Laboratory Work in Hydraulic Engineering

BOOK'S CONTENTS: Preface 1. Elementary Terms of Fluid Mechanics 2. Fundamental Equations Governing Fluid Motion 3. Open Channel Flow 4. Basic Facilities in Hydraulic Engineering Laboratory 5. Writing Laboratory Reports 6. Viscometer 7. Surface Tension 8. Centre of Pressure 9. Metacentric Height 10. Bernoulli's Equation 11. Impact of a Fluid Jet 12. Horizontal Water Jet Through an Orifice 13. Orifice Meter 14. Venturi Meter 15. Triangular Weir or V-notch 16. Viscous Flow Analogy 17. Electrical Analogy 18. Effect of Vorticity 19. Forced Vortex Flow 20. Flow Through Porous Medium 21. Stokes' Law 22. Transition from Laminar to Turbulent Flow 23. Velocity Distribution in Pipes 24. Frictional Head Losses in Smooth and Rough Pipes 25. Minor Losses in a Pipeline 26. Bend Meter 27. Boundary Layer over a Flat Plate 28. Drag Around a Cylinder 29. Uniform Flow in a Channel 30. Velocity Distribution in a Channel 31. Vertical Contraction in a Channel 32. Horizontal Contraction in a Channel 33. Broad-crested Weir 34. Hydraulic Jump 35. Free Overfall 36. Horizontal Expansion in a Channel 37. Reservoir Flood Routing 38. Submerged Hydraulic Jump 39. Forced Hydraulic Jump 40. Vertical Fall 41. Ogee (Overfall) Spillway 42. Sediment Distribution at Offtakes 43. Scour Around Spurs