Week 7

Guidelines for Report

• • Weekly Progress Reports should be printed out before meetings with the sponsor and instructor.

  • All team members should be able to explain all items on the progress report.

  • To start a new progress report, create a new webpage and use the Progress Report Template.

Overview of Status of Analysis, Design, Fabrication, Tests, etc.

• Testing: In Progress

• Evaluation: In Progress

• Report: In Progress

Accomplishments from Previous Week

• • Finished Dual Test Rig (Both flow meters are connected to pipe in the same loop so that they made read flow simultaneously)

  • Evaluated the optimal number of bounces at 32

    • discovered that this optimal value varies depending on the diameter and thickness of the pipe

Goals for Next Week (list names after each item). Use specific and measurable objectives.

• • Conduct Comparison tests for both meters (Jun and Becky)

    • Series of 10 minute tests (Jun)

      • Estimate relationship between number of bounces vs pipe diameter (Jun, see risks and areas of concern section)

    • Series of 1 hour tests (Becky)

  • Create mounts for flow meters using the 3d printer (Zeeshan and Scott)

Sponsor Comments from Last Meeting and Actions Taken to Address these Comments

• • Find the optimal number of bounces for the current test setup (complete)

  • Try to create a testing setup that will allow a comparison between the two flow meters (dual complete testing will resume Thursday)

Instructor Comments from Last Meeting and Actions Taken to Address these Comments

• • Work on the report to fill in missing areas and correct grammar (correction on grammar completed for previous sections, report being filled as testing continues)

Risks and Areas of Concern

• • We are finding that the parameters for the number of bounces is dependent on the pipe diameter and thickness

    • Can we create a function that describes the optimal number of bounces vs pipe diameters?

    • Can we create a function that describes the optimal number of bounces vs transducer distance?

Resources or Information Required but not Available

• • The Flexim Flow meter computer inputs values for pipe diameter, thickness, and number of bounces, and then internally compute a suggested distance for the transducers

    • Need to find this calculation, may need to contact Flexim engineers for this

Schedule

• • Week 7

    • Finish Comparison Testing (Jun and Becky)

    • Work on Report(Scott and Zeeshan)

  • Week 8

    • Finish 3D Printed Mounts (Scott and Zeeshan)

    • Work on Report (Jun and Becky)

  • Update Gantt chart.

Budget (list amount spent and amount remaining)

• • Spent: $15

  • Remaining: $985

Progress on Report and Webpage

• • Report Grammar Fixed

  • Currently filling in remaining sections for 2nd draft

    • Fabrication Analysis (Scott)

    • Cost Analysis (Scott)

    • Prototype and Final Design (Becky)

    • Users/Operation (Jun)

    • Performance and conclusions (Zeeshan)

  • Webpage pictures uploaded