JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD

Pre Requisites

FM Theory

Course Objectives

To give the student an exposure to various hydraulic devices and Pipe

Flow.

Course Outcomes

At the end of the course, the student will be able to:

• Determine coefficient of discharge for orifice and mouthpiece.
• Calibrate notches venturimeter orifice meters
• Determine miner losses in pipes

List of Experiments:

• 1. Determination of Coefficient of discharge for a small orifice.
• 2. Determination of Coefficient of discharge for a mouthpiece by constant head method.
• 3. Calibration of contracted Rectangular Notch / Triangular Notch/Trapezoidal Notch.
• 4. Determination of friction factor of a pipe
• 5. Calibration of Venturimeter
• 6. Calibration of Orifice meter
• 7. Determination of Coefficient for minor losses - Sudden Expansion
• 8. Determination of Coefficient for minor losses- Sudden Contraction
• 9. Verification of Bernoulli’s equation.
• 10. Study of Water Hammer due to sudden Closure of valve