Fluid Mechanics
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The official GTU curriculum for Fluid Mechanics (subject code BE04006051) as prescribed for Civil Engineering · Semester 4 divides the course into 7 units, covering 61 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 (BE04006051)Unit 1 Introduction to Fluid Mechanics
- Definition of a fluid
- classification of fluids (ideal vs. real
- Newtonian vs. non-Newtonian), and the continuum hypothesis
- Fluid Properties: In-depth study of key properties such as density
- specific weight
- specific gravity, and specific volume
- Viscosity: Understanding dynamic viscosity and kinematic viscosity, and its relation to Newton's law of viscosity
- Exploration of the variation of viscosity with temperature
- Other Properties: Discussion of surface tension
- vapor pressure, and compressibility
Unit 2 Principles of Fluid Statics
- Fluid Pressure and its measurement: Principles of fluid pressure
- including Pascal's law
- Differentiation between absolute
- gauge, and atmospheric pressure
- Study of various devices for measuring pressure
- such as manometers (simple and differential) and pressure gauges
- Hydrostatic Forces: Analysis of hydrostatic forces on submerged plane and curved surfaces
- calculation of centre of pressure
- Buoyancy and Flotation: Exploration of Archimedes' principle
- the concept of buoyancy, and the stability of floating and submerged bodies
- Meta-center and metacentric height
- analytical and experimental computation of metacentric height
Unit 3 Kinematics of Flow
- Visualisation of flow
- types of flow
- path line
- streak line
- principle of conservation of mass
- velocity potential and stream function
Unit 4 Fluid dynamics
- Control volume approach
- Euler’s equation
- Bernoulli’s equation and its applications
- Reynolds transport theorem
- momentum and angular momentum equations and their applications
- Program Name: Bachelor of Engineering Level: UG Branch: Civil Engineering Subject Code: BE04006051 Subject Name: Fluid Mechanics
Unit 5 Flow Measuring Devices
- Measurement of discharge- Venturimeter
- Measurement of velocity-Pitot tube
- Orifice Classification hydraulic coefficients
- Experimental determination of hydraulic coefficients
- Small and large orifice
- Mouthpiece- classification
- External cylindrical mouthpiece
- Convergent –divergent mouthpiece
- Borda’s mouthpiece
- Notches and weirs: discharge over rectangular notch and triangular notch
- discharge over weirs
Unit 6 Flow Past Immersed Bodies
- Drag and lift
- Types of drag
- drag on sphere
- flat plate and Airfoil
- Karman vortex street
- Effect of drag
- Development of lift
- Magnus effect
- Circulation and lift characteristics of airfoils
Unit 7 Fundamental dimensions, Physical Quantity and Dimensions,
- Dimensional Homogeneity Non-Dimensional parameters
- Theorem of dimensional analysis
- Choice of variables
- Determination of Dimensionless parameters
- Model Similitude
- Physical models geometric
- kinematic and dynamic similarity
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