Unit No S.

No Topics Hours

1 1 Introduction to fluid and properties of fluid 1

1 2 Viscosity of fluid, Newton’s law of viscosity and types of fluid 1
1 3 Fluid statics, fluid pressure, Pascal’s law and hydrostatic law 1
1 4 Relations between pressure, Pressure measurement 1
1 5 Simple manometer and differential manometer 1
1 6 Simple manometer and differential manometer problems 1
1 7 Hydrostatic force on plane, (horizontal, vertical, inclined) 1
1 8 Hydrostatic force on plane curved surface and problems on 1
1 9 Buoyancy,
hydrostasticmetacenter,metacentric
force on plane3 height and stability of 1
submerged and floating bodies
2 1 Fluid paramatics, steam line and path line, velocity and 1
2 2 Types of fluid flow, flow rate and continuity equations
acceleration 1
2 3 Differential equations of continuity and types of motion 1
2 4 Velocity potential and steam function, flow net, its characteristics 1
2 5 Fluiduses
and dynamics, Euler’s equations of motion along a steam line 1
2 6 Bernoulli’s equation and its applications 1
2 7 Venturimeter, orifice-meter and pitot-tube 1
2 8 Problems on venturimeter, orifice-meter and pitot-tube 1
2 9 Momentum equations, Navier stokes equations and problems 1

3 1 Reynolds experiment, laminar viscos flow 1

3 2 Hagen poiseuille equation, viscosity measurement, falling sphere 1
3 3 Rotating cylinder method, redwood viscometer
method 1
3 4 Flow losses in pipes, major loss and darcyweisbach equation 1
3 5 Cherzy’s formula, and problems on major loss 1
3 6 Minor energy losses in sudden enlargement and contraction 1
3 7 Minor energy losses in bends and elbows 1
3 8 Compound pipes and equivalent pipe 1
3 9 Problems on minor losses 1

4 1 Dimensional analysis, fundamental and derived quantities 1

4 2 Dimensional homogeneity and methods of dimensional analysis 1
4 3 Rayleigh method 1
4 4 Buckingham π theorem 1
4 5 Buckingham π theorem problems 1
4 6 Model analysis, similitude dimensionless numbers 1
4 7 Model laws, Reynolds, Froude 1
4 8 Euler, weber and mach model laws 1
4 9 Problems on model laws 1

5 1 Laminar and turbulent boundary layers 1

5 2 Boundary layer growth over a flat plate 1
5 3 Boundary layer thickness, displacement 1
5 4 Boundary layer momentum and energy thickness 1
5 5 Blasius solution, drag force on a flat plate due to boundary layer 1
5 6 Local coefficient of drag, average coefficient of drag 1
5 7 Problems on laminar and turbulent boundary layers 1
5 8 Separation of boundary layer and its control 1
5 9 Problems on boundary layer displacement 1