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The Coefficient of Contraction in the Flow Through Perforated Plates

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 July 2016

P. G. Morgan*
Affiliation:
University of Manchester

Extract

The Coefficient of contraction of a jet of fluid flowing through an orifice has been widely studied in the field of hydraulics, using a jet of water discharging through an orifice into the atmosphere and measuring the area of the jet at the vena contracta. the coefficient of contraction cr is then defined as:

Type
Technical Notes
Copyright
Copyright © Royal Aeronautical Society 1959

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