FLUID STATICS AND ITS APPLICATIONS: Concept of unit operations, Concept of momentum transfer, Nature of fluids and pressure concept, variation of pressure with height – hydrostatic equilibrium, Barometric equation, Measurement of fluid pressure – manometers, Continuous gravity decanter, Centrifugal decanter. 5Hrs
FLUID FLOW PHENOMENA: Type of fluids – shear stress and velocity gradient relation, Newtonian and Non- Newtonian fluids, Viscosity of gases and liquids. Types of flow – laminar and turbulent flow, Reynolds stress, Eddy viscosity. Flow in boundary layers, Reynolds number, and Boundary layer separation and wake formation.5Hrs
BASIC EQUATIONS OF FLUID FLOW: Average velocity, Mass velocity, Continuity equation, Euler and Bernoulli equations Modified equations for real fluids with correction factors, Pump work in Bernoulli equation, Angular momentum equation. 6Hrs
FLOW OF INCOMPRESSIBLE FLUIDS IN CONDUITS AND THIN LAYERS: Laminar flow through circular and non-circular conduits, Hagen Poiseuille equation, Laminar flow of Non-Newtonian liquids, Turbulent flow in pipes and closed channels.4Hrs
FLOW OF INCOMPRESSIBLE FLUIDS IN CONDUITS AND THIN LAYERS: (Contd..) Friction factor chart, friction from changes in velocity or direction, Form friction losses in Bernoulli equation, Flow of fluids in thin layers 4Hrs
FLOW OF COMPRESSIBLE FLUIDS: Continuity equation, Concept of Mach number, Total energy balance, Velocity of sound, Ideal gas equations, Flow through variable-area conduits, Adiabatic frictional flow, Isothermal frictional flow (elementary treatment only).6Hrs
TRANSPORTATION AND METERING OF FLUIDS: Pipes, Fittings and valves, Measurement of fluid and gas flow rates by orifice meter, rotameter and pitot tube, Elementary concept of target meter, vortex-shedding meters, turbine meters, positive displacement meters, magnetic meters, coriolis meters and thermal meters, Flow through open channel-weirs and notches.
PUMPS: Performance and Characteristics of pumps-positive displacement and centrifugal pumps, Fans, compressors, and blowers. 4Hrs
INTRODUCTION TO UNSTEADY STATE FLOW: Time to empty the liquid from the tank. 2Hrs
DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS: Dimensional homogeneity, Rayleigh’s and Buckingham Π- methods, Significance of different dimensionless numbers, Elementary treatment of similitude between model and prototype.4Hrs