Syllabus - Fluid Mechanics-I (CE501)

Civil Engineering

Fluid Mechanics-I (CE501)

V-Semester

Unit-I

Review of Fluid Properties

Engineering units of measurement, mass, density, specific weight, specific volume, specific gravity, surface tension, capillarity, viscosity, bulk modulus of elasticity, pressure and vapor pressure. Fluid Static’s : Pressure at a point, pressure variation in static fluid, Absolute and gauge pressure, manometers, Forces on plane and curved surfaces (Problems on gravity dams and Tainter gates); buoyant force, Stability of floating and submerged bodies, Relative equilibrium.

Unit-II

Kinematics of Flow

Types of flow-ideal & real , steady & unsteady, uniform & non uniform, one, two and three dimensional flow, path lines, streaklines, streamlines and stream tubes; continuity equation for one and three dimensional flow, rotational & irrotational flow, circulation, stagnation point, separation of flow, sources & sinks, velocity potential, stream function, flow nets- their utility & method of drawing flow nets.

Unit-III

Dynamics of Flow

Euler’s equation of motion along a streamline and derivation of Bernoulli’s equation, application of Bernoulli’s equation, energy correction factor, linear momentum equation for steady flow; momentum correction factor. The moment of momentum equation, forces on fixed and moving vanes and other applications. Fluid Measurements: Velocity measurement (Pitot tube, Prandtl tube, current meters etc.); flow measurement (orifices, nozzles, mouth pieces, orifice meter, nozzle meter, venturimeter, weirs and notches).

Unit-IV

Laminar Flow

Introduction to laminar flow, Reynolds experiment & Reynolds number, relation between shear & pressure gradient, laminar flow through circular pipes, laminar flow between parallel plates, laminar flow through porous media, Stokes law.

Unit-V

Dimensional Analysis and use of Buckingham-pi theorem, Introduction to Turblent flow-Prandtl mixing length hypothesis, Flow over smooth & rough surface. Darcy –weisbach resistance equation , variation of friction factor & Moody’s diagram , pipe flow problem.

Practicals

  • To determine the local point pressure with the help of pitot tube.

  • To find out the terminal velocity of a spherical body in water.

  • Calibration of Venturimeter

  • Determination of Cc, Cv, Cd of Orifices

  • Calibration of Orifice Meter

  • Calibration of Nozzle meter and Mouth Piece

  • Reynolds experiment for demonstration of stream lines & turbulent flow

  • Determination of metacentric height

  • Determination of Friction Factor of a pipe

  • To study the characteristics of a centrifugal pump.

  • Verification of Impulse momentum principle

Reference Books

  • Modi & Seth; Fluid Mechanics; Standard Book House, Delhi

  • Som and Biswas; Fluid Mechnics and machinery; TMH

  • Engg fluid mech. – By Grade & Miraj gaonkar , Nem Chand & Bros. Prakashan

  • White ; Fluid Mechanics ; TMH

  • Essential of Engg Hyd. By JNIK DAKE; Afrikan Network & Sc Instt. (ANSTI)

  • A Text Book of fluid Mech. for Engg. Student by Franiss JRD

  • R Mohanty; Fluid Mechanics By; PHI

  • Fluid Mechanics; Gupta Pearson.