FLUID MECHANICS & HYDRAULIC MACHINERY

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING


About Fluid Mechanics & Hydraulic Machinery

Fluid Mechanics is defined as the science which deals with the study of behaviour of fluids either at rest or in motion. It has applications in a wide range of disciplines, including mechanical, civil, chemical and biomedical engineering, geophysics, oceanography, meteorology, astrophysics, and biology.

This lab is well-equipped with state of art equipment and enables the students to understand the fundamentals of fluid mechanics and hydraulic machines .In this lab, the students will test the performance of turbines and pumps with different parameters and also calculate their efficiencies and coefficient of discharges and also find the losses in Pipelines.

Dr. Vinod Kumar Venkiteswaran

Laboratory In-Charge

EQUIPMENT AVAILABLE
S.No. Name of the Software
1 Impact of Jet on Vanes
2 Performance test on Pelton wheel
3 Performance test on Francis turbine
4 Performance test on Kaplan turbine
5 Performance test on Single stage centrifugal pump
6 Performance test on Multistage centrifugal pump
7 Performance test on reciprocating pump
8 Calibration of Venturi Meter
9 Calibration of Orifice Meter
10 Determination of Friction factor for a given pipe line
11 Study of Losses In Pipe Flow – Minor Losses And Major Losses
12 Bernoulli’s Theorem