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Bisection Method for Tank Height Calculation

This document provides instructions for an experiment using the bisection method to calculate the height of oil in a spherical storage tank. It includes the problem statement of calculating the height a dipstick would be wet given the tank diameter, dipstick length, and oil volume. It also provides the equation relating height, radius, and volume. The bisection method is used to iteratively find the root of the equation by narrowing the range between two values. Scilab code is provided to implement the bisection method to calculate the height numerically and compare to the analytical solution.

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Bisection Method for Tank Height Calculation

This document provides instructions for an experiment using the bisection method to calculate the height of oil in a spherical storage tank. It includes the problem statement of calculating the height a dipstick would be wet given the tank diameter, dipstick length, and oil volume. It also provides the equation relating height, radius, and volume. The bisection method is used to iteratively find the root of the equation by narrowing the range between two values. Scilab code is provided to implement the bisection method to calculate the height numerically and compare to the analytical solution.

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Lab manual Computer Programming and Numerical Methods

Experiment No. 01
Title: Bisection Method
Aim: To find height (h) of tank to which the dipstick is wet with oil using Bisection Method.

Theory:

Write Theoretical Part from any Text Book


1. Explain Bisection Method with Graphical Representation
2. Write Advantages and Disadvantages of Bisection Method.

Problem Statement:
You have a spherical storage tank containing oil. The tank has a diameter of 6 ft. You are asked
to calculate the height h to which a dipstick 8 ft long would be wet with oil when immersed in
the tank when it contains 4 ft3 of oil.

Dipstick

Spherical Storage Tank

Figure 1: Spherical storage tank

The equation that gives the height, h, of the liquid in the spherical tank for the given volume and
radius is given by

f h   h3  9h 2  3.8197  0 or 𝑉 =
𝜋ℎ 2 (3𝑟−ℎ)
3

Use the bisection method of finding roots of equations to find the height (h), to which the
dipstick is wet with oil.

Analytical Solution:

Solve the above problem by Bisection Method to find the height (h), to which the dipstick
is wet with oil.

Department of Chemical Engineering FAMT, Ratnagiri Prepared by, Prof Nitin G Kanse
Lab manual Computer Programming and Numerical Methods

Scilab Program Coding:


// Bisection Method
function [f]=bisect(x)
f=(x^3)-(9*x^2)+3.8197;
endfunction
function [x]=bisect1(a, b, n)
for i=1:n
fa=bisect(a);
fb=bisect(b);
c=(a+b)/2;
fc=bisect(c);
if((fc*fb)<0) then
a=c;
else
b=c;
end
end
x=c
endfunction
funcprot(0)
a=input(' Enter the value of a = ');
b=input(' Enter the value of b = ');
n=input( ‘Enter Number of iterations n = ');
x=bisect1(a,b,n);
disp(‘The height h to which the dipstick is wet with oil using Bisection Method is = ');
disp(x)

Result: The height (h), to which the dipstick is wet with oil using Bisection Method is

1. By Analytically =

2. By using Scilab =

Department of Chemical Engineering FAMT, Ratnagiri Prepared by, Prof Nitin G Kanse

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