The measuring principle of a movable tube flowmeter is based on the relation between the time rate of momentum change of a body and the force acting on it. Theoretically, the flow rate of a liquid can be measured by a movable tube flowmeter independently of its viscosity.
The flowmeter here reported is a kind of movable tube flowmeter, in which the movable tube is a circular cylindrical tube with a coaxial core at its outlet or inlet part and is suspended coaxially between fixed inlet and outlet tubes by bellows. The liquid to be measured flows steadily in the movable tube.
The time rate of momentum change of the system composed of the movable tube and the liquid flowing in it is equal to the force acting on the system. The time rate of increase of momentum of the system is equal to that of the liquid, and can be expressed as a function of the flow rate of the liquid. The force acting on the system is expressed in terms of two pressure differences and one force.
The experiments with a movable tube flowmeter of core type show good agreement with the theory.
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