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Aim of Objectives:
- To introduce the students about the properties of the fluids, behaviour of fluids under static, kinematic and dynamic conditions through the control volume approach and expose them to the applications of the conservation laws and to impart basic knowledge of the dimensional analysis and model studies along with flow through pipes.
- The students will be exposed to the basic concepts of open channel flows with significance to steady uniform flows along with flow measurements in open channels.
- To expose the students to the classification of pumps the basic principles of working and to design centrifugal pump.
AI3303 – Fluid Mechanics And Pumps Syllabus
Unit I: Fluid Properties And Fluid Statics
Definition and properties of fluid – Mass density – Specific weight – Specific volume – Specific gravity – Equation of state – Perfect gas – Viscosity – Vapour pressure – Compressibility and elasticity – Surface tension – Capillarity – Fluid statics – Fluid pressure and measurement – simple, differential and micro manometers – Mechanical gauges – Forces on plane and curved surfaces Buoyancy and floatation – Stability of floating bodies.
Unit II: Fluid Kinematics And Fluid Dynamics
Classification of flows – Methods of analysis- Continuum hypothesis – System and Control volume approach – Streamline, streak-line and path-lines – Stream function – Velocity potentials – Flow nets – Application of control volume to continuity, energy and momentum – Euler’s equation of motion along a stream line – Bernoulli’s equation – Linear momentum equation – Applications.
Unit III: Flow Through Pipes And Model Studies
Reynolds experiment – Laminar flow through circular pipe – Darcy-Weisbach equation – Moody diagram – Major and minor losses in pipe flow – Total energy line – Hydraulic grade line – Siphon Pipes in series and parallel- Equivalent pipes – Fundamental dimensions – Dimensional homogeneity – Buckingham Pi theorem – Dimensionless parameters – Similitude and model studies – Distorted and undistorted models.
Unit IV: Open Channel Flows
Types of flow – Characteristics of open channel – Chezy’s equation – Manning equation – Hydraulically efficient channel sections – Critical depth – Specific energy application to channel transitions – Flow measurement in channels – Notches – Weirs – Parshall flume – Flow measurement in natural streams – float method – current meter.
Unit V: Pumps
Types of pumps – Head of pump – Losses and efficiencies -Selection of pump capacity Centrifugal pump – Components – Working principle – Types of impellers – Priming – NPSH Cavitation – Minimum speed to start the pump – Specific speed – Characteristics curves – Turbine pump – Submersible pump – Jet pump – Airlift pump – Reciprocating pump – Sludge pump.
Text Books:
- Streeter, V.L. Wylie, E. B. and Bedford K.W, Fluid Mechanics, McGraw Hill Education (India) Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, 2017.
- Modi P.N and Seth Hydraulics and Fluid Mechanics including Hydraulic Machines, Standard Book House, New Delhi, 2019.
- Subramanya K., Flow in Open Channels, McGraw Hill Education (India) Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, 2019.
References:
- Jain A. K. Fluid Mechanics including Hydraulic Machines, Khanna Publishers, New Delhi, 2014.
- S K Som; Gautam Biswas and S Chakraborty, Introduction to Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Machines, McGraw Hill Education (India) Pvt. Ltd., 2017.
- Chandramouli P N, Applied Hydraulic Engineering, Yes Dee Publisher, 2017
- Ven Te Chow, Open Channel Hydraulics, McGraw Hill, New York, 2009.
- Subramanya K, Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulic Machines: Problems and Solutions, McGraw Hill Education (India) Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, 2018.
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