Description:
The 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. 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.
Features
- Highly visual apparatus enabling the demonstration of a wide variety of flow patterns around different shapes
- Includes dye injection system
- Supplied with spare material for user defined shapes
- Optional visualiser allows the user to capture or project video or still images via use of the supplied USB camera
- Supplied with comprehensive manual
Technical specification:
- 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
