What are the air speeds in a Venturi meter with varying tube diameters?

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The discussion focuses on calculating air speeds in a Venturi meter with given diameters and a measured mercury column height. Using the principles of fluid dynamics, the change in pressure is calculated based on the density of mercury and the height difference. The area of both sections is determined, leading to the calculation of air speeds, with v1 found to be approximately 1.61 m/s and v2 approximately 14.46 m/s. An edit proposes a scenario with a different height change, yielding new speeds of v1 at 2.62 m/s and v2 at 23.59 m/s. The calculations and methodology are confirmed as correct by the original poster.
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Homework Statement



Air is blown through a horizontal Venturi tube. The diameters of the narrow and wider sections of the tube are 1.0 cm and 3.0 cm respectively, and the height h of the mercury column is measured to be 1.00 mm. What are the air speeds in the wider and the narrower sections of the tube? The density of mercury is 13,600 kg/m3. (Assume the density of air is 1.29 kg/m3.)

Air is blowing through the wider section to the smaller section.

Homework Equations


p=rho
P1 + (1/2)(p)(v1)^2 + pgy1 = P2 + (1/2)(p)(v2)^2 + pgy2
A1v1=A2v2
P1 = Po + pgh
A(circle)=pi(r)^2

The Attempt at a Solution


Formulas:
y1=y2 so the pgy1 and pgy2 can cancel and v2=A1v1/A2
We can rearrange the equation to give:
P1-P2 = (1/2)(p)(v1)^2((A1/A2)^2-1)
v1=((P1-P2)/((1/2)(p)((A1/A2)^2-1))^(1/2)

P1-P2
Po +pgh1 - Po - pgh2
Change in pressure: pg(h1-h2)

v2=A1v1/A2

What we have:
r1= 3.0cm/2/100= 0.015m
r2= 1.0cm/2/100= 0.005m
(P1-P2)= change in pressure
change in height = 1.00mm/1000= 0.001m
p(mercury)= 13600kg/m^3
p(air)= 1.29kg/m^3

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Change in pressure:
pg(h1-h2)

(13600kg/m^3)(9.8m/s^2)(0.001m)= 133.28pa

A1= (0.015m)^2(pi)= 7.068583471x10^-4 m^2
A2= (0.005m)^2(pi)= 7.853981634x10^-5 m^2

v1=((P1-P2)/((1/2)(p)((A1/A2)^2-1))^(1/2)

(133.28pa/(1/2)(1.29kg/m^3)((7.068583471x10^-4 m^2/7.853981634x10^-5 m^2)^2-1))^(1/2)
v1= 1.607154546 m/s

v2=A1v1/A2
(7.068583471x10^-4 m^2)(1.607154546 m/s)/(7.853981634x10^-5 m^2)
v2=14.46439092 m/s

I am not sure if I am even doing this right. :(
Sorry if formatting is hard to follow/ugly, I am still getting used to the new changes, don't know where everything is yet.
 
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I think this is the correct answer, I was plugging in everything at once on my calculator and I might have been doing something wrong so I was getting a lot of different answers. But I'd still like this to be checked. :)

Edit: If the change in height was 2.66mm, would v1 and v2 be:

v1: 2.621065424 m/s
v2: 23.58958882 m/s

?
(Used same equations as above)
 
Nvm, I am right, I don't think I've made any mistakes.
 
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