Anna University – MR3351 FLUID MECHANICS AND THERMAL SYSTEMS Regulation 2021 Notes Book, Syllabus , Important Questions, Question Paper with Answers Previous Year Question Paper.
UNIT I FLUID PROPERTIES AND FLUID STATICS MR3351 FLUID MECHANICS AND THERMAL SYSTEMS
Fluid Definition and Classification – Properties of fluids: Density, Specific Weight, Specific
Volume, Specific Gravity, Viscosity, Compressibility, Bulk Modulus, Capillary and Surface
Tension – Fluid statics: Concept of fluid static pressure – Pascal‘s law –Absolute and Gauge
pressures – Manometers: Types and Pressure measurement – Concept of Buoyancy and
Floatation.
UNIT II FLUID KINEMATICS AND FLUID DYNAMICS 12
Fluid Kinematics: Types of fluid flow – Continuity equation in two and three dimensions –
Velocity and Acceleration of fluid particle – Velocity potential function and Stream function.
Fluid dynamics: Euler’s equation along a streamline –Bernoulli’s equation and applications –
Venturi meter, Orifice meter and Pitot tube.
UNIT III VISCOUS FLOW, FLOW THROUGH PIPES AND
DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS MR3351 FLUID MECHANICS AND THERMAL SYSTEMS
Viscous flow: Shear stress, pressure gradient relationship – Flow of viscous fluid through
circular pipe – Flow through pipes: Loss of head due to friction – Minor head losses –
Hydraulic gradient and Total energy lines – Flow through pipes in series and in parallel –
Power transmission through pipes. Dimensional analysis: Buckingham’s theorem.
UNIT IV BASICS OF THERMODYNAMICS AND FIRST LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS MR3351 FLUID MECHANICS AND THERMAL SYSTEMS Notes
Thermodynamics – Microscopic and macroscopic point of view – Systems, properties,
process, path, cycle. Thermodynamic equilibrium – Zeroth law of Thermodynamics – internal
energy, enthalpy, specific heat capacities CV and CP, Relationship between CV and CP.
First law of Thermodynamics – Application to closed and open systems – Steady Flow
Energy Equation (SFEE) – Simple problems.
UNIT V SECOND LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS AND ENTROPY 12
Second Law of thermodynamics – Kelvin Planck and Clausius Statements – Equivalents of
Kelvin Planck and Clausius statements. Reversibility – Irreversibility, reversible cycle – Heat
engine, heat pump and refrigerator. Carnot cycle and Clausius theorem, the property of
entropy, the inequality of Clausius – Entropy principle – General expression for entropy –
Simple problems in entropy
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TEXT BOOK:
1. Bansal R.K., ―Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulic Machinesǁ, 9th Edition, Laxmi
Publications, New Delhi, 2015.
REFERENCES: MR3351 FLUID MECHANICS AND THERMAL SYSTEMS Important Questions
1. Nag P.K., ―Engineering Thermodynamicsǁ, 5th Edition, Tata McGraw Hill Publishing
Company, New Delhi, 2013.
2. Cengel Yunus A. and Boles Michael A., ―Thermodynamics: An Engineering
Approachǁ, 7th Edition, McGraw-Hill, New York, 2011.
3. Frank M. White., ―Fluid Mechanicsǁ, 7th Edition, Tata McGraw Hill Publishing
Company, New Delhi, 2009.