water pressure calculation

Agri contractor

Hi

Does any one know how to calculate water pressure on the following. We have a 4ft dam, under the dam we have a 4inch pipe travelling 60ft with a fall of 4ft from the dam to end of the pipe. Is it possible to get an estimate on what pressure would be created ???

reilig

Put a pressure gauge on the end of the pipe. They are pretty cheap in any good hardware.

Agri contractor wrote: »

Hi

Does any one know how to calculate water pressure on the following. We have a 4ft dam, under the dam we have a 4inch pipe travelling 60ft with a fall of 4ft from the dam to end of the pipe. Is it possible to get an estimate on what pressure would be created ???

GY A1

hey agri
pressure is relative to height of water, 10m height of water = 1 bar pressure.

you have 4 foot dam and 4 foot of fall
that is 1.2 m + 1.2m = 2.4m height
so thats .24 bar pressure less the very slight frictional pipe loss from your 60 foot of pipe,
so you end up with 0.2 bar of pressure at end of pipe if dam is full
hope this helps

Agri contractor

GY A1 wrote: »

hey agri
pressure is relative to height of water, 10m height of water = 1 bar pressure.

you have 4 foot dam and 4 foot of fall
that is 1.2 m + 1.2m = 2.4m height
so thats .24 bar pressure less the very slight frictional pipe loss from your 60 foot of pipe,
so you end up with 0.2 bar of pressure at end of pipe if dam is full
hope this helps

Thanks for the info.

GY A1

no probs mate
love maths

aidanki

GY A1 wrote: »

hey agri
pressure is relative to height of water, 10m height of water = 1 bar pressure.

you have 4 foot dam and 4 foot of fall
that is 1.2 m + 1.2m = 2.4m height
so thats .24 bar pressure less the very slight frictional pipe loss from your 60 foot of pipe,
so you end up with 0.2 bar of pressure at end of pipe if dam is full
hope this helps

10 out of 10

keep going

GY A1 wrote: »

hey agri
pressure is relative to height of water, 10m height of water = 1 bar pressure.

exellant info thanks