Unit 1: Basic Concepts and Properties
Fluid – definition, distinction between solid and fluid – Units 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.
Unit 2: Fluid Kinematics
Fluid Kinematics – Flow visualization – lines of flow – 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.
Unit 3: Fluid Dynamics
Fluid dynamics – equations of motion – Euler’s equation along a streamline – Bernoulli’s equation – applications – Venturi meter, Orifice meter, Pitot tube – dimensional analysis – Buckingham’s theorem – applications – similarity laws and models.
Unit 4: Incompressible Fluid 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).
Unit 5: Flow Through Pipes
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 – Boundary layer flows, boundary layer thickness, boundary layer separation – drag and lift coefficients.