Worked examples
Fourteen built-in networks across all four solve modes. Read the write-up, then open the network in the Studio to solve and explore it - building and running the built-in examples is always free.
Incompressible liquids
Worked example: the three-reservoir junction
Solve the classic three-reservoir problem in your browser. Three tanks at different heads feed one junction; the solver finds each pipe flow and direction.
Open in the Studio →Worked example: a single-loop network
Solve a single-loop pipe network in your browser. Flow divides between two parallel branches of different diameter so head loss around the loop balances.
Open in the Studio →Worked example: pump and system curve
Find a pump operating point in your browser, where the pump curve meets the system curve as it lifts water between reservoirs. Power and BEP reported too.
Open in the Studio →Worked example: a supply line with an in-line fitting
See minor losses in action in your browser. A supply line with a 90 degree elbow draws a demand; the solver separates fitting loss, friction and elevation.
Open in the Studio →Worked example: a branched distribution main
Check pressures across a branched distribution main in your browser. One reservoir feeds three demands at different ground levels; find every pressure.
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Heat transfer
Worked example: an insulated hot water main
See what insulation saves on a hot water main in your browser. The solver compares insulated and bare segments and tracks the temperature drop on each.
Open in the Studio →Worked example: a hot and cold mixing tee
Find a blended temperature in your browser. A hot and a cold water stream mix at a tee by enthalpy, then the flow cools along a pipe to a cold ambient.
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Compressible gas
Compressed air line, a worked pressure-drop example
Worked compressed air example, a line at about 6 bar gauge feeding a 1.15 kg/s draw-off through two pipe sizes, solved in pressure-squared form.
Open in the Studio →Fan and duct, a worked operating-point example
Worked fan and duct example, a fan pushing air through a 60 m duct to atmosphere. The operating point is where the fan curve meets the duct resistance.
Open in the Studio →Compressor and line, a worked set-ratio example
Worked compressor example, a set-ratio compressor raising 200 kPa air to 400 kPa down a 150 m line. Reports discharge temperature and shaft power.
Open in the Studio →Air blow-down, a worked high-velocity example
Worked high-velocity air example, a short line dumping 300 kPa air to 120 kPa and reaching about 210 m/s, firing the solver's high-velocity advisory.
Open in the Studio →Hot air line, a worked cooling example
Worked hot gas example, 0.18 kg/s of 127 C air cooling along a bare 300 m line. As the gas cools, its density rises and its velocity falls off.
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Non-Newtonian fluids
Power-law fluid network, a worked non-Newtonian example
Worked non-Newtonian example, a shear-thinning power-law fluid fed from three reservoirs into a junction. Shows the Metzner-Reed Reynolds number.
Open in the Studio →Bingham line, a worked yield-stress example
Worked Bingham-plastic example, a yield-stress sludge pumped down a 100 m line. Shows the laminar to turbulent regime via the Hanks transition.
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