This document outlines the course objectives, outcomes, topics, and experiments for a Fluid Mechanics course. The course aims to teach fundamentals of fluid mechanics, properties of fluids, hydrostatics, fluid flow, boundary layers, and fluid machinery. It covers 6 units of topics and recommends 10 experiments to be performed and reported on topics like flow measurement, buoyancy, Bernoulli's equation, pipe flow losses.
This document outlines the course objectives, outcomes, topics, and experiments for a Fluid Mechanics course. The course aims to teach fundamentals of fluid mechanics, properties of fluids, hydrostatics, fluid flow, boundary layers, and fluid machinery. It covers 6 units of topics and recommends 10 experiments to be performed and reported on topics like flow measurement, buoyancy, Bernoulli's equation, pipe flow losses.
This document outlines the course objectives, outcomes, topics, and experiments for a Fluid Mechanics course. The course aims to teach fundamentals of fluid mechanics, properties of fluids, hydrostatics, fluid flow, boundary layers, and fluid machinery. It covers 6 units of topics and recommends 10 experiments to be performed and reported on topics like flow measurement, buoyancy, Bernoulli's equation, pipe flow losses.
This document outlines the course objectives, outcomes, topics, and experiments for a Fluid Mechanics course. The course aims to teach fundamentals of fluid mechanics, properties of fluids, hydrostatics, fluid flow, boundary layers, and fluid machinery. It covers 6 units of topics and recommends 10 experiments to be performed and reported on topics like flow measurement, buoyancy, Bernoulli's equation, pipe flow losses.
3ME05 FLUID MECHANICS Course Learning Objectives: 1. To introduce and explain the fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics used in applications of Hydraulics, Aerodynamics, Gas dynamics, etc. 2. To give fundamental knowledge of fluid, its properties and behavior under various conditions of internal and external flows. 3. To develop understanding about hydrostatic law, principle of buoyancy and stability of a floating body and application of mass, momentum, and energy equation in fluid flow. 4. To imbibe basic laws and equations used for analysis of static and dynamic fluids. 5. To inculcate the importance of boundary layer flow and its applications 6. To determine the losses in a flow system, flow through pipes, impact of jet
Course Outcomes: The student will be able to: 1. identify importance of various fluid properties at rest and in motion 2. derive and apply general governing equations for various fluid flows 3. understand the concept of boundary layer theory and flow separation. 4. calculate energy losses in pipe flow. 5. evaluate the performance characteristics of hydraulic jets
Subject Incharge Prof. N. A. Kharche Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
Padm. Dr. V. B. Kolte College of Engineering, Malkapur
Department of Mechanical Engineering
SECTION –A
UNIT-I:
1. Basic properties of fluid such as Density, Specific weight, Specific Volume, Specific gravity, Viscocity of fluid, Surface Tension, Capilarity, vapour pressure & cavitation.
2. pressure & its measurement: Pascals law, Hydrostatic law of pressure & pressure variation in fluid, measurement of pressure by Manometer. (10 Hours)
UNIT-II:
1. Hydrostatic pressure force on plane & curved surfaces. Measurment of total pressure & centre of pressure. 2. Buoyancy & floatation: Concept of buoyancy, centre of buoyancy. Stability of floating body, Metacentre & metacentric height. Condition of equilibrium of floating & sub-merged body. (08 Hours)
UNIT III:
1. Kinematics of fluid flow, Methods of describing fluid motion, Types of flow, rate of flow, streamline, potential line, flow net, velocity & acceleration, continuity equation in three dimensional flow. 2. Dynamics of fluid flow: Eulers equation of motion, Bernoullis equation measurement of fluid flow with venture meter. (08 Hours)
SECTION –B
UNIT-IV:
Flow through pipes: Losses in pipe, major losses, Darcy’s Weisbach equation, monor losses due to sudden enlargement, contraction, entry, exit & pipe fitting. Hydraulic gradient & total energy line, flow through series & parallel pipes, concept of water hammer in pipes. (08 Hours)
UNIT-V:
Motion of viscous fluid: Introduction to Laminar & Turbulent flow, Concept of Boundary layer & its type. Drag & Lift force on object. Boundary layer separation, Reynolds number & its significance. (08 Hours)
UNIT-VI:
Principal of fluid machinery: Force exerted by fluid jet on plane, curved, stationary & moving vanes. Velocity diagrams, work done & efficiency. (08 Hours)
Books Recommended :- Text Books:- 1. Fluid Mechanics & Machinery by Modi & Sheth. 2. Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulic Machines by R. K. Bansal. 3. Engineering fluid Mechanics by R. K. Rajput. 4. Fluid mechanics & Machinery by CRSP. Ojha, R. Berndtsson. 5. Fluid Mechanics by Strecter; Tata Macgraw Hill. Reference Books:- 1. R.K.Rajput; Engineering Fluid Mechanics; S. Chand publications. 2. Dr. Mody & Seth; Hydraulics and Fluid Mechanics; Standard book house 3. S. Ramamrutham, Hydraulic, Fluid Mechanics & Fluid Machines, Dhanpatrai publishing company. 4. Strecter, Fluid Mechanics, Tata Mc-Graw Hill
Padm. Dr. V. B. Kolte College of Engineering, Malkapur
Department of Mechanical Engineering
3ME09 FLUID MECHANICS - LAB
Practical Term Work:- At least six (6) practical’s (study/Trials) based on above syllabus, as given below shall be performed and a report there of submitted by the students: 1. Measurement of fluid pressure by manometer. 2. Determination of metacentric height. 3. Verification of Bernoulli’s equation. 4. Determination of co-efficient discharge by Venturimeter. 5. Calculation of Reynolds number for Laminar & Turbulent flow. 6. Determination of co-efficient of friction ( Major losses in Pipes) through pipe. 7. Determination of head loss due to sudden enlargement. 8. Determination of head loss due to sudden contraction. 9. Determination of loss of head in bends & in elbows. 10. Verification ofmomentum equation. Note :- Practical examination shall consist of oral or Experimentation based on above term work.
Padm. Dr. V. B. Kolte College of Engineering, Malkapur
