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PHI Experiments In Hydraulic Engineering 2012 Edition by SINGH SARBJIT
The aim of this book is to enable the students to verify the principles studied in theory by conducting experiments. The book is designed for the undergraduate students of Civil Engineering.This book contains 17 experiments selected from the prescribed syllabi of Hydraulic Engineering and Fluid Mechanics of several universities and institutes.The first part of the book allows the students to review the fundamental theory before stepping into the laboratory environment. The second part provides the step-wise details of each experiment. Appendix A gives various questions based on each experiment to test the student’s understanding of the learned material. Appendix B gives data on physical properties of water, air and some commonly used fluids in the laboratory, and also lists the average values of Manning’s coefficient to be used in various experiments.PrefacePART I: THEORY OF HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING1. Hydraulic Engineering: An IntroductionPART II: EXPERIMENTSEXPERIMENT 1 Determination of Manning’s CoefficientEXPERIMENT 2 Velocity Distribution in Open Channel FlowsEXPERIMENT 3 Calibration of a Current MeterEXPERIMENT 4 Flow through a Horizontal Contraction in a ChannelEXPERIMENT 5 Flow over a Vertical Contraction in a ChannelEXPERIMENT 6 Hydraulic Jump in a Rectangular ChannelEXPERIMENT 7 Calibration of a VenturiflumeEXPERIMENT 8 Calibration of a Standing Wave FlumeEXPERIMENT 9 Flow over a Broad-crested WeirEXPERIMENT 10 Flow over a SpillwayEXPERIMENT 11 Free Overfall in a Rectangular ChannelEXPERIMENT 12 Determination of Viscosity by a Capillary Tube ViscometerEXPERIMENT 13 Verification of Strokes’ LawEXPERIMENT 14 Establishment of Fully Developed Turbulent Flow in a DuctEXPERIMENT 15 Velocity Distribution for Turbulent Flow in a PipeEXPERIMENT 16 Boundary Layer Formation over a Flat SurfaceEXPERIMENT 17 Flow around a Cylinder Placed in Wind StreamAppendix A QuestionsAppendix B Physical Properties of Water, Air andSome Common Fluids, and Average Values ofManning’s Coefficient, N