Waterfall – Testing of water characteristic when falling

Waterfall – Testing of water characteristic when falling

Some concern for the project was how close the holes must be before the water stream would be joined together and spoil the display. How far must you stand to see the display and questions like how far would water stream fall before becoming a line of drops. These questions could only be answered by building a sample. So we build it…..

TUT strike ended

TUT strike ended

Well it is good to say, the three week strike by students has come to an end. Now it is the big rat race to bring everything up to date again.

The Project Sections

The project has been divided into three divisions. Electrical/electronics/digital, mechanical and IT.
Although we are from different engineering disciplines, we will all work together, some times out of our comfort zone. So the sections.....

The first section will be:o Mechanical section

The most of the project seems to be mechanical, but as a fixed/human operation concerns, the other two sections is needed to make them variable, add human interface and just make it bit more interestting. 
The waterfall feature will be broken(a lot of breaking and no building jet) into the following sections(mechanical sections) 

1. Unit to keep all together
2. Unit to store water at top level

Unit to control the falling water

Unit to entrap the falling water

system to treat/clean water and restore at top unit

The second section: IT

So the question comes to mind: IT why? Well, as it has a graphical feature/nature and we somehow want to display images, entered from a PC/Phone ....., why not? And they are micro controller educated, will save some time on the electrical side....

1. OS
2.  Software/interface text/image to electronics usable data
3. HMI

The third section: Electrical section

The electrical guys. Do I need to say more? Let's get down to business.

1. Electricity distribution  to required components. In South Africa 400/230v.
2. Power supplies for required voltages of sections
3. Control of mechanical's section 5 (assuming pump) to control flow.
4. Control of mechanical's section 3
5. Lighting to see falling water

strike@TUT

Well we can't really update our blog as there are a strike at TUT.  Any of you guys want to update about the strike, feel free.....

Introduction

This project is an attempt to Build a "graphical waterfall" as in the Osaka train station in Japan.
Our aim as students is to unify the different departments of engineering at the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) with one goal in mind: The Divers Engineering faculties disciplines Together to Gain a universal Engineered project. The small budget for this project, force us to make use of plain / basic material and the local equipment on campus.

The team consists of ten people and is as follow:

Project Manager: Mr. De Villiers
Mr De Villiers is a lecturer here at TUT. His role is Guidance and as we call it: "the Missing link between student and administration staff / personnel."



Team Leader : Mr. Nxumalo
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Field: Electromechanics
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Team Member: Mrs. Mulaildzi
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Field: Mechanics
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Team Member: Mr. Adebayo
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Team Member: Mr. Morake
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Team Member: Mr. Manlanku
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Team Member: Mr. Bigirimana
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Team Member: Mr. Motshoane
Name: Kefentse
Field: Computer Engineer
AKA: " fentse"
Responsibilities: Computer Software User Interface

Team Member: Mr.T.H  Mapengo 
Name:Harry
Field:Computer Systems Engineering
AKA: Harry
Responsibilities: Develop software or create a system for the waterfall project  www.tut.ac.za

Team Member: Mr. De Beer 
Name: Stephan
Field: Electrical
Responsibilities: Logistics and general design of the project.