Fluid Mechanics

In industries where fluids need to be controlled, valves are used to regulate, direct or control the fluid flow by opening...

Introduction to Fluid The fluid is a matter that tends to deform continuously under Shear Stress. It consists of both liquid...

Introduction and Significance of Dimensionless Numbers The Analytical and Numerical Analysis in Engineering is difficult to understand with the help of...

Three fourth of our earth is surrounded by water and without water, we cannot survive. All the living things present on...

Reciprocating Air Compressor is a positive displacement air compressor in which air is sucked in a chamber and compressed with the...

Have you ever noticed how we fill the air in the tires of our vehicles? Is there anything that helps to...

What is Kaplan Turbine? Kaplan Turbine is an axial flow reaction turbine with adjustable blades. This turbine was developed in the...

Introduction From wind mills to hydro-power plants we have reaction turbines all around the world to generate electricity efficiently. Almost 60%...

Introduction Heard about electricity generation by hydropower plants, know what makes them so efficient that they are lightening up our houses....

Positive displacement pump (PDP) is a type of pump in which a moving fluid is captured in a cavity and then...

Pump is a mechanical device which moves the fluids from one place to another by mechanical action. It may be driven...

What is Reciprocating Pump? Reciprocating pump is a hydraulic machine which converts the mechanical energy into hydraulic energy. It does this...

The rise and fall of a liquid surface in a small thin tube, when it is immersed vertically in a liquid...

Surface Tension (ST) is defined as the tensile force acting on the free surface of liquid which is in contact with...

Cavitation is a phenomenon of formation of vapor bubbles of a flowing liquid in a region where the pressure of the...

Centrifugal pump is a hydraulic machine which converts mechanical energy into hydraulic energy (i.e. pressure energy) by the use of centrifugal...

In this article, we will discuss all the major difference between impulse and reaction turbine. Both types of turbine are used in...

In this article we will learn about different types of wind turbines with their advantages and disadvantages and difference between them....

In this article we will study about the Pelton wheel or Pelton turbine working, main parts, application with diagram. It is a...

In this article, you will learn about what is viscosity, formula of viscosity, and the unit conversion of viscosity. It is...

In this article, we will learn about different types of turbine. The turbines are of basically four types and these are...

Knowing about the difference between laminar and turbulent flow is very necessary, if you are going to studying the fluid mechanics....

What is Venturimeter? A venturimeter is a device used for measuring the rate of flow of a fluid flowing through a...

The difference between closed cycle gas turbine and open cycle gas turbine can be done on the basis of source of...

A closed cycle gas turbine is a turbine in which the air is circulated continuously within the turbine. The components of...

The various properties of fluids in fluid mechanics are mass density, weight density, specific volume, specific gravity, viscosity. Lets understand these...

Definition of Fluids In simple words, A substance that has a tendency to flow is called fluids. But If we talk...

What is Inside? Density or mass density, Specific weight, Specific volume and Specific gravity Density or Mass Density:  Density (mass density)...

Hydraulic machine are those machines which convert hydraulic energy (energy possessed by water) into mechanical energy (which is further converted into...