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ME-208-F FLUID MECHANICS

Section-A

Fluid Properties and Fluid Statics: Concept of fluid and flow, ideal and real fluids, continuum concept, and properties of fluids, Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids. Pascal’s law, hydrostatic equation, hydrostatic forces on plane and curved surfaces, stability of floating and submerged bodies, relative equilibrium, Problems. Fluid Kinematics: Eulerian and Lagrangian description of fluid flow; stream, streak and path lines; types of flows, flow rate and continuity equation, differential equation of continuity in cylindrical and polar coordinates, rotation, vorticity and circulation, stream and potential functions, flow net, Problems.

Section-B

Fluid Dynamics: Concept of system and control volume, Euler’s equation, Bernoulli’s equation, venturimeter, orifices, orificemeter, mouthpieces, kinetic and momentum correction factors, Impulse momentum relationship and its applications, Problems. Compressible Fluid Flow: Introduction, continuity momentum and energy equation, sonic velocity, propagation of elastic waves due to compression of fluid, propagation of elastic waves due to disturbance in fluid, stagnation properties, isentropic flow, effect of area variation on flow properties, isentropic flow through nozzles,diffusers,injectors,Problems.

Section-C

Viscous Flow: Flow regimes and Reynolds’s number, Relationship between shear stress and pressure gradient, uni-directional flow between stationary and moving parallel plates, movement of piston in a dashpot, power absorbed in bearings. Problems. Flow Through Pipes: Major and minor losses in pipes, Hagen-Poiseuilli law, hydraulic gradient and total energy lines, series and parallel connection of pipes, branched pipes; equivalent pipe, power transmission through pipes, Problems.

Section-D

Boundary Layer Flow: Boundary layer concept, displacement, momentum and energy thickness, von-karman momentum integral equation, laminar and turbulent boundary layer flows, drag on a flat plate, boundary layer separation and control. Streamlined and bluff bodies lift and drag on a cylinder and an airfoil, Problems.

Turbulent Flow: Shear stress in turbulent flow, Prandtl mixing length hypothesis, hydraulically smooth and rough pipes, velocity distribution in pipes, friction coefficients for smooth and rough pipes, Problems.

TEXT BOOKS:

1. Fluid Mechanics – Streeter V L and Wylie E B, Mc Graw Hill

2. Mechanics of Fluids – I H Shames, Mc Graw Hill

REFERENCES BOOKS:

1. Introduction to Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Machines – S.K. Som and G. Biswas, TMH

2. Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power Engineering – D.S. Kumar, S.K. Kataria and Sons

3. Fluid Mechanics and Machinery – S.K. Agarwal, TMH, New Delhi

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