A water turbine is to be designed to produce 27MW when running at 93.7 rev/min
under a head of 16.5m. A model turbine with an output of 37.5kW is tested under
dynamically similar conditions with a head of 4.9m . Calculate the:
a. model speed; b. scale ratio; c. assuming a model efficiency of 88%, estimate the volume
flow rate through the model; and d. if it is estimated that the force on the thrust bearing of
the full-size machine is 7.0GN , determine the bearing thrust of the model.
