| Lectures/tutorials: 4+1 Periods/Week | Sessional Marks: 30 |
| University Exam: 3 Hours | University Examination Marks: 70 |
UNIT-I
Basic Concepts:
Units and dimensions, dimensional analysis, similarity, equations of state, material and energy balances.
Fluid Statics:
Nature of fluids, pressure concept, hydrostatic equilibrium, manometers and decanters.
Fluid flow phenomena:
Concept of stream lines, stream tubes, velocity field, viscosity, types of fluids, turbulence and its nature, flow in boundary layers, its
formation and growth in tubes and on plates.
UNIT-II
Basic equations of fluid flow:
Continuity, momentum and Bernoulli's equations.
Flow of incompressible fluids:
Relation between skin friction and wall shear, laminar flow in pipes, Hagen-Poiseuille equation, turbulent flow in pipes, velocity distribution
equations, friction factor, flow through channels of non-circular cross section, friction from changes in velocity or direction, flow of liquids
in thin layers.
UNIT-III
Flow of compressible fluids:
Continuity equation, total energy balance, processes of compressible flow, isentropic flow, adiabatic frictional flow.
Flow past immersed bodies:
Friction in flow through beds of solids, fluidization, mechanism of fluidization, pressure drop in fluidization, applications of fluidization.
UNIT-IV
Transportation of fluids:
Pipes, fittings, valves, pumps, fans, blowers, compressors, vacuum pumps, jet ejectors.
Metering of fluids:
Venturi meter, Orifice meter, Rotameter, Pitot tube, Brief introduction to target meters, Turbine meters, Magnetic meters, Ultrosonic meters,
Thermal meters.
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