Fluid Mechanics
Courses Offered:
S.No. |
Graduate Programme |
Courses |
Semester |
1.
|
UG
|
MELR13 - Fluid Mechanics laboratory
|
IV
|
2.
|
PG
|
Nil
|
Nil
|
List of Experiments:
S. No |
UG Experiments(subject code) |
1.
|
Determination of coefficient of discharge of an orifice meter
|
2.
|
Determination of coefficient of discharge of the Venturi meter
|
3.
|
Determination of Metacentric height of a floating body
|
4.
|
Determination of Darcy friction factor (f) for the given pipe
|
5.
|
Determination of loss coefficient for bends and elbows in a pipeline
|
6.
|
Determination of coefficient of discharge of Rectangular and V –Notch
|
7.
|
Determination of performance characteristics of Francis Turbine
|
8.
|
Determination of performance characteristics of gear oil pump
|
9.
|
Determination of performance characteristics of submersible pump
|
10.
|
Determination of performance characteristics of jet pump
|
11.
|
Determination of performance characteristics of reciprocating pump
|
12.
|
Study on Bernoulli’s principle
|
S. No |
PG Experiments(Subject code) |
1.
|
NIL
|
Laboratory Equipments:
S.No. |
List of Equipments |
Cost of each equipment (Lakhs) |
-
|
Wind Tunnel
|
3,72,750
|
-
|
Submersible pump test rig
|
97,000
|
-
|
Centrifugal pump test rig
|
96,000
|
-
|
Reciprocating pump test rig
|
91,245
|
-
|
Gear Oil pump test rig
|
92,610
|
-
|
Jet Pump test rig
|
91,245
|
-
|
Demonstration of Francis Turbine
|
EUR 4509.45
|
-
|
Osborne Reynolds Demonstrator
|
1,98,874
|
-
|
Bernoulli’s principle demonstrator
|
2,12,109
|
-
|
Flow through helical coil
|
89,900
|
-
|
Metacentric Height Apparatus
|
33,600
|
-
|
Determination of Minor Losses
|
65,835.00
|
-
|
Venturi, orifice and water meter
|
92,085
|
-
|
Pipe friction apparatus
|
61,110
|
-
|
Orifice and Mouthpiece tank apparatus
|
78,204
|
-
|
Determination of discharge coefficient of notch and weirs
|
81,480
|
Lab in Charge : Dr. S. Suresh
Designation : Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
National Institute of Technology,
Tiruchirappalli – 620 015,
Tamil Nadu.
Phone : 98424 83638
Mail Id : ssuresh@nitt.edu