Thompson, K. (2022, August), Venturi Meter: Design, Simulate, and Test  Paper presented at 2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Minneapolis, MN. 10.18260/1-2--41345

\bibitem{asee_peer_41345}
  Thompson, K. (2022, August), \emph{Venturi Meter: Design, Simulate, and Test}
  Paper presented at 2022 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Minneapolis, MN.
  10.18260/1-2--41345

Kristen Thompson.  "Venturi Meter: Design, Simulate, and Test".  2022 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Minneapolis, MN, 2022, August.  ASEE Conferences, 2022.  https://peer.asee.org/41345 Internet.  03 May, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_41345}
  Kristen Thompson.
  "Venturi Meter: Design, Simulate, and Test".
  \emph{2022 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Minneapolis, MN, 2022, August}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2022.
  https://peer.asee.org/41345 Internet.  03 May, 2024

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TY  - CPAPER
AB  - Venturi meters are well-known as an experimental apparatus to display Bernoulli’s principle. In this series of two experiments, students first design and simulate a Venturi meter and then go on to 3D print the meter and test it within a water flow system.  In the first of two lab sessions, students design a Venturi meter in Solidworks and then use the Flow Simulation feature to simulate the characteristics of the meter. Students are given constraints for the total length of the meter, the diameter of the orifice, parameters for the pressure port, and parameters for the end caps needed to fit the ½” PVC pipe connectors. This modeling exercise not only gives students a refresher in 3D modeling, but the simulation gives visual representations of the gradients in velocity and pressure within the meter. Students work in groups of three to four, each designing their individual meters with different inlet and outlet lengths, leading to different inlet and outlet angles. Students then compare the different designs and use the results of the simulations to pick what they determine to be the “best” meter. They are expected to justify this decision. A single meter from each group is then 3D printed (PLA in Makerbot printers), glued to ½” PVC fittings with threaded ends and coated in an epoxy sealant to waterproof the print. The Venturi meter is then hooked to a sump pump-driven PVC apparatus with an additional pressure port upstream of the meter and a Hall effect fluid flow meter (which they previously calibrated).  Students use either an Arduino or a NI-DAQ with Labview to read the flow meter. Pressure drops are measured using a water-filled manometer. Students then compare the pressure drop and fluid velocities from the experiment to the corresponding results from the simulation. Students are ultimately asked to evaluate the performance of the meter regarding the overall energy loss of the meter. 
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