Mechanical Engineering :: Hydraulics and Fluid Mechanics
- Specific speed for reaction turbines ranges from
- Resultant pressure of the liquid in the case of an immersed body acts through
- Buoyant force is
- The ratio of the inertia force to the elastic force is called
- The most economical section of a rectangular channel is one which has hydraulic mean depth or hydraulic radius equal to
- Specific weight of sea water is more that of pure water because it contains
- The gross or total head of the turbine is the ___________ of the water levels at the head race and tail race.
- In order to avoid cavitation in centrifugal pumps
- The Francis formula for the discharge over Cipoletti weir is
- The velocity through a channel of circular section will be maximum when the depth of water is __________ the diameter of the circular channel.