It is actually just an expanded sheet metal screen at the opening of a hood that will be taking in coal dust. The screen's main function will be to prevent large chunks of coal from coming up into the hood, I apologize for not stating that earlier. I attached a jpeg of my solid model of the...
I am attempting to figure out how to determine the air flow resistance through a sheet of expanded sheet metal in regards to a pressure drop and velocity change. I figured I could determine the total area that is actually sheet metal and subtract it from the total size of the sheet to determine...
