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Fluid Properties &Hydrostatic Bench Apparatus (SMT-FM-28)
The apparatus is designed to provide a wide range of experiments related to fluid properties and hydrostatics, making it an essential teaching aid in fluid mechanics. It allows students to study fundamental principles such as fluid pressure, buoyancy, metacentric height, and other fluid behaviors in a controlled environment. By combining several basic experiments into one unit, it supports efficient learning and demonstration in laboratories.
The equipment is built on a strong steel-framed bench fitted with lockable wheels for mobility and stability. It incorporates a variety of measuring devices, some fixed on the back of the bench and others free-standing for flexible use. A pressure safety pump transfers water to a stainless-steel sink, recessed into the bench surface for convenient experiment setups. The water system is self-contained, with a storage tank placed on the lower shelf and a drain system that ensures excess water returns back to the tank.
This setup is particularly beneficial for engineering and technical education, as it brings together multiple fluid mechanics experiments in one compact system. It reduces the need for multiple separate devices, saving cost and space in laboratories. With its durable construction, simple water circulation, and versatile experiment range, it serves as a long-term, practical solution for teaching fluid mechanics fundamentals.
Storage tank:
- Stainless steel
- Capacity: 65 Liters
Pump:
- Centrifugal/diaphragm with pressure safety
- Quantity: 01
Graduated cylinder 1000ml, Plastic, Quantity: 01
Graduated cylinders 1000ml glass, Quantity: 02
Steel balls of different diameters for viscometer experiments.
- Principles and use of a hydrometer.
- Measurement of Viscosity.
- Measurement of Liquid Levels using the Hook and point Gauge.
- To show that pressure in a liquid varies with the depth and does depend on the shape or area of the vessel.
- To determine the hydrostatic thrust acting on a plane surface immersed in water when the surface is partially submerged or fully submerged.
- Using a direct reading barometer to read the atmospheric pressure.
- To calibrate a Bourdon-type pressure gauge using the dead-weight pressure gauge calibrator.
- To use a water ‘U’ tube manometer to determine the pressure at a point.
- To use a water inclined tube manometer to determine the pressure at a point.
- Verifying Archimedes’ principle.
- Stability of a floating body and determination of metacentric height.
- Understand the working of bourdon type pressure gauge and how to read from the scale.
Following experimental units included:
- Universal hydrometer and hydrometer jar
- Falling ball viscometer tube with balls of different diameters.
- Hook and point gauge
- Direct reading barometer (wall mounted
- Bourdon pressure gauge
- U-tube manometer
- Inclined-tube manometer
- Deadweight pressure gauge calibrator and weights
- Hydrostatic pressure apparatus
- Pascal’s apparatus
- Lever balance with displacement vessel, bucket and cylinder (Archimedes principal apparatus)
- Metacentric height apparatus
- Measuring cylinder
- Thermometer
- Manual Air pump
- Stainless steel sink with tap
- Stainless steel water storage tank
