CE 319F - SPRING 2009
Elementary Fluid Mechanics

Laboratory Demonstrations (ECJ B.112)

Laboratory Descriptions and Worksheets:

You are expected to bring to each session your own copies of the corresponding Lab Description and Worksheet (for those labs that have one).

LABS will start the week of February, 2, 2009, and will be held EVERY week.
1st Lab week (Febr. 2 - Febr. 6, 2009) Lab 1a - Fluid Properties -- a Table of commonly used units in Fluid Mechanics, and the corresponding Lab 1a worksheet
Lab 1b - Fluid Properties (week of Febr. 9 - 13, 2009). Please bring the same Lab Description and Worksheet as those of Lab 1a
Lab 2a - Pressure Measurement (week of Febr. 16 - 20, 2009) - Presentation and Lab 2a worksheet - The UT Manometer Applet will be demonstrated during the lab. Additional material to be covered:

How does a Bourdon gage work?
How does a (pressure) strain gage look like? How is it mounted? How does it work?

Lab 2b - Hydrostatics (week of Febr. 23 - 27) - Lab2b Description and Lab2b worksheet
NO Lab the week of March 2-6!
Lab 3 - Flow Visualization Lab (week of March 9-13) - Lab 3 - Description >>> Lab3 worksheet >>> Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) description and PIV slides
NO labs the week of March 16-20 (Spring break!)
Lab 3b - Continuity equation (week of March 23 - March 27) - Lab 3b - Description and Lab 3b - Worksheet
Lab 4 - Bernoulli Equation (week of March 30 - April 3) - Lab4 - Bernoulli's Equation and Lab4 worksheet
Lab 4b - Cavitation (week of April 6-10) - UT's Cavitation Homepage - Presentation and Lab4b-Worksheet
Labs 5 - Momentum Equation (week of April 13-17) - The Momentum equation for uniform inflow and outflow - Lab5 - Momentum Equation - Labs 5 Worksheet
Lab 6 - Dimensional Analysis and Similitude (April 20-24) --- Lab6 - Dimensional Analysis >>> Lab6 worksheet >>> Lab 6b: Some notes on Similitude
No labs this week of April 27 - May 1.
Lab 7 - Laminar and Turbulent Flow (May 4-8)

Review of formulas for laminar flow and turbulent flow inside pipes. >>> The Moody Chart
Lab description and worksheet
Movies (avi files) showing measured instantaneous horizontal velocity inside pipe using UT's Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) System:

Movie 1: Instantaneous horizontal velocities at various stations
Movie 2: Instantaneous and Mean horizontal velocity profiles at one station

CE 319F - SPRING 2009 Elementary Fluid Mechanics Laboratory Demonstrations (ECJ B.112)

Laboratory Descriptions and Worksheets:

CE 319F - SPRING 2009
Elementary Fluid Mechanics

Laboratory Demonstrations (ECJ B.112)