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Fluid Mechanics and Machines

This document provides an overview of the topics covered in the fluid mechanics and machines course PME103. The topics include: [1] basic fluid properties and concepts, fluid statics, and pressure measurements; [2] fluid kinematics, fluid dynamics, continuity and Bernoulli's equations, and dimensional analysis; [3] incompressible fluid flow including laminar and turbulent flow, pipe flow, and boundary layers; [4] hydraulic turbines including Pelton, Francis, propeller, and Kaplan turbines; and [5] hydraulic pumps including centrifugal, reciprocating, gear, and vane pumps. The document lists textbooks and references for further study.

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Fluid Mechanics and Machines

This document provides an overview of the topics covered in the fluid mechanics and machines course PME103. The topics include: [1] basic fluid properties and concepts, fluid statics, and pressure measurements; [2] fluid kinematics, fluid dynamics, continuity and Bernoulli's equations, and dimensional analysis; [3] incompressible fluid flow including laminar and turbulent flow, pipe flow, and boundary layers; [4] hydraulic turbines including Pelton, Francis, propeller, and Kaplan turbines; and [5] hydraulic pumps including centrifugal, reciprocating, gear, and vane pumps. The document lists textbooks and references for further study.

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PME103

FLUID MECHANICS AND MACHINES 6

3003

1. BASIC CONCEPTS AND PROPER TIES

Fluid definition, distinction between solid and fluid - Units and dimensions Properties of fluids - density, specific weight, specific volume, specific gravity, temperature, viscosity, compressibility, vapour pressure, capillary and surface tension - Fluid statics: concept of fluid static pressure, absolute and gauge pressures pressure measurements by manometers and pressure gauges. 2. FLIUD KINEMATICS AND FLUID DYNAMICS 12

Fluid Kinematics - Flow visualization - lines of flow - types of flow - velocity field and acceleration - continuity equation (one and three dimensional differential forms)Equation of streamline - stream function - velocity potential function - circulation flow net fluid dynamics - equations of motion - Euler's equation along a streamline Bernoulli's equation applications - Venturi meter, Orifice meter, Pitot tube dimensional analysis - Buckingham's theorem- applications - similarity laws and models. 3. INCOMPRESSIBLE FLUID FLOW 12

Viscous flow Navier - Stoke's equation (Statement only) - Shear stress, pressure gradient relationship - laminar flow between parallel plates - Laminar flow through circular tubes (Hagen poiseulle's) - Hydraulic and energy gradient - flow through pipes - Darcy - weisback's equation - pipe roughness -friction factor- Moody's diagram-minor losses - flow through pipes in series and in parallel - power transmission - Boundary layer flows, boundary layer thickness, boundary layer separation - drag and lift coefficients. 4. HYDRAULIC TURBINES 8

Fluid machines: definition and classification - exchange of energy - Euler's equation

for turbo machines - Construction of velocity vector diagrams - head and specific work - components of energy transfer - degree of reaction. Hydro turbines: definition and classifications - Pelton turbine - Francis turbine propeller turbine - Kaplan turbine - working principles - velocity triangles - work done specific speed - efficiencies -performance curve for turbines. 5. HYDRAULIC PUMPS 7

Pumps: definition and classifications - Centrifugal pump: classifications, working principle, velocity triangles, specific speed, efficiency and performance curves Reciprocating pump: classification, working principle, indicator diagram, work saved by air vessels and performance curves - cavitations in pumps - rotary pumps: working principles of gear and vane pumps L:45; Total : 45 11 TEXT BOOKS 1. Streeter, V.L., and Wylie, E.B., Fluid Mechanics, McGraw-Hill, 1983. 2. Kumar, K.L., Engineering Fluid Mechanics, Eurasia Publishing House (P) Ltd, New Delhi (7 th edition), 1995. 3. Vasandani, V.P., Hydraulic Machines - Theory and Design, Khanna Publishers.1992 REFERENCES 1. th edition), Laxmi Bansal, R.K., Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics Machines, (5

publications (P) Ltd, New Delhi, 1995 2. th Edition, New Delhi, 2003. 3. Ramamirtham, S., "Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics and Fluid Machines", White, F.M., Fluid Mechanics, Tata McGraw-Hill, 5

Dhanpat Rai and Sons, Delhi, 1998. 4. Som, S.K., and Biswas, G., Introduction to Fluid Mechanics and

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