NAU Hydraulics Testing Apparatus Team

The Project Scope

The Hydraulics Testing Team (HTC) has produced a self-supporting hydraulics testing system that can demonstrate hydraulic principles, such as hydraulic head, flow rates, pressures, and more. The system is primarily designed for the professors and students of the hydraulics and fluid mechanics courses at Northern Arizona University (NAU). The Water Resources I course currently designs a "Guerilla Project", where the students design their own hydraulics experiment, in which they test one or multiple hydraulic parameters.

The Stake Holders

• Alarick (Lar) Reiboldt
• Mark Lamer
• Test constant head and free-falling head
• Water Resource's and Fluid Mechanic's students and instructors

Design Parameters

• Free Standing
• Structure must be made of steel
• Test constant head and free-falling head
• Minimum of 1 minute testing time
• Interchangable hydraulic parts

Project Cost:

The team had a budget of $1000 and the final cost was $1,250. The extra $250 was used on extra piping and fittings for the Resources 1 students.