Hydraulics

1. Physical Properties of Liquid

Mass density, thermal expansion, compressibility, surface tension and capillarity.

2. Hydrostatics

Pressure in liquid: variation in pressure, manometers and other applications.

3. Hydrostatics

Pressure diagrams. Solution for hydrostatic force in components. Hydrostatic force upon plane and curved surfaces.

4. Hydrostatics

Pascal‘s law and its applications. Hydraulic press and hydraulic converter. Buoyancy force, immersion of floating body. Efficient distribution of horizontal support beams along a vertical wall.

5. Pipeline Hydraulics

Continuity equation. Bernoulli equation. Friction losses and local losses.

6. Pipeline Hydraulics

Hydraulic solutions for pipelines and pipeline - pump systems.

7. Orifice and Jet Flows
8. Open Channel Hydraulics

Uniform flow in open channels. Uniform flow in channels of part-full enclosed profile. Rating curve.  

9. Open Channel Hydraulics

Evaluation of flow regimes.

10. Application of Momentum Equation
11. Laboratory Training

Hydrostatic problem in U-tube. Floating of Solid Body. Flow in Pipe. Flow in Open Channel.

12. Ground Water Hydraulics
13. Wrap-up