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Fundamental Fluids FM1000

Our Fundamental Fluids kit is designed to meet the needs of those studying fluid mechanics principles at
college and university level. The system is supplied with a series of learning apparatus (see outlined on the LOCKTRONICS
following pages), hoses with robust gaskets and a rugged metal workstation. The system can be packed away
and stored when not in use. Each of the apparatus is attached within the workstation and two protective covers
are attached to the front and back to offer protection. The flow pipes drop down into the unit and the viscosity
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apparatus attaches to the top of the workstation to create one compact storable unit. This kit provides nine
individual experiments in total.

The study of fluid mechanics and the forces on them is becoming increasingly popular. ELECTRICAL MACHINES
With applications in a wide range of disciplines, including mechanical, civil, chemical
and biomedical engineering, the Fundamental Fluids range from Matrix allows
students to gain a hands-on understanding of the key principles. A main workstation
ELECTRICAL MACHINES
is supplied along with sixteen individual components, which allows students to build
nine different experiments without the need for any additional tools. Six of the
experiments are connected via USB to the pressure and flow sensors, which allows
results to be automatically plotted on a graph for analysis. The remaining three
experiments are carried out and plotted manually.
Each component is attached to the main workstation with quick release latches, FUNDAMENTAL FLUIDS
allowing students to quickly build and dismantle each experiment. A full free curriculum
is provided with easy-to-follow worksheets.

FUNDAMENTAL FLUIDS

LEARNING OBJECTIVES & EXPERIMENTS: FUNDAMENTAL MECHANICS

• Calibration of a Bourdon gauge • Series pumps, experimentally
• Centre of pressure on a partially determining the pressure/
and fully submerged plane flow characteristics of 2 pumps
FUNDAMENTAL MECHANICS
• Viscosity apparatus, demonstrating connected in series configuration
Stoke’s law • Parallel pumps, experimentally
• Use of manometers and different determining the pressure/
types (multitube manometer, flow characteristics of 2 pumps
U-tube manometer and inclined connected in parallel configuration
manometer)
• Bernoulli’s equation and using a
Venturi tube as a flow meter
• Losses in bends, measuring and
comparing pressure losses of
different bend geometries SCAN TO VISIT
• Centrifugal pump characteristics, PRODUCT PAGE
experimentally determining the
pressure/flow rate characteristics
of a pump and determining the
overall efficiency

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