FLUID STATICS AND ITS APPLCATIONS:
Concept of unit operations, Concept of momentum transfer, Nature offluids and pressure concept, variation of pressure with height –hydrostatic equilibrium, Barometric equation, Measurement of fluidpressure – manometers, Continuous gravity decanter, Centrifugaldecanter.
FLUID FLOW PHENOMENA:
Type of fluids – shear stress and velocity gradient relation, Newtonianand non- Newtonian fluids, Viscosity of gases and liquids. Types offlow – laminar and turbulent flow, Reynolds stress, Eddy viscosity.Flow in boundary layers, Reynolds number, and Boundary layerseparation and wake formation.
BASIC EQUATIONS OF FLUID FLOW:
Average velocity, Mass velocity, Continuity equation, Euler andBernoulli equations Modified equations for real fluids with correctionfactors, Pump work in Bernoulli equation, Angular momentumequation.
FLOW OF INCOMPRESSIBLE FLUIDS IN CONDUITS ANDTHIN LAYERS:
Laminar flow through circular and non-circular conduits, HagenPoiseuille equation, Laminar flow of non-Newtonian liquids. Turbulentflow
FLOW OF INCOMPRESSIBLE FLUIDS IN CONDUITS ANDTHIN LAYERS :( Contd...)
Friction factor chart, friction from changes in velocity or direction,Form friction losses in Bernoulli equation, Flow of fluids in thin layers
FLOW OF COMPRESSEBLE FLUIDS:
Continuity equation, Concept of Mach number, Total energy balance,Velocity of sound, Ideal gas equations, Flow through variable-areaconduits, Adiabatic frictional flow, Isothermal frictional flow(elementary treatment only).
Pipes, Fittings and valves, Measurement of fluid and gas flow rates byorifice, venturi & rotameters. Pitot tube. Elementary concept of targetmeter, vortex-shedding meters, turbine meters, positive displacementmeters, magnetic meters, coriolis meters and thermal meters, Flowthrough open channel-weirs and notches.
PUMPS:
Performance and Characteristics of pumps-positive displacement andcentrifugal pumps, Fans, compressors, and blowers.
DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS:
Dimensional homogeneity, Rayleigh’s and Buckingham’s Π- methods,Significance of different dimensionless numbers, Elementary treatmentof similitude between model and prototype.