Calculations
Calculations were done in order to in order to find the numbers needed for the length, width and height of our model reservoir and also the sizes of the inlets and outlets. The numbers were done based on the number of the actual reservoir. Since the actual reservoir is huge, we took the volume of the actual reservoir and made it a size that is usable to make into a model. The model was made so that the scale of the volume of the reservoir is 0.01 cubic meters to 100000000 cubic meters. Since the actual reservoir is able to hold up to 5000000 cubic meters, therefore our model of the reservoir is only has a volume of 0.05 cubic meters of volume. From then, we identify the three sections of the reservoir and find its dimensions. From the information that we got from the brochure, we used the surface area of each, section of the reservoir to find the percentage of the section. Then from the percentage, we will be able to determine, how much of the space it would take on our model.
After finding the dimensions of our model, we then find out the scale for flow in and out of the water. The rate was given that the outlet lets out 4 cubic meters of water per second. However since our scale is very small compared to the actual reservoir. We needed to make the rate of the out flow of water into 14400 cubic meters per hour since this will be easier to calculate. With this number, we made a scale that 10 secs for our model, would be equal to an hour of the actual reservoir. Then after we get the rate of flow that we will be using, we need to turn that number into the number for our model, by multiplying it to the scale of the volume. From then, we find the size that we need to use for our outlet.