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1—1992
ISO 2537:1988
Australian Standard
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Review of Australian Standards. To keep abreast of progress in industry, Australi an Standards are subject
to periodic review and are kept up to date by the issue of amendments or new editi ons as necessary. It is
important therefore that Standards users ensure that they are in possession of the latest editi on, and any
amendments thereto.
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AS 3778.6.1—1992
Australian Standard
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PREFACE
This Standard was prepared by the Standards Australia Committee on Measurement of Water Flow
in Open Channels and Closed Conduits. It is identical with and has been reproduced from
ISO 2537:1988, Liquid flow measurement in open channels— Rotating element current-meters.
Under arrangements made between Standards Australia and the international Standards bodies,
ISO and IEC, as well as certain other Standards organizations, users of this Australian Standard
are advised of the following:
(a) Copyright is vested in Standards Australia.
(b) The number of this Standard is not reproduced on each page; its identity is shown only on the
cover and title pages.
(c) There may be occasional dual language sections, but English is always one of the languages
reproduced.
(d) Where any cross-references to page numbers appear within the text, these relate to page
numbering in the International Standard and are to be disregarded.
This Standard is one of a series which deals with methods of measurement of water flow in open
channels. The series when complete will consist of the following parts:
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For the purposes of this Australian Standard, the ISO text should be modified as follows:
(i) Wherever the words ‘International Standard’ appear, referring to this Standard, they should
be read as ‘Australian Standard’.
(ii) Wherever the word ‘fluid’ appears, it should be read as ‘water’.
(iii) Substitute a full point (.) for a comma (,) as a decimal marker.
(iv) The references to other publicationsshould be replaced by references to Australian Standards
as follows:
Referen ce to Interna tion al Australian Standa rd
Standar d or other Publ ication
ISO AS
377 8 Measurement of water flow in open
channel s
748 Liq uid flow measurement in open 377 8.3. 1 M e t h o d 3 . 1 : V e l o c i t y- a r e a
channel s— Velo city area method m e t h o d s — Me a s u r e m e n t b y
current -meters and float s
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772 Liq uid flow measurement in open 377 8.1 Part 1: Vocabular y and symbols
channel s— Vocabula ry and symbols
345 4 Liq uid flow measurement in open 377 8.6. 2 Part 6.2: Measuring devices,
channel s— Direct depth soundi ng instruments and equipment —
and suspension equi pment Di re ct d ep th so un di ng an d
suspension equ ipment
345 5 Liq uid flow measurement in open 377 8.6. 3 Part 6.3: Measuring devices,
channel s— Cali brat ion of rotati ng- instruments, and equipment —
ele ment current-meters in straight Calibra tion of rotati ng element
ope n tanks current -meters in straigh t ope n
tanks
CONTENTS
Page
1 SCOPE AND FIELD OF APPLICATION . . . . . .. .. .. ... ........... .. ... .. .. .. 4
2 REFERENCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... ... .. .. .. .. ... .. ....... .... 4
3 DEFINITIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... .. .. .. .. ... ... ....... .. .. 4
4 PRINCIPLE OF OPERATION . . . . . . . . . . . . .. ............. ... .. .. .. .. . .. .. 4
5 OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS . . . . . . . . . .. ... ............. .. . .. .. .. .. .. 4
6 CONSTRUCTION FEATURES . . . . . . . . . . . . .. ............. ... .. .. .. .. . .. .. 5
7 CALIBRATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... ... .. .. .. .. ... .. ....... .... 6
8 MAINTENANCE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..... ... .. .. .. .. ... . ....... .... 7
9 OPERATIONAL AND SERVICING MANUAL . . . .. .. .. .. ... ........ ..... .. . .. . 8