The department supports teaching and research in fluid mechanics through two specialized laboratories, offering hands-on experiments and advanced research tools.

Undergraduate Teaching Laboratory

Equipped with flow benches, this lab demonstrates core fluid mechanics principles, including:

• Jet flows

• Open channel hydraulics

• Pipe flows

• Turbines

• Water hammer phenomena

These experiments reinforce theoretical concepts taught in lectures.

Advanced Studies Lab (For Undergraduates & Graduate Students)

Facilities for deeper exploration of:

• Compressible flows – Small-scale wind tunnel for experiments.

• Viscous flows – Study of low Reynolds number regimes via Stokes’ law (using small metallic spheres).

Research Facilities

• Wave Channel – Computer-controlled wave maker generates precise surface gravity waves for measurement and analysis.

• Optoelectronic Equipment – Includes:

  • Laser Doppler Velocimetry (LDV)

  • Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV)

• High-speed camera for detailed flow analysis.

Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)

The CAD/CAM laboratories provide computer hardware and software for CFD simulations, supporting both academic and research projects.