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Water Hand Pump – Parts and Principle
Water hand pumps are manually operated pumps; They are used for bringing water from earth underground to…
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Water Hammer
When a liquid flowing through a long pipe is suddenly brought to rest by closing…
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Pipes in Parallel
How do Pipes in Parallel work from fluid mechanics' point of view? What is rate…
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Pipes in Series or Compound Pipes
How do pipes work in series as taught to mechanical engineers in fluid mechanics? What…
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Total Pressure and Centre of Pressure
The total pressure is defined as the force exerted by a static fluid on a…
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Rate of Discharge
The quantity of liquid flowing per second through a section of a pipe or a…
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Pascal’s Law
Pascal’s law states that “pressure applied to an enclosed fluid is transmitted undiminished to every portion…
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Power Transmitted through the Pipe
How to calculate the Power Transmitted through the Pipe. How the power through pipe depends…
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Varignon’s Theorem
According to Varignon’s theorem, the algebraic sum of several concurrent forces about any point is equal to the…
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Stagnation Point
What is a stagnation point in fluid dynamics? A point in the flow, where the…