Research Article
Sep 1966
Evaluation of Pipe Elbows as Flow Meters
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VIEW THE REPLYPublication: Journal of the Irrigation and Drainage Division
Volume 92, Issue 3
Abstract
A number of flanged, 90○ commercial elbows of several sizes, ranging from 3 in. to 12 in. in diameter are calibrated as elbow flow meters. The accuracy to which a calibration equation can be predicted using only the nominal elbow size and the average calibration results of several similar elbows is determined. This accuracy can be improved if precise measurements of the elbow diameter and radius of bend are obtained and incorporated into the calibration equation. A relatively simple and inexpensive method for accurately determining the radius of bend with casting plaster is presented. The effects of installing the elbow flow meters in the proximity of other piping components are investigated and a modification of the classical vortex velocity profile analysis for elbow flow meters is presented.
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Journal of the Irrigation and Drainage Division
Volume 92 • Issue 3 • September 1966
Pages: 17 - 34
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© 1966 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published in print: Sep 1966
Published online: Feb 11, 2021
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John Asher Replogle
Research Agric. Engr., Water Conservation Lab., Agric. Research Service, U.S. Dept. of Agric., Phoenix, Ariz
Lloyd E. Myers, F.ASCE
Dir., Water Conservation Lab., Agr ic. Research Service, U.S. Dept. of Agric., Phoenix, Ariz
Kenneth J. Brust
Agr. Engr., Water Conservation Lab., Agric. Research Service, U.S. Dept. of Agric., Phoenix, Ariz
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