Course

Unit 1

1. Study of instruments: pressure gauge – piezometer – manometer-pressure transducers – pitot tubes – current meter.
2. Verification of Bernoulli’s equation.
3. Determination of Coefficient of discharge for a small orifice by a constant head method.
4. Determination of Coefficient of discharge for an external mouth piece by variable head method.
5. Calibration of Triangular Notch
6. Determination of friction factor of pipes
7. Impact of jet on vanes
8. Calibration of Venturimeter, Orificemeter, rotameter and watermeter
9. Determination of metacentric height
10. Performance test on Pelton wheel turbine and Francis turbine.
11. Efficiency test on centrifugal pump and reciprocating pump.
12. Open channel flow: Manning’s coefficient, specific energy curve, Tracing back water profiles/draw down profiles, Hydraulic jump parameters