Running the same mathcad file with different input value (mathcad15)

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Hi all,

I am new here and a bit of a mathcad newbie. I taught myself how to use it by trial and error and googling which is probably not the best way to go about things.

I have written a mathcad file which calculates the flowrate of gas through an orrifice by simply inputting 1 value which is the depth.

This works fine as i can pick any depth i want and get the desired flowrate, however i would like the calculation to the give me the flowrate over a range of depths i.e 10,20,30,40....350 meters.

I can use a single colum matrix with multiple rows however my calculation starts to trip up when it encounters the if statement for each of these values.

The calculation works flawlessly if i input 1 depth, however for multiple depths it has this problem. Any help would be greatly appreciated

Simon

[Werner_E]

We can't debug a picture, so pelase post the file.

It seems you should turn your calculations inti s function dependend on depth which you then call with a vector as parameter (and probably you should vectorize the function call).

For a quick hack it may help to vectorize the calculation of Q.

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sorry, file posted now. I left it as a working file with 1 depth input

thanks

Simon

[Werner_E]

Would the attched file help?

BTW - Mathcad can work with units and you may even define your own. Why don't you use that feature? Much less cumbersome than adding the units manually in textboxes.

[ptc-5348758]

Wow such an easy fix !

so sick ! thank you very much for your help and i appreciate the other comments such as changing to boolen to prevent red text. Your right it was for information only

thanks again

[Werner_E]

You are welcome.

Its often a good idea to turn calculations into functions, being more versatile.

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actually this doesnt quite work as when i checked the value of flow at depths using original calculation it does not match what is given by the vector

[AndyWesterman]

the pressure functions are also dependant on depth, (all of) these should be changed to the X(d) format.

[Werner_E · Accepted solution]

Thanks Andy for spotting that.

I had ignored al calculation above 1)..

Have changed parameter name from d to dp so it is not confused with the orifice diameter (ther was not problem with that, though) and attached some plots which may help to decide the correctness of he results.

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Thank you very much ! lots of help