HYDRAULICS 11: ORIFICE

PREPARED BY: ENGR. BILLY I. REJUSO

ORIFICE
- Is an opening with a closed perimeter through which fluid flows.
- Orifice can be in circular, square or rectangular in cross-section.
Sample Problem:

1. A 75 mm Ø orifice discharges 0.023 m3/s of liquid under a head of 2.9m. The diameter of a jet at vena
contracta is found to be 66.5m. Determine the following:
A. Coefficient of Discharge
B. Coefficient of Contraction
C. Coefficient of Velocity
2. An orifice having an area of 0.00785m2 is attached to a vertical side of a cylindrical tank having a diameter
of 4m. The weight of water discharged in 1 min and 40 sec is 22563N under a constant head of 1.2m. The
jet strikes at a point 1.92m horizontally from the vena contracta and 0.8m vertically below the orifice.
Compute for the following:
A. CV
B. C
C. Cc
3. Water flows through an orifice at the vertical side of a large tank under a constant head of 2.4m. How far
horizontally from the vena contracta will the jet strikes the ground 1.5m below the orifice?
4. A 50-mm diameter circular sharp-edged orifice at the side of a tank discharges water under a head of 3m. If
the coefficient of contraction CC=0.63 and the head lost is 240mm, compute for the discharge and the
coefficients of velocity CV and discharge C.
5. A calibration test of a 12.5-mm diameter circular sharp-edged orifice in a vertical side of a large tank showed
a discharge of 590N of water in 81 seconds at a constant head of 4.70m. Measurement of the jet showed
that it traveled 2.35m horizontally while dropping 300mm. Compute the three orifice coefficients.