I am planning to perform some volume-flow rate measurements in the Fluid Mechanics Laboratory. For this, I need a volumetric measuring tank (graduated cylinder) and a stopwatch. I considered the volume of the measured tank as 15 gallons and a stopwatch with reaction time as 1/10th of a second (though resolution of 1/1000th of a second). What is the volume flow rate if it takes 5 minutes to fill a 15-gallon of tank? Determine the smallest division to be on the tank in order to estimate the volume flow rate within an accuracy of ± 0.05 gpm.

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. I am planning to perform some volume-flow rate measurements in the Fluid Mechanics
Laboratory. For this, I need a volumetric measuring tank (graduated cylinder) and a
stopwatch. I considered the volume of the measured tank as 15 gallons and a stopwatch
with reaction time as 1/10th of a second (though resolution of 1/1000th of a second). What is
the volume flow rate if it takes 5 minutes to fill a 15-gallon of tank? Determine the smallest
division to be on the tank in order to estimate the volume flow rate within an accuracy of ±
0.05 gpm.
Transcribed Image Text:. I am planning to perform some volume-flow rate measurements in the Fluid Mechanics Laboratory. For this, I need a volumetric measuring tank (graduated cylinder) and a stopwatch. I considered the volume of the measured tank as 15 gallons and a stopwatch with reaction time as 1/10th of a second (though resolution of 1/1000th of a second). What is the volume flow rate if it takes 5 minutes to fill a 15-gallon of tank? Determine the smallest division to be on the tank in order to estimate the volume flow rate within an accuracy of ± 0.05 gpm.
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