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Fluid Mechanics-I (CE-501) - Official Syllabus

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Unit 1

Review of Fluid Properties & Fluid Statics

  • Engineering units of measurement
  • mass
  • density
  • specific weight
  • specific volume
  • specific gravity
  • surface tension
  • capillarity
  • viscosity
  • bulk modulus of elasticity
  • pressure and vapor pressure
  • Fluid Static’s : Pressure at a point
  • pressure variation in static fluid
  • Absolute and gauge pressure
  • manometers
  • Forces on plane and curved surfaces (Problems on gravity dams and Tainter gates)
  • buoyant force
  • Stability of floating and submerged bodies
  • Relative equilibrium
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Unit 2

Kinematics of Flow

  • Types of flow-ideal & real
  • steady & unsteady
  • uniform & non uniform
  • one, two and three dimensional flow
  • path lines
  • streaklines
  • streamlines and stream tubes
  • continuity equation for one and three dimensional flow
  • rotational & irrotational flow
  • circulation
  • stagnation point
  • separation of flow
  • sources & sinks
  • velocity potential
  • stream function
  • flow nets- their utility & method of drawing flow nets
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Unit 3

Dynamics of Flow

  • Euler’s equation of motion along a streamline and derivation of Bernoulli’s equation
  • application of Bernoulli’s equation
  • energy correction factor
  • linear momentum equation for steady flow
  • momentum correction factor
  • The moment of momentum equation
  • forces on fixed and moving vanes and other applications
  • Fluid Measurements: Velocity measurement (Pitot tube, Prandtl tube, current meters etc.)
  • flow measurement (orifices, nozzles, mouth pieces, orifice meter, nozzle meter, venturimeter, weirs and notches)
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Unit 4

Laminar Flow

  • Introduction to laminar flow
  • Reynolds experiment & Reynolds number
  • relation between shear & pressure gradient
  • laminar flow through circular pipes
  • laminar flow between parallel plates
  • laminar flow through porous media
  • Stokes law
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Unit 5

Dimensional Analysis and Turbulent Flow

  • Dimensional Analysis and use of Buckingham-pi theorem
  • Introduction to Turblent flow-Prandtl mixing length hypothesis
  • Flow over smooth & rough surface
  • Darcy –weisbach resistance equation
  • variation of friction factor & Moody’s diagram
  • pipe flow problem

Laboratory Experiments

  • To determine the local point pressure with the help of pitot tube.
  • To find out the terminal velocity of a spherical body in water.
  • Calibration of Venturimeter
  • Determination of Cc, Cv, Cd of Orifices
  • Calibration of Orifice Meter
  • Calibration of Nozzle meter and Mouth Piece
  • Reynolds experiment for demonstration of stream lines & turbulent flow
  • Determination of metacentric height
  • Determination of Friction Factor of a pipe
  • To study the characteristics of a centrifugal pump.
  • Verification of Impulse momentum principle

Reference Books

  • Fluid Mechanics — Modi, Seth — Standard Book House, Delhi
  • Fluid Mechnics and machinery — Som, Biswas — TMH
  • Engg fluid mech. — Grade, Miraj gaonkar — Nem Chand & Bros. Prakashan
  • Fluid Mechanics — White — TMH
  • Essential of Engg Hyd. — JNIK DAKE — Afrikan Network & Sc Instt. (ANSTI)
  • A Text Book of fluid Mech. for Engg. Student — Franiss JRD
  • Fluid Mechanics — R Mohanty — PHI
  • Fluid Mechanics — Gupta — Pearson
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