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UNIT I FLUID STATICS

1.1 Fluid Statics - Dimensions And Units

1.2 Atmospheric Gauge And Vacuum Pressure

1.3 Measurement Of Pressure. Manometers - Piezometer, u-Tube, Inverted And Differential Manometers

1.4 Pascal’s Law, Hydrostatic Law

1.5 Buoyancy And Floatation: Meta Center, Stability Of Floating Body, Submerged Bodies. Calculation Of Metacenter Height, Stability Analysis And Applications

UNIT II FLUID KINEMATIC AND FLUID DYNAMICS

2.1 Introduction, flow types - Equation of continuity for one dimensional flow.

2.2 Circulation and vorticity, Stream line, path line, streak lines and stream tube

2.3 Stream function and velocity potential function - Condition for irrotational flow, flow net, source and sink, doublet and vortex flow

2.4 Fluid dynamics:surface and body forces – Euler’s and Bernoulli’s equations for flow along a stream line

2.5 Closed conduit flow: Reynold’s experiment - Darcy Weisbach equation

2.7 Momentum equation and its applications, force on pipe bend

2.8 Minor losses in pipes - pipes in series and pipes in parallel- total energy line-hydraulic gradient line.

UNIT III BOUNDARY LAYER THEORY AND DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS

3.1 Boundary Layer Theory: Introduction, momentum integral equation, displacement

3.2 Separation of boundary layer, control of flow separation

3.3 Stream lined body, Bluff body and its applications, basic concepts of velocity profiles

3.4 Dimensional Analysis

3.5 Similitude and modeling

3.6 Dimensionless numbers

UNIT IV BASICS OF TURBO MACHINERY

4.1 Basics Of Turbo Machinery: Hydrodynamic Force Of Jets On Stationary And Moving Flat, Inclined and Curved Vanes

4.2 Velocity Diagrams, Work Done and Efficiency

UNIT V CENTRIFUGAL PUMPS AND RECIPROCATING PUMPS

5.1 Centrifugal pumps: Classification, working

5.2 Work done, Manometric head, Specific speed

5.3 Losses and efficiencies - Pumps in series and parallel

5.4 Performance characteristic curves, cavitation & NPSH

5.5 Reciprocating pumps: Working, Discharge, Slip and Indicator diagrams

UNIT VI HYDRAULIC TURBINES AND PERFORMANCE OF HYDRAULIC TURBINES

6.1 Hydraulic Turbines: classification of turbines, impulse and reaction turbines

6.2 Pelton wheel, Francis and Kaplan Turbine

6.3 Hydraulic design – draft tube- theory- functions and efficiency

6.4 Performance of hydraulic turbines: Geometric similarity, Unit and specific quantities, characteristic curves

6.5 Governing of turbines

6.6 Selection of type of turbine, cavitation, surge tank, water hammer

6.7 Hydraulic systems

6.8 Fluidics – Amplifiers, sensors and oscillators. Advantages, limitations and applications