Hydraulics
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Hydraulics Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Hydraulics (subject code 3330603) as prescribed for TE · Semester 3 divides the course into 6 units, covering 40 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 (3330603)Unit 1 Introduction, Pressure and pressure measurement 1a.Explain the terms associated with Hydraulics 1b.Clarify different
- 1.1. Technical terms used in Hydraulics – Fluid Mechanics, Hydrostatics, Hydro-kinematics, Hydro-Dynamics-Ideal and Real Fluid.
- 1.2. Properties of liquid – Viscosity-Density-Specific Gravity-Surface Tension-Capillarity Vapour Pressure-Elasticity.
- 1.3. Various types of pressure – Atmospheric Pressure- Gauge Pressure-Absolute Pressure Vacuum Pressure-Separation Pressure/s
- 1.4. Measurement of pressure/s by different methods
- 1.5. Measurement of difference of pressure using “U” tube Manometer and inverted “U” tube Manometer
Unit 2 Hydrostatics 2a Explain the Relationship between pressure and depth of liquid 2b.Compute total Pressure and Centre of pressure
- 2.1. Relationship between pressure and depth of liquid
- 2.1.1. Pressure diagram for different conditions
- 2.2. Total pressure and center of pressure
- 2.2.1. Computation of Total Pressure and depth of centre of pressure
Unit 3 Hydro kinematics & Hydrodynam ics
- 3.1. Types of flow - Laminar --Turbulent --Uniform -- Non-uniform –Steady--Un-steady –Rotational and irrotational --One, Two and Three Dimensional flow
- 3.2. Reynold’s number
- 3.3. Continuity Equation
- 3.4. Types of Energy – Potential, Pressure and kinematics
- 3.5. Bernoulli’s Equation and its applications.
- 3.6. Momentum Equation
Unit 4 Hydraulic icient, notches and weirs
- 4.1. Definition and types of orifice
- 4.2. Various Hydraulic Coefficient and its relation - Coefficient of Contraction, Velocity, Discharge.
- 4.3. Types of notches and weirs
- 4.4. Computation of discharge through notches
- 4.4.1. Rectangular Notch
- 4.5. Computation of discharge through weirs
- 4.5.1. Discharge through narrow crested and broad Crested weir.
- 4.5.2. Discharge through Cipolletti weir.
Unit 5 Flow through pipes
- 5.1. Characteristics of flow through pipes
- 5.2. Major and Minor Energy (Head) losses in pipe Flow- frictional loss, loss of head at entry , exit, Sudden enlargement and contraction and at bend.
- 5.2.1. Computation of major head by Darcy Weisbach Equation.
- 5.3. Hydraulic Gradient Line (HGL) and Total Energy GTU/NITTTR/Bhopal/12-13 Gujarat State 2 Hydraulics Course code: 3330603 Unit Major Learning Outcomes (Course Outcomes in Cognitive Domain according to NBA terminology) Topics and Sub-topics network using formula and nomogram Line (TEL)
- 5.4. Design of Pipeline-using formula & Nomogram
Unit 6 Flow through Open Channel
- 6.1. Characteristics of open channel flow
- 6.1.1. Comparison of pipe flow and channel flow.
- 6.1.2. Field examples of open channel
- 6.2. Analyse uniform flow
- 6.2.1. Froud’s number,
- 6.2.2. Hydraulic mean depth- concept & computation
- 6.2.3. Use of Chezy’s and Manning’s formulae.
- 6.2.4. Most economical sections of channel
- 6.2.4.1. Rectangular, Trapezoidal and circular shapes.
- 6.3. Specific Energy Diagram
- 6.4. River Gauging
- 6.4.1. Measurement of mean velocity using surface float, velocity rod and current meter.
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