BHARATHIYAR COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

COURSE PLAN-2014

SUBJECT CODE / SUBJECT: MET32 MECHANICS OF FLUID

YEAR/SEM: II-YEAR / III-SEMESTER Section: “B”

OBJECTIVES

To make the students understand the properties of fluid and the concepts of fluid statics, fluid kinematics and kinematics and fluid dynamics.

To enable them to determine the static forces on surfaces and analyse the stability of submerged and floating bodies.

To teach the fundamental laws mass, momentum and energy equations governing the fluid flow.

To make them to analyze various types of flow such as laminar and turbulent flow.

To enable the students to determine the friction and other energy loss for various pipes geometries.

To enable the students to perform dimensional analysis and identify important parameters and understand the use of similitude and dimensional analysis.

To teach the students the concept of boundary layer flow.

To teach the students the principle of viscosity, pressure and flow measurement.

UNIT LECTURE TOPICS WEEK NO.

NO. OF HOURS

REQUIRED

I

Introduction to fluid and properties of fluid

1

1Viscosity of fluid, Newton’s law of viscosity and types of fluid 1

Fluid statics, fluid pressure, Pascal’s law and hydrostatic law 1

Relations between pressure, Pressure measurement 1Simple manometer and differential manometer

2

1Simple manometer and differential manometer problems 1Hydrostatic force on plane, (horizontal, vertical, inclined) 1Hydrostatic force on plane curved surface and problems on hydrostastic force on plane3 1

Buoyancy, metacenter, metacentric height and stability of submerged and floating bodies

3 1

II Fluid paramatics, steam line and path line, velocity and 1

accelerationTypes of fluid flow, flow rate and continuity equations 1Differential equations of continuity and types of motion

4

1Velocity potential and steam function, flow net, its characteristics and uses 1

Fluid dynamics, Euler’s equations of motion along a steam line 1

Bernoulli’s equation and its applications 1Venturimeter, orifice-meter and pitot-tube

5

1Problems on venturimeter, orifice-meter and pitot-tube 1Momentum equations, Navier stokes equations and problems 1

III

Reynolds experiment, laminar viscos flow 1Hagen poiseuille equation, viscosity measurement, falling sphere method

6

1

Rotating cylinder method, redwood viscometer 1Flow losses in pipes, major loss and darcy weisbach equation 1

Cherzy’s formula, and problems on major loss 1Minor energy losses in sudden enlargement and contraction

7

1

Minor energy losses in bends and elbows 1Compound pipes and equivalent pipe 1Problems on minor losses 1

IV

Dimensional analysis, fundamental and derived quantities

8

1Dimensional homogeneity and methods of dimensional analysis 1

Rayleigh method 1Buckingham π theorem 1Buckingham π theorem problems

9

1Model analysis, similitude dimensionless numbers 1Model laws, Reynolds, Froude 1Euler, weber and mach model laws 1Problems on model laws

10

1

V

Laminar and turbulent boundary layers 1Boundary layer growth over a flat plate 1Boundary layer thickness, displacement 1Boundary layer momentum and energy thickness

11

1Blasius solution, drag force on a flat plate due to boundary layer 1

Local coefficient of drag, average coefficient of drag 1Problems on laminar and turbulent boundary layers 1Separation of boundary layer and its control 12 1Problems on boundary layer displacement 1

Sl.No TEXT/REFERENCE BOOKS AUTHOR PUBLISHER

.1. Fluid mechanics and hydraulic

machinesDr.R.K.Banasal Lakshmi publisher

2. Hydraulics and fluid mechanics including hydraulic machines

P.N.Modi, S.M. Seth

Standard publishers distributors

3. Fluid mechanics and fluid power engineering

D.S.Kumar SK Kataria & sons

Sl.No. ASSIGNMENTS

1. Problems on Hydrostatic force on plane, (horizontal, vertical, inclined)2. Problems on Venturimeter, orifice-meter and pitot-tube3. Problems on Flow losses in pipes, major loss and darcy weisbach equation

FACULTY HOD/MECH

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