Theory and Design for Mechanical Measurements
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Author: Richard S. Figliola, Donald E. Beasley
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Chapter 10, Problem 10.39P
An engineer has an application of water at 20 °C flowing through DN100, Schedule 40 pipe. Available is a Rosemount 8800D flanged vortex flow meter, which specifies a usable range of 6.86 to □ • • • 225 m /hr in liquids. Suppose it uses a proprietary shedder design (St = 0.19) with a characteristic shedder diameter d of 26 mm. What range of shedding frequency should be expected?
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