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Program solves thermal, hydraulic, or combined thermal and hydraulic problems. It can handle transient and steady-state hydraulic problems and combined thermal/hydraulic transient of steady-state problems. Physical system of interest is approximated to any degree of accuracy with lumped-parameter representation, using elements provided by program.
Program, written for Hewlett-Packard 9100A electronic desk computer provides convenient and immediate solution to problem of calculating pressure drop and fluid pumping power for flow through round tubes. Program was designed specifically for steady-state analysis and assumes laminar flow.
Computer program has been developed to calculate and total weights for tubing, fluid in tubing, and weight of fuel cell power source necessary to power pump based on flow rate and pressure drop. Program can be used for fluid systems used in any type of aircraft, spacecraft, trucks, ships, refineries, and chemical processing plants.