Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer

This practical book provides instruction on how to conduct several "hands-on" experiments for laboratory demonstration in the teaching of heat transfer and fluid dynamics. It is an ideal resource for chemical engineering, mechanical engineering, and engineering technology professors and instructors starting a new laboratory or in need of cost-effective and easy to replicate demonstrations. The book details the equipment required to perform each experiment (much of which is made up of materials readily available is most laboratories), along with the required experimental protocol and safety precautions. Background theory is presented for each experiment, as well as sample data collected by students, and a complete analysis and treatment of the data using correlations from the literature.

William Roy Penney currently serves as Professor Emeritus of Chemical Engineering at the University of Arkansas. His research interests include fluid mixing and process design, and he has been instrumental in introducing hands-on concepts into the undergraduate classroom. Professor Penney is a registered professional engineer in the state of Arkansas. Edgar C. Clausen currently serves as Professor and Associate Department Head in Chemical Engineering at the University of Arkansas. His research interests include bioprocess engineering, the production of energy and chemicals from biomass and waste, and enhancement of the K-12 educational experience. Professor Clausen is a registered professional engineer in the state of Arkansas.

Section I Fluid Mechanics Experiments and Demonstrations 1. Determining the Net Positive Suction Head of a Magnetic Drive Pump 2. Bernoulli Balance Experiments Using a Venturi 3. Force Produced by Impingement of a Fluid Jet on a Deflector 4. Applying the Bernoulli Balance to Determine Flow and Permanent Pressure Loss 5. A Simple Sharp-Edged Orifice Demonstration 6. Depressurization of an Air Tank 7. Draining an Upper Tank into a Lower Tank: Experimental and Modeling Studies 8. Determining the Pump Curve and the Efficiency for a Bomba BP-50 Regenerative Centrifugal Pump Section II Heat Transfer Experiments and Demonstrations 9. Thermal Conductivity and Radiative Experiments Measurement 10. Free Convection Heat Transfer from Plates 11. Forced Convection Heat Transfer by Air Flowing over the Top Surface of a Horizontal Plate 12. Laminar Forced Convection Inside a Coiled Copper Tube 13. An Experimental Testing of Turbulent Forced Convection Inside Tubes 14. Forced Convection through an Annulus 15. Experimental Investigation and Modeling Studies of the Transient Cooling of a Brass Rod Subjected to Forced Convection of Room Air 16. Solar Flux and Absorptivity Measurements 17. A Transient Experiment to Determine the Heat Transfer Characteristics of a 100 W Incandescent Light Bulb, Operating at 48 W 18. Experimental Determination of a Room Heat Transfer Coefficient by Transient Cooling of a Mercury-in-Glass Thermometer 19. Experimental Determination and Modeling of the Temperature Distribution Along a Hollow Fin