CE 9202 Fluid Mechanics syllabus download for Civil Engineering


CE 9202      FLUID MECHANICS                                        L  T   P   C
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OBJECTIVE:
The student is introduced to the mechanics of fluids through a thorough understanding of the
properties of the fluids, behaviour of fluids under static conditions. The dynamics of fluids is
introduced through the control volume approach which gives an integrated understanding of
the transport of mass, momentum and energy. 2. The applications of the conservation laws to
a) flow measurements b) flow through pipes (both laminar and turbulent) and  c) forces on
vanes is studied.

UNIT I    FLUIDS PROPERTIES AND FLUID STATICS                            12
Scope of fluid mechanics - Definitions of a fluid - Methods of analysis - Dimensions and units -
viscosity, density, perfect gas, vapour pressure and surface tension -  Basic equation of fluid
statics  -  Pressure measurements  - Manometers.  -  Forces on plane and curved surfaces  -
Buoyancy and floatation - Stability of floating bodies - Relative equilibrium.

UNIT II   BASIC CONCEPTS OF FLUID FLOW                    12
(a) Kinematics – Methods  of  describing  fluid  motion -  Classification of flows - Streamline,
streak-line and  path-lines  -  Stream  function  and velocity potentials  -  Flow nets;  (b)
Dynamics  -  Dimensional Concepts of System and Control  volume  -  Application of control
volume to continuity, energy and momentum - Euler’s equation of motion along a stream line -
Bernoulli’s equation  -  Applications to velocity and discharge measurements  -  Linear
momentum equation and moment-of-momentum equations and their applications.

UNIT III  DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS AND MODEL STUDIES                                  12
Fundamental dimensions  -  dimensional homogeneity  - Rayleigh’s method and Buckingham
Pi-Theorem - Dimensionless parameters - Similitude and model studies.  Distorted Models.

UNIT IV  INCOMPRESSIBLE VISCOUS FLOW                    12
Laminar flow between parallel plates, and pipes - Development of laminar and turbulent flows
in pipes  -  Reynolds experiment  -  Darcy-Weisbach equation  - Moody diagram  - Major and
minor losses of flow in pipes - Pipes in series and in parallel.

UNIT V  BOUNDARY LAYERS                      12
Definition of boundary layers - Displacement, momentum and energy thickness - Laminar and
turbulent boundary layers - Momentum integral equation - Separation of boundary layer - Drag
and Lift - Lift characteristics of airfoils - Induced drag - Polar Diagram.
 L: 45 + T: 15  TOTAL: 60 PERIODS
TEXT BOOKS:

1.  Streeter, V.L. and Wylie, E. B., “Fluid Mechanics”, McGraw Hill, New York, 1983
2. John F.Douglas, Janusz M. Gasiorek, and John A.Swaffield,  “Fluid Mechanics”, Pearson
Education Ltd, New Delhi, Fourth Edition, 2001. 

REFERENCES:
1.  Fox W.R. and McDonald A.T.,  Introduction to Fluid Mechanics  John-Wiley and Sons,
Singapore, 1995.
2. Modi P.N. and Seth S.M., Hydraulics and Fluid Mechanics. Standard Book House. New
Delhi, 2000.
3. Roberson J.A and Crowe C.T., Engineering Fluid Mechanics. Jaico Books Mumbai, 2000.

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