UNIT 1:
Mass density , Specific Weight , Specific volume , Specific Gravity
Viscosity , Vapour pressure , Compressibility , Surface tension , and capillarity
Pascals law and hydrostatic law
Units and dimensions - Properties of fluids
Pressure measurement devices - U-tube manometers , Pressure gauges
Energy equation and momentum equation
Absolute gauge and vaccum pressures
Application of continuity equation
UNIT 2:
Hydraulic and energy gradient
Laminar flow through circular conduits
Types of boundary layer thickness
Friction factor , Moody diagram
Flow through pipes in series and parallel
UNIT 3:
Need for dimensional analysis
dimensional analysis by using Buckingham’s π theorem method
dimensional analysis by using Buckingham’s π theorem method
Similitude –types of similitude
Dimensionless parameters - Reynold’s Number
Froude’s Number - Euler’s Number
- Weber’s Number - Mach’s Number
application of dimensionless Parameters
