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Fluid mechanics and hydraulics guides for civil engineers covering open channel flow, pipe flow, pump design, flood analysis using HEC-RAS, and irrigation engineering. Resources for students and professionals.
Solved numericalA 0.4m×0.3m, 90° vertical bend carries 0.6m³/s oil of specific gravity 0.8 with a pressure of 120 kPa at inlet…Water Resources · 3 min read
Solved numericalA reducing bend with an angle of 60° is installed in a pipeline carrying water. The initial diameter is 300 mm…Water Resources · 2 min read
Solved numericalA 45° reducing bend is connected in a pipeline carrying water. The diameter at the inlet and outlet of the ben…Water Resources · 2 min read
Solved numericalThe diameter of a pipe bend is 30cm at inlet and 15cm at outlet, and the flow is turned through 120° in a vert…Water Resources · 4 min read
Solved numericalDetermine the magnitude of resultant force and its direction on the vane shown in the figure below if a water…Water Resources · 2 min read
Solved numericalA main pipe of diameter 500mm branches in two pipes of diameter 300mm each in the horizontal plane. Angle betw…Water Resources · 4 min read
Solved numericalA 150mm diameter pipe on the horizontal plane carries water under the head of 16m of water with the velocity o…Water Resources · 3 min read
Solved numericalA 45° pipe bend tapers from 600mm diameter at inlet to 300mm diameter at outlet. The pressure at inlet is 140…Water Resources · 3 min read
Solved numericalThe discharge of water through a 130° bend is 30 litres/s. The bend is lying in the horizontal plane and the d…Water Resources · 3 min read
Solved numericalA 500mm pipe carrying 0.8 m3/s of oil (sp gr 0.85) has a 900 bend in a horizontal plane. The loss of head in t…Water Resources · 3 min read
Solved numericalA 60cm pipe is connected to a 30cm pipe by a standard reducer fitting. For the same flow of 0.9 m3/s of water…Water Resources · 2 min read
Solved numericalA tank is in the form of hemisphere of 2m diameter and having a cylindrical upper part of 2m diameter and 3m h…Water Resources · 2 min read
Solved numericalA tank is in the form of frustum of a cone having top diameter of 2m, a bottom diameter of 0.8m and height 2m…Water Resources · 2 min read
Solved numericalA tank of constant cross-sectional area of 2.8m2 has two orifices each 9.3×10-4 m2 in area as shown in th…Water Resources · 2 min read
Solved numericalA cylindrical tank is placed with its axis vertical and is provided with a circular orifice of 4cm diameter at…Water Resources · 2 min read
Solved numericalA vertical cylindrical tank 2m diameter has, at the bottom, 0.05m diameter sharp-edged orifice (Cd = 0.6). (I)…Water Resources · 2 min read
Solved numericalA cylindrical tank of internal diameter 0.6m, length 1.5m and axis vertical has a 5cm diameter sharp-edged ori…Water Resources · 2 min read
Solved numericalA rectangular swimming pool is 1m deep at one end and increases uniformly in depth to 2.6m at the other end. T…Water Resources · 3 min read