Mechanics and Fluid Dynamics:: Syllabus
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Syllabus:
Generalized coordinates; D’ Alembert’s principle and Lagrange’s equations; Hamilton equations;
Moment of inertia; Motion of rigid bodies in two dimensions. Equation of continuity; Euler’s
equation of motion for inviscid flow; Stream-lines, path of a particle; Potential flow; Two-
dimensional and axisymmetric motion; Sources and sinks, vortex motion; Navier-Stokes equation
for a viscous fluid.
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• 10 pointers are manageable and 15-20 pointers are repetitive. If you get hold of this topic,
again it can act as an X factor but don’t spend too much time into it.
• Do a thorough Cost Benefit Analysis with respect to other topics and GS prep. If you do
have time, cover this topic by solving the PYQs.
• Repeat attempters shouldn’t ignore it.
• Moment of Inertia, Lagrangian and Hamiltonian in Mechanics along with Continuity
equation, Sources and Sinks in Fluids are easier topics.
Lagrangian and Hamiltonian problems are very scoring and follow a fixed pattern. If you can learn
that, a lot of scoring options open up in Paper II-Part II.
I covered these topics from Vajpayee Sir’s DIAS videos and IMS notes (solved examples). The
videos aren’t that conceptually enriching but they do help in boosting the confidence. My biggest
take away was that in topics like Fluid, 10 pointers are scoring whereas 15-20 pointers repeat. So, if
I cover all PYQs and few model problems, there is a chance that I might actually attempt a few
difficult problems in exam and get some partial marks
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• Sources :
• Fluid Dynamics by M.D. Raisinghania
• Chapter details :
• For selective/ minimal coverage of this topic :
• Chapters 2, 3, 5, 11 - again was selective in these chapters - left
out portions of impulsive motion
• Chapter 3 is the trickiest of them all which requires quite a bit
of memorisation - I relied more on the energy method to work
in the exam
• I adopted this approach in my first 2 attempts, would have
covered other chapters as well in the subsequent attempt
• For comprehensive coverage : (i.e. chapters in syllabus)
• Chapters 2,3,5,7,10,11,14
• Rigid Dynamics Vol. 1 by Krishna publications
• Chapter details :
• Chapters on Moment of inertia, D'Alembert's principle, Lagrangian
(excluding portions on small oscillations), Hamiltonian, Conservation
of energy
• No proofs, only solved examples
• Again it was found that after a point questions got too difficult in chapters
like Lagrangian, even some in Moment of inertia. I simply noted some of
them down in my notebook but I could not rote-learn them before the exam
and would have tried to avoid those questions in the exam
• One can refer to Rigid dynamics Vol. 2 for more examples on Lagrangian,
Hamiltonian
• Strategy :
• Was very selective in what I did from these topics, tried to do the bare minimum
• Prepared them to enable me to get past the compulsory question and maybe 1-2
easier questions
