The bench was designed to study the properties of fluids in static conditions and it allows to understand and deepen a wide range of fundamental principles of hydrostatics.
TRAINING PROGRAM:
• Density, specific gravity and viscosity
• Capillarity
• The principle of communicating vessels
• Liquid level measurement
• The relationship between pressure and depth of the liquid
• Determination of the center of pressure (only with optional model)
• Use of a barometer
• Measurement of the pressure with a U-type manometer
• Calibration of a Bourdon gauge (only with optional model)
• Principle of Archimedes
• Metacentric height
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS:
• Frame and worktop with tank made of stainless steel AISI 304
• Stainless steel AISI 304 water tank
• Hand pump
• Hydrometer 0.7 – 2.0 g / ml, 0.01 ml division
• Ball viscometer
• Containers for the study of communicating vessels
• Depth gauge
• Ecological barometer, 975-1050 hPa
• 2 U-type gauges
• Pascal’s apparatus
• Apparatus for the observation of a capillary parallel glass phenomena
• Apparatus for the study of capillary tube phenomena
• Hydrostatic balance
• Graduated cylinder
• Thermometer
• Syringe
• Beaker
• Digital stopwatch
