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Fluid Mechanics

This document outlines the units of study for a fluid mechanics course. The five units cover basic fluid properties and concepts, fluid kinematics, fluid dynamics, viscous flow, and boundary layers. Key topics include fluid statics, hydrostatic forces, buoyancy, flow visualization, the continuity equation, Bernoulli's equation, laminar and turbulent flow, boundary layers, and drag and lift forces. The course aims to provide foundational knowledge of fluid mechanics, fluid properties, fluid flow concepts, and applications like venturi meters, orifices, and boundary layer analysis.

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Fluid Mechanics

This document outlines the units of study for a fluid mechanics course. The five units cover basic fluid properties and concepts, fluid kinematics, fluid dynamics, viscous flow, and boundary layers. Key topics include fluid statics, hydrostatic forces, buoyancy, flow visualization, the continuity equation, Bernoulli's equation, laminar and turbulent flow, boundary layers, and drag and lift forces. The course aims to provide foundational knowledge of fluid mechanics, fluid properties, fluid flow concepts, and applications like venturi meters, orifices, and boundary layer analysis.

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FLUID MECHANICS

UNIT-I: Basic Concepts and Properties- Fluid–definition, distinction between solid and fluid -Modules
and dimensions - Properties of fluids - density, specific weight, specific volume, specific gravity,
temperature, viscosity, compressibility, vapour pressure, capillary and surface tension. Fluid statics
concept of fluid static pressure, absolute and gauge pressures – pressure measurements by
manometers and pressure gauges. Hydrostatic forces on submerged surfaces, Buoyancy and
floatation.

UNIT-II: Fluid Kinematics - Fluid Kinematics - Flow visualization - lines offlow - types of flow - velocity
field and acceleration - continuity equation (one and three dimensional differential forms)- Equation
of streamline - stream function - velocity potential function - circulation - flow net, Dimensional
analysis- Buckingham's Pei theorem- applications - similarity laws and models.

UNIT-III: Fluid dynamics - equations of motion - Euler's equation along a streamline - Bernoulli's
equation, applications -Venturi meter, Orifice meter, Pitot tube, momentum equation, Free liquid
jet, orifices and mouthpieces, Notches and weirs

UNIT-IV: Viscous Flow- Viscous flow - Navier - Stoke's equation (Statement only) -Shear stress,
pressure gradient relationship - laminar flow between parallel plates - Laminar flow through circular
tubes. (Hagen Poiseulle's equation). Hydraulic and energy gradient - flow through pipes - Darcy
-Weisback's equation – pipe roughness -friction factor- Moody's diagram-minor losses - flow through
pipes in series and in parallel - power transmission, syphon, water hammer, three reservoir
problems and pipe networks.

UNIT-V: Boundary layers;- Boundary layer thickness, boundary layer over a flat plate, laminar
boundary layer, turbulent boundary layer, laminar sub-layer, separation and its control, Drag and lift,
drag on a sphere, a two dimensional cylinder, and an aerofoil, Magnus effect. Introduction to
compressible flow

Text Books:

1. Fluid Mechanics & Machines by R.K Bansal, Laxmi Publications

Reference Books:

1. Som S.K– Introduction to Fluid Mechanics – TMH

2. P.N.Modi and S.M.Seth (1999), Hydraulics and Fluid Mechanics including Hydraulic
Machines, Standard Book House, Naisarak, Delhi.

3. Bedford Wylie Streeter – Fluid Mechanics – Tata McGraw Hill.

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