So it means the chamfer can just be ignored, since the projected area of the chamfer + the area of the flat surface is the same as just the area of the completely flat piston?
I was reading up on forces on hydraulic/pneumatic cylinders, and I've been thinking of this for a while:
So for a pneumatic cylinder, the force on the piston is simply:
P = F/a
F = P x a
where a = area of the piston that the air pressure is acting on.
So what would happen if the piston is...
Thanks for the replies.
I'm not actually planning to make one, I just find it easier to apply the knowledge to simple real world examples to better understand it, thanks.
So it's pretty much:
Get the required flow rate
Set an acceptable pressure drop (i.e. the min pressure at the outlet/use...
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I'm reading up on fluid flow and I'm a bit grasping at the concepts. As far as I understand it, flow rate, pressure drop and pipe size are all interrelated, where one affects...