Fluid Mechanics Code CE 801B Contact 3L Credits- 3
Sl. Broad topic Course content Tentati Periods
No ve Date(s) 1 Fluid statics Viscosity, Forces on plane and curved 5 th th surfaces, Center of pressure. Stability of 4 ,9 & floating bodies, 11th Feb Metacentre, Examples 2 Weirs and Rectangular, triangular, Cippoletti, sharp 16th & 3 Notches crested and broad crested weirs, 18th Feb submerged weirs, examples 3 Turbulent flow Fluid friction in pipes, head loss due to 1 rd in circular friction. Darcy-Weisbach equation 23 Feb pipes Variation of friction factor with wall 3 th roughness Moodys chart. Minor losses 25 Feb in pipes, examples & 2nd Mar 4 Water hammer Speed of pressure wave, slow and rapid 2 th closure, use of surge tank. 4 Mar 5 Steady uniform Characteristics, Chezy's, Manning's and 9th & 3 flow in open Bazins formulae. Hydraulically efficient 11th Mar channel cross sections. examples Flow through channels of circular cross 16th & 3 sections depths for maximum velocity 18th Mar and discharge. examples 6 Varied flow Gradually varied and rapidly varied flows. 25th Mar 2 through open Definition, Specific Energy, Critical, Sub- channel critical and Super-critical flows. Channel transitions - constricted or raised 30th Mar 6 bed. Establishment of critical flow, & 1st, Venturi flume and Parshall flume. 6th, 8th Definition and diagram for Specific force, Apr Hydraulic Jump, examples 7 Dimensional Dimensions and dimensional 20th & 3 Analysis and homogeneity, Importance and use of 22nd Apr Model studies dimensional analysis. Buckinghams Pi theorem with applications. Geometric, Kinematic and Dynamic 22nd & 2 similarity. Non Dimensional Numbers. 27th Apr 8 Introduction to Working Principles of Pelton, Francis and 29th Apr 3 Hydraulic Kaplan turbines, examples & 4th Turbines May 9 Pumps Centrifugal pumps, performance 6 , 13th th 5 characteristic graph design flow rate. & 18th Working principles of positive May displacement pumps, gear, reciprocating and vane pumps. Hydraulic Ram, examples 10 Tutorial 20th May 2 classes