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2/22/07 - Chemistry problems can often exhibit convergence problems, depending on how the equations are writtem, in the CVEN 314 section
2/11/06 - Are minor losses really minor ? In the fluids section
2/21/06 - The potential effect on clarifier size when laminar flow around a settling particle is assumed....but isn't occurring
3/11/06 - Determining the operating point, brake hp and efficiency of a cetrifugal pump.
3/19/06 - The concept of Net Positive Suction Head, NPSH, and how to determine it
5/18/06 - Sensitivity analysis of Green Ampt infiltration procedure - in the student section
5/29/06 - A discussion of the vector product as a tool in dynamics, in the dynamics section
6/4/06 - An application of the vector cross product with explanation and several schematics.
8/2/06 - A neat little chemistry problem exploring calcite solubility, excellent application of a solve block
8/6/06 - File demonstrating use of a "parameterized" solve block for solving a chemistry problem
8/13/06 - An interesting file for a nonchemist showing what happens when the salt of a weak acid is added to water
8/13/06 - The strong acid in water problem
8/15/06 - Species distribution in a CO2/water system open to the atmosphere
8/15/06
- Water containing soluble calcium and solid calcite, subject
to partial pressure of CO2
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| FILE | FILE DESCRIPTION AND DEVELOPER |
| A File from Katrina | Developed by Rel Gray, currently with Hunt-Guillot and Associates, Ruston, La This was done in response to a contract from development of temporary living quarters for victims of hurricane Katrina, posted Nov. 1, 2005 |
| Drainage and Detention Basin Design | This file is several years old. It was done by Michael Foster. "Foster" did not like hydraulics/hydrology or Mathcad and said he wasn't going to work in the hydraulics area or with Mathcad after he left school, "he was going to do structures". He went to work for a firm that does structural work in the electrical power industry. Unknown to Foster, the firm also has responsibilty for drainage around their structures. This was Foster's first assignment. Moral of the story "In private industry you do what comes through the door" |
| Sizing of Culverts - Minimum Performance Approach | This file was produced by Lance Tyson in CVEN 411 (Fall 2005). It uses the minimum performance approach (FHWA) to size culverts. Posted Nov. 5, 2005. Nice use of conditional statements with text strings as output. |
| Sensitivity Analysis of the Green Ampt Infiltration Procedure | This file was produced by Joseph Bramande. He uses an "iterative input" into an Excel component to do a sensitivity analysis of the Green- Ampt infiltration procedure. Posted May 18, 2006, 9 am |
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version 1 - solve block |
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development
of the titration curve for a strong acid/strong base system.
This file uses the
"root
function" rather than a solve block
and results in
a very general template
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This problem arose as a result of the need to predict the pH and alkalinity resulting from the addition of sodium bicarbonate to a low alkalinity well water. We defined a function, fct(Na), which calls a solve block for each dosage. Resulting pH and alkalinity plotted vs dosage. |
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calculations dealing with pollutants in fog vapor |
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A neat applied problem using a little chemistry and a little thermodynamics. From the Environmental Organic Chemistry text by Schwarzenbach et al. |
| Another neat problem
from
Environmental Organic Chemistry by Schwartzenbach, et.al , posted 5/1/03, 4:40
p.m. |
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Methyl Bromide on lettuce leaves |
A very practical little problem from Schwartzenbach et al. but I'm not sure if my solution is correct. Anyone seeing a mistake is asked to email me. Posted 2/25/00 8:30 am |
| Stumm&Morgan/7-1_solubility_of_FeCO3.mcd | Solving for the soluble Fe +2 concentration when the system contains a buffer system. Posted 12/15/01, 8:41 am. |
9-6_iron_oxidation_kinetics.mcd |
Problem illustrates that equilibrium calculations don't tell the whole story, posted 12/20/01, 7:15 am |
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8_1_biochemical_calculations_M@E.mc |
A neat little problem from Metcalf and Eddy which draws together material from different areas to compute the oxygen requirement for metabolism of casein, posted 1/18/02, 1:45pm |
| Engineers are not
chemists - this
is a very simple little problem where I examine an often used
approximation in acid-base chemistry. The use of Mathcad
solve
blocks does not require many of the assumptions made when solving
chemistry problems manually or graphically. |
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| Open
system with solid phase |
Here I solve an "open
system" in
contact with a solid phase for a range of the independent variable.
I used a "solve block function" . This is an
iterative form
of a solve block not documented in Mathcad literature, at least not
very well. Posted 4/6/03, 11:05 am |
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A problem from Stumm
and Morgan's
Text, posted 4/14/03, 12 noon
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determine if CaCO3
precipitation will occur and how much
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3:30 pm |
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| Scotch
and Soda - the Hard Way |
A neat Gibbs Free
energy problem
showing the location of the equilibrium point graphically. Posted
5/12/03
, 8:35 am |
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A kinetics problem
dealing with
chlorine residuals.
Posted 5/14/03, 10:24 am |
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Reverse Osmosis Fouling Calculations |
A Problem
from "Water
Treatment" 2nd edition by MWH Global (GREAT BOOK).
I tried
to add a little chemistry explanation as well as a drawing, posted
7/25/05, 3:30 pm |
| CaCO3 Solubility | A neat little problem exploring the solubility of calcite in an open system with the presence of a solid phase. Much written explanation. These types of problems are an excellent application of solve blocks, posted 8/2/06, 7:15 am |
| Use of a parameterized solve block for weak base addition | This is a slick little problem showing how to use a solve block as a function with 2 independent variables that has ranges. The equations defined in the solve block are solved for each value of the independent variable(s), posted 8/6/06, 10:20 am |
| Adding strong acid to salt of weak base | File illustrates the effect a small amount of weak base has on pH reduction when a strong acid is added. Nice use of a solve block function, posted 8/6/06, 4 pm |
| Solubility of Silver Acetate in Water and the resulting pH | Interesting file for a non-chemist. I was surprised that adding AgAc changed the pH of water. It's because Ac- is the anion of the weak acid HAc. Posted 8/13/06, 9:05 am |
| Numerical Solution of the strong acid - water problem with explanation | Here I "beat to death" the strong acid in water problem. Both a numerical and analytical solution are provided as well as chemistry and Mathcad explanations, posted 8/13/06, 2:45 pm |
| CO2 - water open system - alkalinity zero | Species distribution in a CO2 water system open to the atmosphere - key point is that in such a system the alkalinity is zero, posted 8/15/06, 7:05 am |
| water containing solid calcite subject to p.p. of CO2 | What effect does the soluble Ca concentration on partial pressure of CO2 (or vice versa), posted 8/15/06, 4:30 pm |
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Based on a file from a Mathsoft E-book on statistics. Illustrates the Kruskal-Wallis procedure and explains some of the more esoteric Mathcad statements used. The test is a nonparametric version of ANOVA. A PDF file, reads external data sets. Posted 6/21/00 7:05 am |
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Based on file from Mathcad ebook. Nonparametric version of the t test. A PDF file. Posted 6/21/00 7:40 am |
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Based on a file taken from the Mathcad Treasury. I tried to dress it up a little and add some explanation and a possible application so that the user can learn a little statistics as well as Mathcad. posted 11/24/00, 12:55 pm |
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illustrates the fact that sample means are normally
distributed even when the underlying population is not. However you
must collect alot of samples with a few observations per sample or
fewer samples with many observations per sample. Posted 11/28/03, 10:30
am. This is repost of a (hopefully) better version of an
earlier
file. |
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| A hydrologic example of the use of the binomial distribution, posted 3/5/01, 5:10 pm | |
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A
problem illustrating the value of a
bivariate normal distribution in making predictions, even when data
sets are only minimally correlated ,
posted 7:35 am, 8/30/02 |
| Type
III extreme value distribution |
Comparing
a Type III EV distribution to a reference distribution created directly
from data, posted 6/27/03, 2:40 pm |
| The Gamma Distribution |
This file steps through
an example
problem using the Gamma Distribution. I try to show how the 1
parameter, (s), version in Mathcad is related to the normal 2 parameter
version,(l, k) cited in most texts. Posted 8/2/03, 8:35 am |
| Binomial
Distribution Problem - Benjamin and Cornell |
A nice hydrology
application
problem from a very good text - Benjamin and Cornell, posted 8/4/03, 9:35 am |
| Bayes
Theorem - C.T. Haan |
A nice
little problem
from Haan's text illustrating the use of Bayes theorem. I
extended it a bit and tried to add explanation, posted 9/15/03, 5:10 pm |
| Basic
Probability
Concepts - Kottegoda and Rosso |
Basic
probability
concepts (union, intersection, conditional probability, independence)
applied to dam failure . I added a little to the basic
problem
from Kottegoda and Rosso. Don't let the minor notation change
between 2-14 and 2-19 confuse you. Posted 9/28/03, 9:35 am. |
The Normal Distribution and Mathcad |
Just a
refresher on
the normal distribution and Mathcad functions used in connection with
it, posted 10/24/03, 11:45 am |
TYPE III extreme value distribution |
Fitting an
empirical
distribution of low flows to a type III extreme value distribution,
posted 10/30/03 8:10 a.m. |
| Data file
for Type
III extreme value distribution problem above |
This is the
data for
the problem above, posted 11/1/03, 7:25 am |
Pearson Type III distribution |
I have
never seen
this done for either a Pearson Type III or an LP III
distribution. Most texts use the frequency factor approach
where
magic K values are selected from mysterious tables. This
needs to
be done in hydrology classes. Posted 11/13/03, 4:10 pm. |
LP III distribution using data from Bulletin 17 B |
Here I fit
the data
used in Example 1 in Bulletin 17B using the actual distribution, not
frequency factors. I get the same answer. This
procedure is
not illustrated in any hydrology reference I have. Posted
11/14/03, 12:05 pm |
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Here it is -
let me know if you want assistance interpreting it. The second part of the document is the ASCE standard procedure. |
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A discussion of 2 methods for dealing with Manning's equation when looking for flow depth, posted for Water resources II class, 8/16/00, 10 am |
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an American Scientist article |
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| A neat little problem from Henderson's classic open channels text. Enlightening computations regarding the conditions for hydraulic jump formation. | |
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