UNIT 1:
Fluid – definition, distinction between solid and fluid - Units and dimensions
Properties of fluids - density, specific weight, specific volume, specific gravity
ompressibility, vapour pressure
capillarity and surface tension
Fluid statics: concept of fluid static pressure, absolute and gauge pressures
pressure measurements by manometers
UNIT 2:
Fluid Kinematics – Classification and types of flow
velocity field and acceleration
stream line-streak line-path line
stream function - velocity potential function - flow net.
applications - venturi meter, orifice meter and Pitot tube
applications - venturi meter, orifice meter and Pitot tube
linear momentum equation and its application to pipe bend.
applications - venturi meter, orifice meter and Pitot tube
UNIT 3:
similitudes and model studies
UNIT 4:
laminar flow through circular pipe
hydraulic and energy gradient
pipe roughness -friction factor
major and minor losses of flow in pipes
pipes in series and in parallel.
UNIT 5:
boundary layer on a flat plate
boundary layer on a flat plate
laminar and turbulent boundary layer
displacement, energy and momentum thickness
Boundary layer separation and control
