Engineering Projects/Hydraulic ram/Howard Community College/Fall2012/p1501ATandT
Electronic Sections Expected[edit | edit source]
Problem Statement[edit | edit source]
To create a pump that will successfully move water against gravity several hundred feet without using electricity.
Team Members[edit | edit source]
Summary[edit | edit source]
Poster[edit | edit source]
Story[edit | edit source]
The group met and decided on a problem statement. We researched how a hydraulic ram works, and looked at examples of hydraulic rams that others had built. We found two Youtube videos particularly helpful, Links are here and here. The first video shows a ram that is approximately the same size as the one that we set out to build as an initial design. The second video is of a much larger ram, and may be the inspiration for a later expansion of the project.
for the second week we decided to get a comprehensive list of the materials we needed for the ram; in addition we made a decision rubric on what size the prototype and the real ram would be.
Decision List[edit | edit source]
- 1. On what size the prototype and real ram would be
- 2. whether to make prototype with a 1/2" waste valve or 1"
Material List[edit | edit source]
- 1. waste valve
- 2. snifter valve
- 3. non-return valve
- 4. PVC pipes
- 5. pressure tank
- 6. pipes
- 7. water pressure guages
- 8. T-joins
- 9. Regular joins
- 10. PVC cement
- 11. 1" diameter steel pipe
- 12. 3" PVC cape
Software List[edit | edit source]
Tutorials[edit | edit source]
Here are some tutorials on how to build an hydraulic ram that were produced by outside sources
- 1.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgrythkYDIg
- 2.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-cGi1rF6yQ&feature=fvwberel
- 3.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkrWEAyYhbU