UNIT I : FLUIDS PROPERTIES AND FLUID STATICS
Scope of fluid mechanics – Definitions of a fluid – Methods of analysis – Continuum hypothesis – System and Control volume approach – Reynold’s transportation theorem – Fluid properties – Fluid statics – Manometry – Forces on plane and curved surfaces – Buoyancy and floatation – Stability of floating bodies.
UNIT II : BASIC CONCEPTS OF FLUID FLOW
Kinematics: Classification of flows – Streamline, streak-line and path-lines – Stream function and velocity potentials – Flow nets; Dynamics : Application of control volume to continuity, energy and momentum – Euler’s equation of motion along a stream line – Bernoulli’s equation – Applications to velocity and discharge measurements – Linear momentum equation – Application to Pipe bends – Moment of momentum equation.
UNIT III : DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS AND MODEL STUDIES
Fundamental dimensions – Dimensional homogeneity – Rayleigh’s method and Buckingham Pi theorem – Dimensionless parameters – Similitude and model studies – Distorted and undistorted models.
UNIT IV : INCOMPRESSIBLE VISCOUSE FLOW
Reynolds experiment – Laminar flow in pipes and between parallel plates – Development of laminar and turbulent flows in pipes – Darcy-Weisbach equation – Moody diagram – Major and minor losses of flow in pipes – Total energy line – Hydraulic grade line – Siphon – Pipes in series and parallel – Equivalent pipes.
UNIT V: BOUNDARY LAYERS
Definition of boundary layers – Laminar and turbulent boundary layers – Displacement, momentum and energy thickness – Momentum integral equation – Applications – Separation of boundary layer – Drag and Lift forces.
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