One-dimensional fluid-flow experiments

One dimensional fluid flow experiments were performed in which a viscous fluid is forced to flow down channels of uniform and varying thickness. The fluid used was glycerol. The rate of advance of the fluid down the channel, the fluid pressure as a function of time at the inlet and at three stations along the channel, and the fluid temperature were investigated. The purpose of the experiments was to provide experimental data for numerical code development. The experimental data from flow down a uniform channel agree, within the scatter of the data, with the results of simple analysis of one dimensional viscous flow.