CE 203

FLUID MECHANICS

3-0-0-6

 

Syllabus:

Fluid properties; Pressure measurement; Hydrostatic forces on plane and curved surfaces; Buoyancy and equilibrium;Stability, metacentric height; Types of flow; Continuity; Energy and momentum equations; Velocity distribution and velocitycoefficients, practical applications; Navier Stoke equation; Shear stress and pressure gradient; Flow through pipes, HagenPoiseuilleequation; Turbulence, Prandtl's mixing length, eddy viscosity; Darcy-Weisbachequation for flow through pipes,friction factor, Moody diagram, minor losses, pipes in series and parallel, equivalent length, pipe network analysis; Waterhammer; Boundary layer concept, drag coefficients, control of boundary layer; Dimensional analysis and similitude

 

Texts:

 

1. F.M. White, Fluid Mechanics, McGraw Hill, 1994

2. V.L. Streeter and E.B. Wylie, Fluid Mechanics, McGraw Hill, 1997

3. P.N. Modi and S.M. Seth, Hydraulics and Fluid Mechanics, Standard Book House, 1998

 

References:

 

1. M.K. Goyal, Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulic Machines, PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd., 2015

2. K. S. Massey, Mechanics of Fluids, Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., 1979

3. J. Frabzini, Fluid Mechanics with Engineering Applications, McGraw Hill, 1997

4. J.H. Spurk, Fluid Mechanics - Problems and Solutions, Springer, 2003