Talk:Venturi tube

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 Definition:  A section of piping consisting of an inlet converging conical section leading to a small diameter cylindrical section called the throat, followed by a diverging conical section leading to a cylindrical exit. [d] [e]
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This articles was written from scratch. Milton Beychok 15:30, 20 March 2010 (UTC)

Bernoulli equation

I have a (small) problem with the height h in the Bernoulli equation. Now height is defined of a point, which implies that there may a difference in gravitational attraction over the cross section (as opposed to the length) of a tube. Later h1 is canceled against h2 for the gravitational terms in a horizontal tube, which implies that h is assumed constant over the cross-sectional dimension. It seems to me that h is (approximated as) a function of one dimension. In cylinder coordinates with the axis of the tube as z-axis, my guess is that h is a function of z only and not of r and θ. This is physically reasonable and allows cancellation of the gravitational terms in a horizontal tube. --Paul Wormer 07:49, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

Paul, if you believe that the Bernoulli equation should use z rather than h, feel free to change it. Milton Beychok 15:04, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

Beta

I added another definition for β, but on second thought it seems that the first definition (d/D) is superfluous. By referring to diameters it is assumed that tubes are cylindrical and then d and D do not need to be introduced in addition to the respective cross sections A1 and A2. For non-cylindrical ducts one needs more dimensions, e.g., width and height for rectangular shaped ones.--Paul Wormer 08:01, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

I will revise the the definition of beta to use the areas as you suggest, and thanks for your comments. Milton Beychok 15:04, 29 March 2010 (UTC)
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