Hydraulic Grade Line and Energy Grade Line

MEC516/BME516 Fluid Mechanics, Chapter 3 Control Volume Analysis, Part 11: A discussion of the Hydraulic Grade Line and Energy Grade Line. This information will be helpful for Lab 4.

All of the videos in the course and a copy (pdf) of this fluid mechanics presentation can be downloaded at:
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Course Textbook: F.M. White and H. Xue, Fluid Mechanics, 9th Edition, McGraw-Hill, New York, 2021.

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0:00 Introduction
0:11 Overview
2:30 Definition of "Head"
4:29 Hydraulic Grade Line (HGL) and Energy Grade Line (EGL)
11:15 Example: Inviscid Flow Through a Venturi Meter
15:40 Example: Real (Viscous) Flow Through a Venturi Meter
18:06 Video Demonstration: Venturi Flow Meter
20:34 Example: Venturi Meter
23:10 Example: HGL and EGL for a Piping System