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FLUID MECHANICS LAB
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OUTLINE
•Lab Syllabus
•Policies
•Safety
•Report Submission
•Tour of Lab
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Contact Information
•Instructor: Dr. Jorge Alvarado
–Office: THOM 117E Phone: (979) 458-1900
• TA: Mr. CHUN-WEI YAO
–Office: THOM 008
–Email: yaocw10@gmail.com
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Lab Topics
Week
Topic
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Lab introduction, safety and rules
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Fluid Properties measurements – Viscosity and specific gravity
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Pressure measurement and gauge calibration
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Flow measuring devices
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Fluid Friction and pressure loss
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Introduction to pumps and Pump efficiency I
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Cavitation and Centrifugal Pump Efficiency
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Fan Efficiency
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Basic hydraulic circuit diagrams and valves
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Hydraulic circuit diagrams and valves – Part 2
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Actuator construction and hydraulic component identification
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Pneumatic systems
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Policies
•Attendance and Punctuality:
–Lab attendance is mandatory.
–Labs will start on time.
–Absent students will get no credit for lab report.
–Students arriving up to 10 minutes late, will get a 10%deduction of lab report grade. After 10 minutes, nocredit.
–Special cases: case-by-case basis
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Policies
•Lab Reports:
–One report per team.
–Submit reports on time.
–Submit a hard copy signed by each memberof team.
–All lab reports should be printed on white A4pages.
–All lab reports are due one week after the labsession.
–Late reports will not be accepted.
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Policies
•Lab Teams:
–Teams of 3 or 4 members.
–Students should send an e-mail to TA with thename and e-mail address of each teammember.
–Changing teams is allowed with the expressconsent of instructor.
–Each team member should assume an equalportion of the lab and report writing tasks.
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Lab Safety - Rules
•Always wear safety glasses.
•Always wear covered shoes (sandals are notacceptable).
•Always wear pants.
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Lab Safety - Rules
•Do not turn on any equipment unless with theconsent of the instructor or lab TA.
•Learn the location of all safety equipment.
•Absolutely No Smoking, eating, or drinking inthe laboratory.
•Clean your area at the conclusion of eachexperiment.
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Lab Safety
•Use your common sense.
•Be aware that you are working with potentiallydangerous equipment.
•In case of emergency:
–Call 911 (9-911 from a campus phone) and have the followinginformation ready:
•Your name
•Location
•Specific information about the incident.
–Be familiar with the evacuation routes.
•Safety is everyone’s responsibility.
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Lab Reports - Experiments
•All reports must contain the following:
–Title Page: It should include the title of the experiment, teammember’s name, and date.
–Objective: short statement of the purpose of the experiment.
–Introduction: explanation of the problem giving the reader enoughbackground.
–Procedure: description of the experimental setup and stepsfollowed during the experiment (a schematic drawing of theexperiment is desired).
–Findings: summary of the data of the experiment, it could be inthe form of tables, figures, graphs.
–Conclusions: interpretation of the results explaining how theobjectives were accomplished.
–Answers to Questions in lab manual.
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Lab Reports-Tips
•Keep it simple
•Be concise
•Cited your sources
•Proof read tables, figures, graphs