NIRMA UNIVERSITY
INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering
Semester IV
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Course Title |
Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulic Machines |
Course Outcomes(CO):
After successful completion of the course, student will be able to-
demonstrate the fundamentals of fluid statics, kinematics and dynamics and their applications,
apply the principles of energy conservation and dimensional analysis to solve fluid flow problems,
demonstrate the applications of impact of jet for various hydraulic machines,
Syllabus Teaching hours: 45
UNIT - I |
Introduction Properties of fluids, viscosity, compressibility, surface tension, Newton’s law of viscosity, pressure and discharge measurements techniques, hydrostatic pressure on plain surfaces, Stability of submerged and floating bodies. |
6 hours |
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UNIT - II |
Fluid Kinematics and Dynamics Description of fluid flow- Langrangian method, Eulerian method, Classification of flow, stream line, path line, streak line, free and forced vortex flows, control volume, Continuity equation for 3-dimensional flow in cartesian co-ordinates, momentum and energy equations ,Euler's equation along stream line, Bernoulli’s equation and its applications. |
8 hours |
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UNIT - III |
Dimensional Analysis Need for dimensional analysis, Buckingham’s' method, Dimension less numbers and their significance, Hydraulic similarities, Type of models, Model analysis. Viscous Flow Flow between two parallel fixed plates, Couette flow, viscous flow through pipes, introduction of hydrodynamic boundary layer, Hagen - Poiseullis' equation, friction factor, Moody diagram, Darcy Weisbach equation, study of viscometers- Capillary tube, rotating cylinder, falling sphere, Saybolt/ Redwood viscometer. |
12 hours |
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UNIT - IV |
Impact of Jet Impact of jet on fixed and moving flat and curved vanes, single and multiple vanes. |
05 hours |
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UNIT - V |
Hydraulic Turbines Major components of hydropower plants, classification, construction, working principle and velocity triangles of Pelton, Francis and Kaplan turbines, governing, velocity triangles, performance curves, specific speed, cavitation. |
08 hours |
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UNIT - VI |
Pumps Centrifugal pump: working principle, classification, velocity triangles, various heads and losses, pressure rise through impeller, priming, characteristics curves, similarity relations, and specific speed. Working principles of reciprocating and various rotary pumps.
Use of computer software for problem solving. |
06 hours |
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Self - Study |
The self-study contents will be declared at the commencement of semester. Around 10% of the questions will be asked from self-study contents. |
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Laboratory Work: Laboratory work will be based on above syllabus with minimum 10 experiments/exercise to be incorporated |
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Suggested Readings: Cengel Y.A., Fluid Mechanics, Tata McGraw Hill Education. Fox McDonald, Pritchard Mitchell, Fluid Mechanics,Wiley international. White Frank, Fluid Mechanics, McGraw Hill Education. MunsonYoung, Okishi Huebsh, Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics, Wiley India. Kumar D.S., Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power Engineering, S. K. Kataria & Sons
L=Lecture T= Tutorial P=Practical, C=Credit |
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w.e.f. academic year 2019-20 and onwards |
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