Fluid Mechanics
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The official GTU curriculum for Fluid Mechanics (subject code BE04051031) as prescribed for Food Engg. · Semester 4 divides the course into 5 units, covering 44 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 (BE04051031)Unit 1 Introduction to fluid flow
- Introduction of Fluid Types of Fluid Classification of Fluid Physical properties of fluids like mass density
- specific gravity
- factors affecting the rheological parameters
- fluid pressure and its Fluid measurement
- simple manometers
- differential manometers
- concept of Reynolds’s number
Unit 2 Fluid flow measurement
- Derivation of continuity equation
- different types of energies of a liquid in motion
- derivation of Bernoulli’s equation
- practical applications of Bernoulli’s equation like venturi meter
- orifice meter
- pitot tube
- Numerical problems
Unit 3 Laminar viscous fluid flow
- Flow of viscous fluid through circular pipe
- Coefficient of friction
- head loss due to Friction in pipes
- head loss due to sudden enlargement
- vena contract
- entrance and exit losses
- Stokes law (laminar flow around a sphere)
- laminar flow through porous media
- pressure drop in flow through porous media. Theory and working of capillary tube viscometer for Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids
Unit 4 Pumps & Valve
- Types of pumps and classification criteria
- Theory and working of centrifugal pump
- reciprocating pumps
- external gear pump (rotary pump)
- Lobe pump
- Vane pump etc
- Program Name: Bachelor of Engineering Level: UG Branch: Food Engineering & Technology Subject Code: BE04051031 Subject Name: Fluid Mechanics w.e.f. 2024-25 https://syllabus.gtu.ac.in/ Introduction to Valves Types of valve and working Principal
Unit 5 Fluidization
- Physical properties of particles like size
- superficial and interstitial velocity
- hydraulic radius
- equivalent diameter etc. Mechanism of fluidization
- characteristics of gas – solid fluidized systems
- Fanning friction factor for porous media
- minimum porosity
- bed weight
- pressure drop in fluidized bed, theory and analysis of fluidization process
- particulate fluidization
- aggregative (or bubbling) fluidization
- principle of fluidized bed drying equipment
- pneumatic conveyers
- Numerical problems
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