera.
Technical Specifications
Working section
Viewing Area: 892mm
Sinks/source/closed: 4 points
Dye injectors: 16
Dye: Food based dye
Flow control valve: Operates fully closed (0) to fully open(11)
Camera requirements: USB – PC: Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, XP
Operational water pressure min/max: 0.2 – 0.3bar
Features & Benefits
- Highly visual apparatus enabling the demonstration of a wide variety of flow patterns around different shapes
- Includes dye injection system
- Accessory to F1-10 bench
- Supplied with spare material for user defined shapes
- Optional visualiser F1-38b allows the user to capture or project video or still images via use of the supplied USB camera
- Supplied with comprehensive manual
Ideal flow around immersed bodies
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- Cylinder
- Aerofoil
- Bluff body
Ideal flow associated with sinks and sources
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- Formation of a Rankine half body
- Formation of a Rankine oval
- Circular streamlines from a doublet
- Superposition of sinks and sources User defined shape
Ideal flow in channels and at boundaries
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- Convergent channel
- Divergent channel
- 90-degree bend
- Sudden contraction
- Sudden enlargement
A set of basic model shapes are provided to analyse flow patterns around these. (Further models can be cut from the same material used in for the standard models to ensure compatibility with the unit).
Models include:
Venturi half X2
Orifice plate half X2
Disc
Aerofoil NACA633-618
Aerofoil Gottingen 535
Blank material
F1-38a Header Tank: If mains water cannot be connected
F1-38b Visualiser: Autofocusing. Still and video capture Mac: OS 10.12 and later (Mac OSX 10.5 and later compatible) PC: Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, XP
- Desktop or F1-10 bench mounted apparatus, demonstrates ideal flow, and Hele Shaw principles and is able to accept student-made models
- Working section dimensions 345mm x 265mm
- Actual viewing area 295mm x 245mm
- Comprehensive instruction manual with illustrations
- Water supply
- Drain: Suitable for water containing dye
Packed and crated shipping specifications
Volume: 0.125m³
Gross weight: 10Kg
Length: 0.50m
Width: 0.44m
Height: 0.78m
- F1-38
- F1-38a
- F1-38b
