Laboratory Topics in Hydraulic Engineering
Instructor: Horsch Georgios
Course code: 5931
Semester: 9ο
e-class: http://eclass.upatras.gr/courses/CIV1551/
Course content:

  • Recapitulation of selected topics from Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics.
  • Experiment No 1: Impact of jets on plates.
  • Experiment No 2: Open-channel flow-meters: Sharp-crested weirs.
  • Experiment No 3: Orifice in a reservoir: coefficient of discharge and velocity. Jet trajectory.
  • Experiment No 4: Energy losses in closed conduits.
  • Experiment No 5: Flow in open channels and force on a sluice gate.
  • Experiment No 6: Closed-conduit flow meters: Venturi and orifice meters.
  • Introduction to drag and lift.


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