Elements of Fluid Statics: Fluid (water, liquid, air); Density; Pressure; Surface Tension; Viscosity; Compressibility, etc.
Basic Flow Measuring Devices: Orifices; Weir; V-Notch; Pitot Tube; Venturi Meter, Parshall Flume; Prandtl Tube, etc
Static Pressure/Head and Pressure Gauges:
4.1. Pressure Gauges: U-Tube Manometer; Barometer; etc.
Hydro – Static Forces Exerted on Vessel Surfaces by Incompressible FluidHydrostatic force; pressure and head; hydrostatic paradox; Hydraulic Jack, etc
Properties of Fluid Section and Buoyancy: Properties of sections; Center of Area; Mass; Volume; Gravity. Buoyancy and Archimedes Principle.
Introduction to Basic Fluid Flow
7.1. Basics and Types of Flow:
Streamlines and Stream Tube;
One- Directional Flow;Two- Directional Flow andThree- Directional Flow.
Types of Flow: Uniform/Non-Uniform Flow; Steady/Non-Steady Flow; Laminar and Turbulent Flow; etc.- Lecturer: Akhimien Faith