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PHI Experiments In Fluid Mechanics 2Nd Edn 2012 Edition by SARBJIT SINGH
This Second Edition contains 18 experiments in Fluid Mechanics, selected from the prescribed curriculum of various universities and institutes. The laboratory work in Fluid Mechanics is undertaken by the undergraduate engineering students of several branches such as civil, mechanical, production, aerospace, chemical, biotechnology, electrical (wherever prescribed), and instrumentation and control (wherever prescribed).The first part of the book allows the students to review the fundamental theory before stepping into the laboratory environment. The second part enumerates the experimental set-ups, and provides a concluding discussion of each experiment. Appendix A gives various questions based on each experiment to test the student’s understanding of the learned material. Appendix B gives data on physical properties of water, air and some commonly used fluids in the laboratory, and also lists other standard data to be used in various experiments. PrefacePART I: THEORY OF FLUID MECHANICSFluid Mechanics: An IntroductionPART II: EXPERIMENTSExperiment 1. Flow Through a Variable Duct Area—Bernoulli’s ExperimentExperiment 2. Calibration of VenturimeterExperiment 3. Calibration of OrificemeterExperiment 4. Determination of Friction Factor for Pipes of Different MaterialsExperiment 5. Determination of Loss coefficients for Pipe FittingsExperiment 6. Verification of Momentum EquationExperiment 7. Calibration of V-notchExperiment 8. Determination of Hydrostatic Force on a Vertically Submerged SurfaceExperiment 9. Determination of Hydraulic Coefficients of OrificeExperiment 10. Determination of Coefficient of Discharge of Circular Orifice Using Variable Head MethodExperiment 11. Determination of Metacentric HeightExperiment 12. Drawing of Flow Net: Hele-Shaw Method and Electrical Analogy MethodExperiment 13. Calibration of RotameterExperiment 14. Transition of Flow—Reynolds ExperimentExperiment 15. Free Vortex FlowExperiment 16. Forced Vortex FlowExperiment 17. Centrifugal Pump Test RigExperiment 18. Flow in a Pipe BendAppendix AAppendix B