Comparative Diffrences In Syllabus

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Module/ Unit No North Maharashtra University,Jalgaon Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University, Lonere Differences w.r.t. NMU Syllabus
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Subject Fluid Mechanics -I (SEM-IV) Hydraulic Engineering -I (SEM-III)
A) Introduction: Scope and applications of fluid Fundamental Concepts:
mechanics, Newton’s law of viscosity, classification of Definition of fluids, fluid properties-density, specific weight,
fluids: Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids, ideal and specific volume, specific gravity, viscosity, compressibility,
real fluids. surface tension, capillarity, vapor pressure, types of fluids -
I B) Physical properties of fluids: Mass density, specific Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluid, continuum, fluid pressure
No Change
weight, specific volume, specific gravity, dynamic and
kinematic viscosities, compressibility, surface tension,
capillarity, vapour pressure.
A) Fluid pressure measurement: Fluid pressure, A) Fluid Statics:
pressure head, measurement of pressure: - Simple and Forces on fluid elements, fundamental equation, manometers,
differential manometers, Introduction to mechanical hydrostatic thrust on submerged surfaces, buoyancy, stability of
gauges. unconstrained bodies, fluids in rigid body motion
B) Pressure on surfaces: Static fluid pressure forces on
II plane and curved surfaces and their simple civil
No Change
engineering applications.
C) Buoyancy: Archimedes’s principle, buoyancy and
flotation, metacentric height, stability of floating and
submersed bodies.
A) Kinematics of fluid flow: Types of fluid A) Fluid Kinematics:
flows:–Steady and unsteady; uniform and non uniform; Types of flow, continuity equation, derivation and applications
laminar and turbulent; one, two and three dimensional; of momentum equation, Euler's equation, Bernoulli's equation,
rotational and irrotional flows. Velocity & acceleration velocity potential and stream function, concept of flow net
for one and three dimensional flows. Stream lines,
equipotential lines and flow net, uses and limitations of
flow net. Equations of continuity for one and three-
dimensional flows.
III B) Dynamics of fluid flow: Forces acting on fluids in No Change
motion. Mention of various equations of motion. Euler’s
equation of motion and Bernoulli’s theorem for one and
three dimensional flows, hydraulic gradient line and total
energy line, kinetic energy correction factor. Simple
applications of continuity and Bernoulli’s equations such
as Pitot tube and Venturimeter. Introduction to linear
momentum principle. All is OK

A) Dimensional analysis and Hydraulic similitude:
Dimensions of physical quantities, dimensional
homogeneity, Buckingham pi-theorem. Model analysis:
Geometric, kinematics and dynamic similitudes,important
dimensionless parameters and their significance
(Reynolds and Froude numbers only).
IV Model laws: Reynolds and Froude model laws and their
applications to simple fluid flow problems.
B) Laminar flow: Laminar flow through pipes- Hagen-
Poiseuilli’s equation, Stoke’s law. Mention of various
methods of measurement of viscosity. Reynolds’s
experiment, transition from laminar to turbulent flow.
A) Flow through opening: Orifices: Types, coefficients
of velocity, contraction and discharge, small and large
orifices, completely submerged orifices.
Mouthpieces: Types, external cylindrical mouthpiece.
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B) Flows over notches and weirs: Rectangular,
triangular and trapezoidal notches and weirs, Cipolletti
weir, empirical formulae for discharge over rectangular
weirs, corrections for velocity of approach and end
contractions.
VI NA
All is OK
A) Laminar Flow: i) Part- A (Laminar Flow) is same
Fully developed laminar flow between infinite parallel plates, ii) Part- B (Turbulent Flow) is
both plates stationary, upper plate moving with constant speed, added from FM-II
fully developed laminar flow in pipe.
B) Turbulent flow: Shear stress distribution and turbulent
velocity profiles in fully developed pipe flow, velocity
distribution and
shear stresses in turbulent flow, Prandtl mixing length theory,
Nikuradse's experiment, Introduction to Boundary Layer Theory
A) Dimensional Analysis and Similitude: i) It is same as that of UNIT-IV
Nature of dimensional analysis, Rayleigh’s Method, from FM-I
Buckingham pi theorem, dimensionless groups and their
physical significance, flow similarity and model studies, Scale
Effects, Distorted and Undistorted Models
A) Flow Measurement: i) Part added from the FM-II
Direct methods, restriction flow meters, linear flow meters,
traversing methods, measurements in open channel flow
B) Flow Through Pipes: Loss of energy in pipes, pipe
discharging from a reservoir, pipe connecting two reservoirs in
series and parallel, siphon, transmission of power through
nozzle, water hammer in pipes- rigid and elastic water column
theory, surge tanks - function, calculation of head loss,
introduction to Moody's chart, nomograms and other pipe
diagrams