Subject Syllabus
CE-501 - Fluid Mechanics-I
CIVIL · Semester 5
Course Modules
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Engineering units of measurement, mass, density, specific weight, specific volume, specific gravitySurface tension, capillarity, viscosity, bulk modulus of elasticity, pressure and vapor pressureFluid Statics: Pressure at a point, pressure variation in static fluid, Absolute and gauge pressure, manometersForces on plane and curved surfaces (Problems on gravity dams and Tainter gates)Buoyant force, Stability of floating and submerged bodies, Relative equilibrium
Types of flow-ideal & real, steady & unsteady, uniform & non uniform, one, two and three dimensional flowPath lines, streaklines, streamlines and stream tubesContinuity equation for one and three dimensional flow, rotational & irrotational flowCirculation, stagnation point, separation of flow, sources & sinksVelocity potential, stream function, flow nets- their utility & method of drawing flow nets
Euler's equation of motion along a streamline and derivation of Bernoulli's equation, application of Bernoulli's equationEnergy correction factor, linear momentum equation for steady flow; momentum correction factorThe moment of momentum equation, forces on fixed and moving vanes and other applicationsFluid Measurements: Velocity measurement (Pitot tube, Prandtl tube, current meters etc.)Flow measurement (orifices, nozzles, mouth pieces, orifice meter, nozzle meter, venturimeter, weirs and notches)