MECHANICS OF FLUIDS LAB

LIST OF EXPERIMENTS:

1. Calibration of Venturimeter

2. Calibration of Orifice meter

3. Determination of Coefficient of discharge for a small orifice by a constant head method.

4. Determination of Coefficient of discharge for an external mouthpiece by variable head method.

5. Calibration of contracted Rectangular Notch

6. Calibration of contracted Triangular Notch

7. Determination of Coefficient of loss of head in a sudden contraction and friction factor.

8. Verification of Bernoulli’s equation.

9. Determination of the surface profile of free vortex.

10. Determination of the surface profile of force vortex.

11. Potential flow in fluid dynamics.

12. Causes and effect of cavitation.

13. Determination of fluid density and specific gravity.

14. Verification of Archimedes’ principle and demonstration of principles of flotation.

15. Measurement of force and centre of pressure on a plane surface.

Equipment needed

MOF – lab

1. Venturimeter test rig

2. Test rig for Flow over notch

3. Pipe friction apparatus

4. Bernoulli’s apparatus

5. Test rig for Orifice meter

6. Mouthpiece apparatus.

7. Vortex apparatus.

8. Hele-shaw apparatus.

9. Cavitations demonstration unit.

10. Hydrostatics and properties of fluids.