Lesson Plan for Fluid Mechanics (CE401)

Fluid Mechanics
Code CE 801B
Contact 3L
Credits- 3

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1 Fluid statics Viscosity, Forces on plane and curved 5
th th
surfaces, Center of pressure. Stability of 4 ,9 &
floating bodies, 11th Feb
Metacentre, Examples
2 Weirs and Rectangular, triangular, Cippoletti, sharp 16th & 3
Notches crested and broad crested weirs, 18th Feb
submerged weirs, examples
3 Turbulent flow Fluid friction in pipes, head loss due to 1
rd
in circular friction. Darcy-Weisbach equation 23 Feb
pipes
Variation of friction factor with wall 3
th
roughness Moodys chart. Minor losses 25 Feb
in pipes, examples & 2nd
Mar
4 Water hammer Speed of pressure wave, slow and rapid 2
th
closure, use of surge tank. 4 Mar
5 Steady uniform Characteristics, Chezy's, Manning's and 9th & 3
flow in open Bazins formulae. Hydraulically efficient 11th Mar
channel cross sections. examples
Flow through channels of circular cross 16th & 3
sections depths for maximum velocity 18th Mar
and discharge. examples
6 Varied flow Gradually varied and rapidly varied flows. 25th Mar 2
through open Definition, Specific Energy, Critical, Sub-
channel critical and Super-critical flows.
Channel transitions - constricted or raised 30th Mar 6
bed. Establishment of critical flow, & 1st,
Venturi flume and Parshall flume. 6th, 8th
Definition and diagram for Specific force, Apr
Hydraulic Jump, examples
7 Dimensional Dimensions and dimensional 20th & 3
Analysis and homogeneity, Importance and use of 22nd Apr
Model studies dimensional analysis. Buckinghams Pi
theorem with applications.
Geometric, Kinematic and Dynamic 22nd & 2
similarity. Non Dimensional Numbers. 27th Apr
8 Introduction to Working Principles of Pelton, Francis and 29th Apr 3
Hydraulic Kaplan turbines, examples & 4th
Turbines May
9 Pumps Centrifugal pumps, performance 6 , 13th
th
5
characteristic graph design flow rate. & 18th
Working principles of positive May
displacement pumps, gear, reciprocating
and vane pumps. Hydraulic Ram,
examples
10 Tutorial 20th May 2
classes