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Write short note on Model testing in centrifugal pumps.
written 7.2 years ago by gravatar for teamques10 teamques10 ★ 70k modified 3.8 years ago by gravatar for pedsangini276 pedsangini276 • 4.8k

Mumbai university > mechanical engineering > sem 7 > mechanical utility systems

Marks: 5M

Year: Dec 2016

Difficulty: Easy
mechanical utility system
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written 7.2 years ago by gravatar for teamques10 teamques10 ★ 70k

A pump, before it is sent for manufacturing should be tested for any faults in design and operation. It would be wasteful to make a full-sized product for testing purposes.

Hence, a scaled down model, identical to the actual prototype is created with scaled down dimensions. The similarity relations have …

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