An MS excel add-in for teaching hydraulics of pipe flow in engineering curricula

Demir S., Duman S., Manav Demir N., Karadeniz A., Lubura E.

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION, cilt.26, ss.449-459, 2018 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 26
  • Basım Tarihi: 2018
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1002/cae.21898
  • Dergi Adı: COMPUTER APPLICATIONS IN ENGINEERING EDUCATION
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.449-459
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: engineering education, environmental hydraulics, MS excel, pipe flow, visual basic for applications, FRICTION FACTOR, SPREADSHEETS, IMPLEMENTATION, OPTIMIZATION
  • Yıldız Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

This paper presents implementation of an MS Excel add-in incorporating Visual Basic for Applications for teaching pipe flow calculations in undergraduate and graduate level. The add-in contains a total of 108 functions for several purposes ranging from continuity equation to branching pipes and pipe network problems. Tip texts and a number of userforms were developed for easy use of the tool. A user's guide was also prepared that includes the theory of hydraulic calculations and numerical methods involved. Being an add-in for MS Excel, the tool is a perfect candidate for implementing as an educational tool in undergraduate and graduate level education.