BAG451

Fluid Mechanics & Open Channel Hydraulics Lab

L-T-P0-0-2 Credits1 Session2023-24 TypeLab / Practical
Appears in 1 semester

B.Tech Agricultural Engineering · Sem 4 (Lab)

List of Experiments / Activities

  1. 1Study of manometers and pressure gauges
  2. 2Verification of Bernoulli’s theorem
  3. 3Determination of coefficient of discharge of venture-meter and orifice meter
  4. 4Determination of coefficient in pipeline
  5. 5Determination of coefficient of discharge for rectangular and triangular notch
  6. 6Determination of coefficient of discharge for mouth piece
  7. 7Measurement of force exerted by water jets on flat and hemispherical vanes
  8. 8Determination of meta-centric height
  9. 9Determination of efficiency of hydraulic ram
  10. 10Determination of surface tension of a given liquid.
Course Outcomes (COs)4 outcomes

After completion of the course student will be able to:

  1. CO1Conduct experiments find the pressure in fluid in different conditions
  2. CO2Examine the friction and energy losses in pipe.
  3. CO3Perform experiment discharge through different cross-sections.
  4. CO4Able to calculate the surface tension.

Suggested Reading

  1. Khurmi, R.S. 1970. A Text Book of Hydraulics, Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulic Machines S. Chand & Company Limited, New Delhi.
  2. Modi, P.M. and Seth, S.M.1973. Hydraulics and Fluid Mechanics. Standard Book House, Delhi.
  3. Chow, V.T., 1983. Open Channel Hydraulics. McGraw Hill Book Co., New Delhi.
  4. Lal Jagadish, 1985. Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics. Metropolitan Book Co. Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi. Subject Code

Official AKTU syllabus

This subject is on page 11, 12 of the original AKTU PDF.

Official AKTU syllabus PDF ↗