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Atria Institute of Technology, Bangalore – 24

BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

Gap Analysis, Fluid Mechanics 18CV33, Faculty: Rahul Dandautiya

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(1) Delhi UNIT I:- 1 Introduction: Properties of fluids, types of fluids and continuum principle. UNIT II:- Fluid All all covered in the VTU Syllabus and a few VTU Syllabus NA NA NA NA
Technological Statics: Basic definition, hydro statics law, Pascal’s law, manometers, hydro statics forces, on remaing will be in next semesters APPLIED
University submerged surfaces, buoyancy. UNIT III: Kinematics of flow: Types of flow, streamline, pathline, HYDRAULICS
principle of conservation of mass, velocity, acceleration, velocity potential and stream function, vorticity
and circulation. "UNIT IV: Fluid dynamics: Euler;s equation, Bernoulli’s equation, and its application,
Pitot tube, venturimeter, Orifices and mouth pieces. UNIT V: Laminar and turbulent flow in pipe: Laminar
flow through pipes, velocity distribution, turbulent flow, Reynolds equation, prandtl’s mixing length
theory, velocity distribution in pipe flow and plate flow, Darcy’s weisbach equation, friction factor, water
hammer. UNIT VI : Dimensional analysis and models: Dimensional homogeneity, Rankines and
Buckingham’a pie theorem, dimensionless numbers, Types of models and model analysis. UNIT VII :
Boundary layer theory: Concept of boundary layer, laminar and turbulent boundary layers, boundary
layer thickness, laminar sub-layer, hydrodynamically smooth and rough boundaries, cavitations, UNIT
VIII : Drag and lift: Forces exerted by flowing fluid on rest body, drag and lift, streamlined body and bluff
body, skin friction, drag on sphere, cylinder and flat plate.

(2) VIT vellore Module: 1 Introduction to Fluid Statics, Module: 2 Hydrostatic Forces and Buoyancy, Module: 3 Fluid Drag and lift portion VTU Syllabus Add on workshop/ extra Faculty Expert faculty
Kinematics and Dynamics, Module: 4 Flow through pipes, Module: 5 Open channel flow, Module: 6 course classes
Dimensional Analysis, Module: 7 Boundary layer flow,

(3) NIT Trichy Module 1: Continuum concept - CGS, MKS and SI systems - Properties of Fluids - Ideal and real fluid, All all covered in the VTU Syllabus and a few VTU Syllabus NA NA NA NA
Module 2: Pressure at a point – pascal law - Hydrostatic law - pressure measurement , Module 3: remaing will be in next semesters APPLIED
Laminar and turbulent flow - Reynold's number Module 4: Turbulence - Major losses - Darcy-Weisbach HYDRAULICS
equation for flow through circular pipe - Friction factor - Smooth and rough pipes - Moody diagram -
Minor losses - pipes in series and parallel - Equivalent length - water hammer phenomena, Module 5:
Centrifugal pump - minimum speed to start the pump – multistage Pumps –Positive displacement
pumps – reciprocating pump - negative slip
(4) IIT Roorkee Module 1: Introduction: Fluid properties, Module 2: Basic equations, manometers, hydrostatic forces on Streamline, pathline, streakline, conservation of VTU Syllabus Add on workshop/ extra Faculty Expert faculty
submerged surfaces, buoyancy, Module 3:Kinematics of Flow, Module 4: Fluid Dynamics, Module 5: mass, velocity field, acceleration, vortex flow, course classes
Dimensional Analysis and Similitude, Module 6, Boundary Layer Theory:, Module 7: Laminar and velocity potential and stream function, angular
Turbulent Flow through Pipes, Module 8: Drag and Lift momentum equations and their applications.
Boundary Layer Theory. Drag and lift.