FLUID MECHANICS & HYDRAULIC

MACHINES LAB

LAB IN CHARGE

FACULTY 1. MRS. SEEMA S 2. MRS. THEJA S N

TECHNICAL STAFF 1. MR. GOPI N 2. MR. ANIL S

LIST OF EQUIPMENTS

PELTON TURBINE APPARATUS

KAPLAN TURBINE APPARATUS

VERTICAL ORIFICE APPARATUS

IMPACT OF JET ON VANES

BERNOULLI'S THEOREM

APPARATUS

CENTRIFUGAL PUMP APPARATUS

VENTURIMETER AND ORIFICEMTER

APPARATUS

IMPACT OF JET ON VANES

CALIBRATION OF COLLECTING TANK

MINOR LOSS APPARATUS

FRANCIS TURBINE APPARATUS

NOTCHES APPARATUS

LAB LAYOUT

LIST OF EXPERIMENTS

No. Experiments

1. Verification of Bernoulli’s Equation

2. Calibration of 90 º V-notch

3. Calibration of Rectangular Notch

4. Calibration of Ogee weir

5. Calibration of Venturiflume

6. Calibration of Venturimeter

7. Calibration of Orificemeter

8. Determination of coefficient of minor losses in pipes .

9. Determination of Darcy’s friction factor for a straight pipe

10. Determination of Hydraulic coefficients of a vertical orifice .

11

Determination of vane coefficients for a flat vane & semicircular vane

12 Performance characteristics of a single stage centrifugal pump

13 Performance characteristics of a Pelton wheel

14 Performance characteristics of a Francis turbine

15 Performance characteristics of a Kaplan turbine

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