TILTING FLUME

1 water tank, 2 flow meter, 3 pump, 4 switch box, 5 inclination adjustment, 6 inlet element, 7 experimental section
with plate weir HM 160.30, 8 outlet element
The tilting flume is designed to conduct various experiments at various bed slopes from in upstream and down
stream. The flume has a perspex window to visualize the flow over models fixed in flume. The flume is provided with
gates on upstream & downstream side to control the flow. Students can thus conduct the experiments and also
visualize the flow. Various experiments like open channel flow study, specific energy curve, hydraulic jump,
calibration of weirs, notches and venturi flume can be conducted.
BERNOULLI’S THEOREM APPARATUS
The equipment is designed and fabricated to demonstrate the Bernoulli's theorem. It consists of a test section made
of acrylic. It has convergent and divergent sections. Pressure tapings are provided at different locations in
convergent and divergent section. Present set-up is self-contained water re-circulating unit, provided with a sump
tank, centrifugal pump etc. An arrangement is done to conduct the experiment on different flow rates. Flow rate of
water is measured with the help of measuring tank and stopwatch.
REYNOLD’S APPARATUS
Water enters a constant head tank (reservoir) above the test tube and passes through a diffuser and stilling bed. It
then passes through a specially shaped bell-mouth into the test tube. This arrangement ensures a steady, uniform
flow at entry to the test tube. A thermometer measures the temperature in the constant head reservoir.
A fixed overflow pipe in the reservoir connects to a suitable drain. At the bottom of the test pipe is a valve which
controls the flow rate through the pipe, without disturbing the flow.
GEAR OIL PUMP TEST RIG
The setup is designed to study the performance of Gear Pump. Set up consists of a gear pump having a pair of
meshed gears coupled with electrical motor, supply tank, measuring tank & pipe fittings for closed loop oil
circulation. Pressure and Vacuum gauges are connected on delivery and suction side of pump for the purpose of
measurement. The flow rate of water is measured using measuring tank and stop watch provided.
VENTURI METER
A venturi meter is also called a venturi flowmeter. It is used to calculate the velocity of fluids in running through a
pipeline. The fluid may be a liquid or a gas. The consists of a pipe with a narrowing throat that expands back to it's
original diameter on the other side of the choke point. The venturi meter calculates velocity by measuring the
pressure head at both points before and after the narrowed throat.
ROTAMETER APPARATUS
A rotameter (variable area meter) is a flow meter that measures volumetric flow of liquids and gases. There is no
difference between a rotameter and flow meter, and these terms are used interchangeably. The technique for
measuring flow is accomplished by a freely moving float finding equilibrium in a tapered tube. The flow rate is then
read from either a scale next to the tube or a scale on the tube.
CENTRIFUGAL PUMP TEST RIG
The closed circuit test rig consists of a "kirloskar make" monoblock centrifugal pump. The pump is provided with a
vacuum gauge on suction pipe and a pressure gauge on discharge pipe. The gate valve is used to adjust the head on
the pump. The discharge is measured by measuring tank / water flow meter. The input power is measured by energy
meter.