HYDRAULICS   LABORATORY

Course Uses:

     CE 230, CE 330, CE 370

     CE 432, CE 433, CE 434, CE 438

Capacity (No. of Students):

         15 to 20

Location:

     Bldg. 1-107, 26-243

Year Established:

         1975, 1986

Objectives:

·        To perform undergraduate experiments based on theory covered in lectures.

·        Help set up special units for Senior Project and M.S. thesis research work.

Major Equipment:

·        1 Teaching flume

·        Adjustable bed flume

·        Oil flow apparatus

·        Centrifugal pump test unit

·        Rain gauges and water level recorders

·        Basic hydrology system

·        One open channel flume

·        Pipe flow apparatus

·        Drainage & seepage tank

·        Lysimeter

·        Infiltration apparatus

Main Experiments:

·        Construction of hydrographs

·        Rainfall & run-off relationship

·        Ground water flow

·        Infiltration and penetration of water in soil

·        Water flow through porous media of water in soil

·        Types of flow

·        Chezy & Manning equation

·        Sp. energy equation

·        Hyd. jump phenomena

·        Measuring devices use

·        Back water flow profile

·        Friction losses

·        Pump characteristics

Service Facilities (inside and outside KFUPM):

·        Senior projects

·        Assisting research institute projects whenever needed