MECHANICS OF FLUIDS Notes CE6303

MECHANICS OF FLUIDS Notes CE6303 REGULATION 2013 ANNA UNIVERSITY free download. CE6303 Notes free download.

UNIT I FLUID PROPERTIES AND FLUID STATICS MECHANICS OF FLUIDS Notes

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, capillarity and surface tension – Fluid statics: concept of fluid static pressure, absolute and gauge pressures
– pressure measurements by manometers and pressure gaugesforces on planes – centre of pressure – bouncy and floatation.

UNIT II FLIUD KINEMATIC S AND DYNAMICS MECHANICS OF FLUIDS Notes

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 and Pitot tube. Linear momentum equation and its application.

UNIT III FLOWTHROUGH PIPES MECHANICS OF FLUIDS Notes

Viscous flow – 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 -Weisbach’s equation – pipe roughness -friction factor- Moody’s diagram-Major and minor losses of flow in pipes – Pipes in series and in parallel.

UNIT IV BOUNDARY LAYER MECHANICS OF FLUIDS Notes

Boundary layer – definition- boundary layer on a flat plate – thickness and classification – displacement , energy and momentum thickness – Boundary layer separation and control – drag in flat plate – drag and lift coefficients.

UNIT V DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS AND MODEL STUDIES MECHANICS OF FLUIDS Notes

Fundamental dimensions – dimensional homogeneity – Rayleigh‟s method and Buckingham PiTheorem – Dimensionless parameters – Similitude and model studies – Distorted Models.