Results

Height
Horizontal distance

60 mm
320 mm

Vertical Distance

220 mm

Measured radius of the orifice: 13.5mm

Height

Attempt
Volume in mL
1
1000
Horizontal
distance
2
1000
Vertical Distance
3
1000

Time in seconds
4.4
4.33
4.22

60 mm
320 mm
220 mm

Trial 1:

Attempt
1
2
3

Volume in mL
1000
1000
1000

Time in seconds
4.4
4.33
4.22

Trial 2:

Assuming the flow is steady we use the formula for the velocity V = 2 g h , where g is
gravity and

is the difference in elevation.

The computation for the theoretical values are as follows:

V 1= 2 ( 9.81 )( 0.06 )

1.084988479m/ s