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5. Determination of min or losses.
C. Pumps
6. Characteristics of Centrifugal pumps.
7. Characteristics of Gear pump.
8. Characteristics of Submersible pump.
9. Characteristics of Reciprocating pump.
D. Turbines
10. Characteristics of Pelton wheel turbine.
11. Characteristics of Francis turbine.
E. Determination of Metacentric height
12. Determination of Metacentric height of floating bodies.
TOTAL: 60 PERIODS
OUTCOMES:
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to
 Implement the calibration procedure in flow measurement.
 Demonstrate the behavior of losses in pipe flow.
 Apply the principles of pump operation and its real time application.
 Get familiarized with the working principles of turbine.
 Implement the principle of buoyancy in floating objects.

REFERENCES:
1. Sarbjit Singh."Experiments in Fluid Mechanics", Prentice Hall of India Pvt. Ltd, Learning Private
Limited, Delhi, 2009.
2. "Hydraulic Laboratory Manual", Centre for Water Resources, Anna University, 2004.
3. Modi P.N. and Seth S.M., "Hydraulics and Fluid Mechanics", Standard Book House, New Delhi, 2000.
4. Subramanya K. "Flow in open channels", Tata McGraw Hill Publishing.Company, 2001.

HS17461 ADVANCED READING AND WRITING L T P C
(Common to B.E - CSE, MECH & CIVIL and B.Tech – IT , BT& 0 0 2 1
FT)
OBJECTIVES:
 To enhance the employability skills of the learners with a special focus on critical thing , reading
and writing.
 To enhance proficiency in the language and the ability to write compare and contrast essays
effectively.

UNIT I PRIMITIVE READING AND FREE WRITING 6
Reading – Primitive Reading: Reading stories. Skimming: browse through a book or a long passage,
understand the gist of a text. Writing: Free writing – writing about oneself/ family/ native/ hobbies/ festivals,
etc. Grammar: Sentence Structure.

UNIT II SCANNING AND EXPOSITORY WRITING 6
Reading - Scanning: Guessing meaning from the context, surveying the text. Writing – Narrative Writing:
Narrating a story, incident or past events. Grammar – Imperative Sentences.

UNIT III INTENSIVE READING AND DESCRIPTIVE WRITING 6
Reading – Intensive Reading: Drawing inferences from the text, responding critically to the text. Writing –
Descriptive Writing: an incident, place, person, process, etc. Grammar – Different kinds of adjectives.

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