CE3411 Hydraulic Engineering Laboratory Syllabus:

CE3411 Hydraulic Engineering Laboratory Syllabus – Anna University Regulation 2021

OBJECTIVES:

 To provide hands on experience in calibration of flow meters, performance characteristics of pumps and turbines.

LIST OF EXPERIMENTS (Any 10 of the following)

A. FLOW MEASUREMENT

1. Calibration of Rotameter
2. Flow through Orifice meter/mouthpiece,Venturimeter and Notches
3. Bernoulli’s Experiment

B. LOSSES IN PIPES

4. Determination of friction factor in pipes.
5. Determination of minor losses

C. PUMPS

6. Characteristics of Centrifugal pumps
7. Characteristics of Gear pump
8. Characteristics of Submersible pump
9. Characteristics of Reciprocating pump

D. TURBINES

10. Characteristics of Pelton wheel turbine
11. Characteristics of Francis turbine

E. DETERMINATION OF METACENTRIC HEIGHT

12. Determination of metacentric height of floating bodies.

OUTCOMES:

On completion of the course, the student is expected to
CO1 Apply Bernoulli equation for calibration of flow measuring devices.
CO2 Measure friction factor in pipes and compare with Moody diagram
CO3 Determine the performance characteristics of rotodynamic pumps.
CO4 Determine the performance characteristics of positive displacement pumps.
CO5 Determine the performance characteristics of turbines.

REFERENCES:

1. Hydraulic Laboratory Manual, Centre for Water Resources, Anna University, 2015.
2. Modi P.N. and Seth S.M., Hydraulics and Fluid Mechanics. Standard Book House. New Delhi, 2017.
3. Subramanya K, Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulic Machines, Tata McGraw Hill Edu. Pvt. Ltd. 2011