Syllabus - Pumping Machinery and Fluid Mechanics (FT 502)

Fire Technology & Safety Engineering

Pumping Machinery and Fluid Mechanics (FT 502)

V-Semester

Pumping Machinery

Pumps- Reciprocating pump, types, working principle, Centrifugal pump types, working principle, Ejector pump, Air lift pump, Hydraulic Crane , Hydraulic Press, Jet pump, Hydraulic lift. Impact of Jets-force executed by fluid jet on fixed flat plate, curved plate, moving vans, Velocity Diagram, Work done by impact.

Fluid Static’s

Properties of the fluids. Pressure Measurement -Pressure at a point, Pascal’s Law, pressure variation in static fluid, Absolute and gauge pressure, manometers, Hydrostatic forces- Forces on plane and curved surfaces, Buoyancy and Flotation: buoyant force, Stability of floating and submerged bodies, Relative equilibrium.

Kinematics of Flow

Types of flow-ideal & real , steady & unsteady, uniform & non-uniform, one, two and three dimensional flow, path lines, streak-lines, 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 net & its applications , method of drawing flow nets.

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 vans and other applications. Fluid Measurements: Velocity measurement ( Pitot tube, current meters etc.)- flow measurement (orifices, nozzles, mouth pieces, orifice meter, nozzle meter, venturi-meter, weirs and notches).

Dimensional Analysis

Dimensional analysis, dimensional homogeneity, use of Buckingham-pi theorem, calculation of dimensionless numbers, Flow through Pipes -Friction losses in pipes loses due to sudden enlargement and contraction, energy gradient lines, siphon, pipes in series and parallel, branching of pipes, water hammer problem, Reynolds experiment & Reynolds number, laminar & turbulent flow, Introduction to Navier Stokes’ Equation, relation between shear & pressure gradient.

Course Objective

To understand the properties of fluids, statics, kinematic and dynamic behavior through various laws of fluids and familiar the working and performance characteristics of various pumps and hydraulic machines.

Course Outcome

["Student will be able to apply the application of pumping machineries and hydraulic systems.", "Student will be able to explain the types of fluids & its characteristics.", "Student will be able to measure the fluid pressure & its velocity.", "Student will be able to classify the fluid flow and solve problems of flow through pipes.", "Student will be able to define the properties of the fluids."]

Practicals

  • To determine the meta centric height of a ship model.

  • To determine the Reynolds’s number and the type of flow either laminar or turbulent flow.

  • To determine the co-efficient of discharge for orificemeter and venturimeter.

  • To determine the losses due to friction in pipes.

  • To determine the losses in pipe fitting sudden enlargement and sudden contraction.

  • To determine performance of reciprocating pumps and centrifugal pump

  • To verify the Bernoulli’s Theorem.

  • To determine the co-efficient of pitot tube.

Reference Books

  • Streeter VL, Wylie EB, Bedford KW; Fluid Mechanics; Mc Graw Hills

  • FOX , McDonald Pritchard , Fluid Mechanics Wiley students edition

  • White ; Fluid Mechanics ; Mc Graw Hills

  • Cengal; Fluid Mechanics; Mc Graw Hills

  • R Mohanty; Fluid Mechanics; PHI

  • K L Kumar Fluid Mechanics

  • Fluid Mechanics & hydraulic Machines , Modi & Seth

  • CS Jog , Fluid Mechanics Volume II CAMBRIDGE IISc Series , Third Edition

  • Dr. D.S. Kumar; Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power Engineering; S.K. Kataria & Sons

  • S. Ramamrutham ;Hydraulics Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Machines;Dhanpat Rai PublishingCompany(P)Ltd.

  • Dr. R. K. Bansal; Fluid mechanics and Hydraulic Machines;Laxmi Publication (P)Ltd.