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Convert Specific Speed to SI Units

This document provides an example problem to calculate specific speed in customary and SI units. It gives the units for specific speed in customary units as rpm⋅gpm^(3/4)/ft^(1/2) and shows the conversion to calculate specific speed in SI units using unit conversion factors and data from tables. The calculated specific speed in customary units is 2000 and in SI units is 4.06 m^(3)/s.

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Convert Specific Speed to SI Units

This document provides an example problem to calculate specific speed in customary and SI units. It gives the units for specific speed in customary units as rpm⋅gpm^(3/4)/ft^(1/2) and shows the conversion to calculate specific speed in SI units using unit conversion factors and data from tables. The calculated specific speed in customary units is 2000 and in SI units is 4.06 m^(3)/s.

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Problem 1.

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[Difficulty: 1]

Given: Find: Solution:

Specific speed in customary units Units; Specific speed in SI units

The units are

rpm gpm
3 4

or

ft

4 3

ft

Using data from tables (e.g. Table G.2)


1

NScu = 2000

rpm gpm
3 4

ft

1 ft 3 2 12 rpm gpm 2 rad 1 min 4 0.000946 m 1 min NScu = 2000 3 1 rev 60 s 1 gal 60 s 0.0254 m
2

ft

4 1

m3 s s NScu = 4.06 3
rad m
4

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