Fluid Mechanics & Hydraulics-1
Fluid Mechanics & Hydraulics-1
Fluid Mechanics & Hydraulics-1
UNIT I
Introduction: Fluid properties, Ideal and real fluids, Concept of viscosity, surface tension and
compressibility; thermodynamic properties.
Fluid statics: Fluid pressure and its measurement, types of manometers, Total pressure and centre of
pressure, Evaluation of pressure force on dams, lock gates, curved surfaces, pressure distribution in liquid
subjected to constant horizontal/vertical acceleration, principles of equilibrium, buoyancy, centre of
buoyancy, meta centre, stability conditions of floating and submerged bodies, Experimental and analytical
method of determination of metacentric height.
[No. of Hours: 9]
UNIT II
Fluid kinematics : Variation of flow parameters in space and time, Lagrangian and Eularian concepts in
fluid motion, Types of fluid flow: steady and unsteady, uniform and non uniform, rotational and
irrotational, Laminar and tubular; one, two and three dimensional flow, streamline, pathline and streakline,
Continuity equation in Cartesian and polar co-ordinates and its applications, Velocity potential and stream
function, flownet, Types of motion: Linear translation, Linear deformation, Angular deformation, Rotation,
Vorticity, Vortex flow. [No. of Hours: 11]
UNIT III
Fluid dynamics : Reynoldss, Navier-Stokes and Eulers equations of motion, Derivation of Bernoullis
equation from Eulers equation and its limitations, Applications of Bernoullis equations-Orifice,
Venturimeter, Mouth piece, Weir & notch, Pitots tube, Siphon, etc; hydraulic gradient and total energy
lines and their Engineering significance.
[No. of Hours: 10]
UNIT IV
Momentum equation, Moment of momentum equation- Assumptions and limitations, applications, impact
of jets and forces in bends.
Dimensional and Model analysis : Dimensional homogeneity, methods of dimensional analysis,
Buckinghams theorem, selection of Repeating variables, Forces acting on moving fluid, Dimensionless
numbers and their Engineering significance, Model analysis, Geometric, Kinematic and Dynamic
similarity, Model testing of partially submerged bodies, scale ratios for distorted models.
[No. of Hours: 10]
Suggested Reading:
1. Fluid Mechanics, Victor Streeter, International Edition, The Mc Graw Hill Publications
2. Fluid Mechanics through Problems, R.J. Garde, New Age Publications.
3. Fluid Mechanics and its Application, Vijay Gupta, Santosh K Gupta, New Age Publications
4. Fluid Mechanics, Hughes & Brighton, Tata Mc Graw Hill.
5. Mechanics of Fluids, Shames, McGraw Hill.
6. Fluid Mechanics, Neville, Pearson Education
7. Introduction to Fluid Mechanics, A. James, Fay, PHI Publications.
8. Fluid Mechanics, R.K. Bansal
9. Fluid Mechanics, Modi and Seth
10. Fluid Mechanics, A.K. Jain.