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2130101
Code: 2130101
Credits: 5
Semester 3
Aero
Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics
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The official GTU curriculum for Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics (subject code 2130101) as prescribed for Aero · Semester 3 divides the course into 7 units, covering 93 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (2130101)Unit 1 Fluids and Their Properties
- Shear stress in a moving fluid
- Difference between solid and fluid
- Newtonian and Non-Newtonian Fluid
- Liquids and Gases
- Molecular structure of material
- the continuum concept of a fluid
- causes of viscosity in gases
- causes of viscosity in a liquid
- Surface tension
- vapor pressure
- compressibility and the bulk modulus
- Equation of states of a gas constant
- Specific heats of a gas, Expansion of a gas
Unit 2 Pressures and Head
- Static’s of a fluid system
- Pascal’s law of pressure at a point
- variation of pressure vertically in a fluid under gravity
- equality of pressure at the same level in a static fluid
- general equation for the variation of pressure due to gravity from a point to point in a static fluid
- pressure and head
- the hydrostatic paradox
- pressure measurements by manometers
- forced vortex
Unit 3 Static Forces on Surface and Buoyancy
- Action of fluid pressure on surface
- resultant force and center of pressure on a plane surface under uniform pressure
- resultant force and center of pressure on a plane surface immersed in a liquid
- pressure diagrams
- forces on a curved surface due to hydrostatic pressure
- equilibrium of floating bodies
- stability of a submerged body
- stability of floating bodies
- determination of the metacentric height
- determination of the position of the metacenter relative to the center of buoyancy
- periodic time of oscillation
Unit 4 Motion of Fluid Particles and Streams
- Fluid flow
- different types of flow
- Speed of sound
- mach number
- Types of flow based on mach number
- Area-Velocity Relation
- Characteristics of diff. types of flow (Laminar & Turbulent Flows)
- expression for coefficient of friction
- DarchyWeichback equation
- Applications of Turbulent Flow
- frames of reference
- real and ideal fluids
- analyzing fluid flow
- motion of a fluid particle
- acceleration of a fluid particle
- discharge and mean velocity
- continuity of flow
- continuity equations for 2-D and 3-D flow in Cartesian coordinates of system
Unit 5 The Energy Equation and its Application
- Momentum and fluid flow
- Momentum equation for 2-D and 3-D flow along a stream line
- momentum correction factor
- Euler’s equation of motion along a stream line
- Mechanical energy of a flowing fluid – Bernoulli’s theorem
- kinetic energy correction factor
- pitot tube
- determination of volumetric flow rate via pitot tube
- changes of pressure in tapering pipe
- principle of venture meter
- pipe orifices
- Limitation on the velocity of flow in a pipeline
- theory of small orifices discharging to atmosphere
- theory of large orifices
- Elementary theory of notches and weirs
- flow in a curved path
- pressure gradient and change of total energy across the streamlines
Unit 6 Dimensional Analysis And Similarities
- Dimensional analysis
- dimensions and units
- dimension reasoning
- dimensional quantities
- Fundamental and derived units and dimensions
- dimensions of derivative and integrals
- use of dimensional reasoning to check calculations
- units of derived quantities
- conversion from one system of unit to another
- conversion of dimensional constants
- dimensional homogeneity
- dimensional analysis using the indicial method- Rayleigh’s method
- dimensional analysis using group method- Buckingham πtheorem
- significance of dimensionless group
- use of dimensionless groups in Experimental investigation
- geometric similarity
- dynamic similarity
- Kinematic similarity
- Model testing- Model laws
- Undistorted and Distorted models
Unit 7 Viscous Flow
- Reynolds number and Reynolds experiment
- flow of viscous fluid through circular pipe-HAGEN-POISEVILLE LAW, Flow of viscous fluid between two parallel fixed plates
- power absorbed in viscous flow through - journal
- Foot step and Collar bearing
- Movement of piston in dash pot, Methods of Measurement of viscosity
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