Fluid Mechanics Important

1. Fluids: Newtonian & Non-Newtonian Fluids, Compressible &

Incompressible Fluids, Ideal & Real Fluids
2. Viscosity: Kinematic & Dynamic Viscosity
3. Newton’s Law of viscosity
4. Extensive & Intensive Properties
5. Pressure Intensity
6. Specific Gravity
7. Flow & its Types: Laminar, Turbulent & Transitional Flow
8. Steady Flow, Unsteady Flow
9. Head & its Types: Velocity Head, Pressure Head, Actual &
Theoretical Head
10. Bernoulli’s Principle & Equation
11. Shear Stress & Strain
12. Boundary layer separation
13. Frictional Factor, Fanning Friction Factor, Darcy’s Friction
Factor
14. Hydraulic Radius
15. All Dimensionless Numbers: Reynold Number, Prandtl
Number, Schmidt Number, Match Number etc.
16. Flow Measuring Devices: Orifice meter, Venturimeter etc.
17. Velocity Profile
18. Turbulence: Isotropic & Isentropic Turbulence
19. Drag: Drag Coefficient, Stokes Law
20. Superficial Velocity, Critical Velocity, Sub critical
Velocity, Terminal Velocity
21. Pressure Drop
22. Fluidization & its Types, Fluidized Bed Reactors
23. Pumps & Types of Pumps, Components & Working of
Different Pumps
24. Cavitation in Pump
25. Priming of a Pump
26. Relationship b/w Speed (N), Head (H), Power (P) &
Discharge (Q) for a centrifugal Pump
27. Coefficient of Velocity, Coefficient of Discharge
28. NPSH (Net Positive Suction Head)
29. Continuity Equation
30. Pressure Measuring Devices: Manometer, Piezometer etc.
31. Channeling & Entrainment
32. Pipe Día & Types of Pipe Día
33. Corrosion & its Types, Erosion
34. Surge Tanks
35. Actual Lift, Theoretical Lift
36. Compressors & its Types, Components & Working
37. Pipe Schedule Number
38. Stream Line
39. Bulk Modulus of Elasticity of a Liquid
40. Capillary action, Surface Tension
41. Archimedes Principle, Buoyant Force, Hook’s Law
42. Pascal’s Law
43. Weir & Notches, Flanges
44. Maximum Theoretical Suction Lift
45. Naiver Stokes Equation
46. Pipe Bend
47. Valves & its Types, Components & Function
48. Coefficient of Contraction
49. Chocking in Case of a Pipe
50. Hydraulic Radius
51. Hydraulic Accumulator
52. Cp & Cv
53. Convective acceleration in a Fluid Flow
54. Water Hammer in a Pipeline
55. Steady Uniform, Unsteady Uniform, Unsteady Non-
Uniform Flow
56. Compression Ratio
57. A perfect Gas means?
58. Nozzle
 Fluid – Definition and Types:

 Fluid is a substance that is capable of flowing. It has no definite

shape of its own. It assumes the shape of its container. Liquids
and gases are fluids.

Types of Fluids:
 Fluids can be classified into four basic types. They are:

1. Ideal Fluid
2. Real Fluid
3. Newtonian Fluid
4. Non-Newtonian Fluid

1. Ideal Fluid:
An Ideal Fluid is a fluid that has no viscosity. It is incompressible
in nature. Practically, no ideal fluid exists.
2. Real Fluid:
Real fluids are compressible in nature. They have some viscosity.

Examples: Kerosene, Petrol, Castor oil.

3. Newtonian Fluid:

Fluids that obey Newton’s law of viscosity are known as

Newtonian Fluids. For a Newtonian fluid, viscosity is entirely
dependent upon the temperature and pressure of the fluid.

Examples: water, air, emulsions.

4. Non-Newtonian Fluid:

Fluids that do not obey Newton’s law of viscosity are non-

Newtonian fluids.

Examples: Flubber, Oobleck (suspension of starch in water).

5. Incompressible fluid:

A fluid, in which the density of fluid does not change which

change in external force or pressure, is known as incompressible
fluid. All liquid are considered in this category.
6. Compressible fluid:
A fluid, in which the density of fluid changes while change in
external force or pressure, is known as compressible fluid. All
gases are considered in this category.
Shear stress, force tending to cause deformation of a material by
slippage along a plane or planes parallel to the imposed stress.