Koya University

Faculty of Engineering
School of Chemical & Petroleum Engineering
Chemical Engineering department

MECHANICAL FLUID
EXPERIMENT NUMBER FIVE

STATIC & DYNAMIC PRESSURE

Instructor: Mr. Ali & Miss. Hawzheen

Author Name: Aree Salah Tahir
Experiment Contacted on: 19/Nov/2013
Report Submitted on: 26/Nov /2013
Group:A
The aim of this experiment:

The aim of this experiment is to find the dynamic

pressure in a moving fluid using piezometer and pitot
tube. By calculating its static pressure and its total
pressure.
Introduction:

When a fluid is in motion it’s affected by two types of

pressure which are dynamic and static pressure. Static
pressure is the pressure in still liquids and in this
experiment it’s used to calculate the dynamic pressure
in moving fluids, for finding the static pressure we use
the piezometer.
Dynamic pressure (velocity pressure) is the kinetic
energy per unit volume of a fluid particle, it’s the
difference between the total pressure (also called
stagnation pressure) and
static pressure.
Theory:
To find the dynamic pressure we have to find two
other pressures at first, which are static and the
total pressure because the total pressure is the sum
of both dynamic and static pressure, thus dynamic
pressure is the difference between the total and the
static pressure.
Prandtl’s tube is a sort of combination of both the
piezometer and the pitot tube which are for finding
the static and dynamic pressures in a moving fluid.
Pdyn. =1/2 PV2
The dynamic pressure is also called velocity
pressure, the dynamic pressure rises with square of
the flow speed.

In fluid dynamics, Stagnation pressure (total

pressure) is equal to the sum of the free-stream
dynamic pressure and free-stream
static pressure.

𝑃𝑑𝑦𝑛/𝛾 =𝑃𝑡/𝛾−𝑃𝑠/𝛾

𝑣 = √(2𝑃𝑑𝑦𝑛/𝜌)
Procedure:
Preparing:

Before the actual measurement the manometer

must be prepared and vented;
1. Connect the outputs of the prandtl’s tube by the
connecting hoses to the dual water manometer.
2. Close all cocks of the pipe system, and the vent
valves on the water manometer.
3. Switch on the pump and open the pipe system
inlet cock.
4. Open the lower vent valves of the water
manometer:
The pipe section and connecting hoses are vented
by the water flow.
When there are no longer air bubbles in the
connecting hoses, close the lower vent valve
simultaneously, then close the inlet cock and open
the drain cock.

Performing the experiment:

Carefully open the upper vent valve and inlet
cock, observing the water
level: No water should emerge from the upper vent
valve.
Read of the two heads of water Pt and Ps.
High pressures can be adjusted by means of the
inlet. If lower pressures
are to be measured, reduce the inlet cock and
adjust the head of the water with the drain cock.
TOOLS:

1:twin tube manometers,

2: tank,

3:digital pressure display,

4:pressure sensor,

5:supply tank with submersible pump,

6:Pitot tube,

7:differential pressure manometer,

8:pipe section,

9:hydrostatic pressure in liquids,

10: pressure vessel,

11:pressure vessel,

12:Bourdon tube manometer,

13:diaphragm manometer
Discussion:

As the velocity increases all of dynamic, static and total

pressure increases but for dynamic pressure it increases
with square of the flow velocity.