Recent content by Parker Nisbet

Alright, I have decided to solve this as follows: after solving for the mass flow rate during attachment, I used p = rho * R * T, with rho = m / v, to get delta_p = delta_rho * R * T = (delta_m / v) * R * T (equation 1). Using the mass flow rate from above, I multiplied this by the estimated...

Thank you for the replies! As far as the size of the tank goes, it is somewhat small (the actual size depends on the results of this analysis), but for now we can treat it as 36000 inches3 (49 inch diameter and 19 inch height). The tank is vented similar to this http://imgur.com/L8uvRDq ...

I have a quick question regarding compressible fluid flow, specifically: for a given amount of time, how much pressure is lost when attaching a balloon valve to a small air tank. I decided to model my solution after the following problem (from an old fluid mechanics textbook of mine), Air is...