Fluid Mechanics Laboratory

The Fluid Mechanics Laboratory is located in Block B, Room 303. It is equipped with high-tech instruments, enabling students to conduct experiments that demonstrate essential fluid mechanics principles. Additionally, students can investigate friction losses in piping systems, study Venturi and Bernoulli's theorem using a Venturi meter, observe fluid flow in an open channel with a 2.5-meter flow channel, and visualize and study free and forced vortices phenomena using the vortex apparatus.

The major equipment available in this laboratory are:

• Impact of a Jet:
  • Studies the forces formed by a water jet striking a flat or a curved surface
• Losses in Piping Systems:
  • Measures pressure loss on several small-bore pipe circuit components
  • Quantifies the relative pressure losses for components in a system using loss coefficient
• Venturi Meter:
  • Measures the discharge along a pipe
• Open Flow Channel Set Up:
  • Demonstrates the characteristics of open flow channel in a hydraulic jump
• Fluid Properties and Fluid Statics Set Up:
  • Measures kinematic viscosity
  • Studies the relationship between water height and the exerted force
• Series and Parallel Pumps Set Up:
  • Determines pump characteristic 
• Reynolds’ Number and Transitional Flow:
  • Determines Reynolds’ number and studies its effects on fluid flow