I. Fundamentals of
Fluid Mechanics
- Scope of Fluid Mechanics.
- Units of Measurements
- Fluid Characteristics
- Fluid as Continuum
- Density and Specific Gravity
- Specific Weight
- Pressure in a Fluid
- Atmospheric Pressure
- Pressure, Depth and Pascal’s Law
II. Fluid Statics
- Pressure Variation in a Fluid at Rest.
- Standard Atmosphere
- Measurement of Pressure
- Manometry
- Mechanical and Electronic Pressure Measuring Device.
- Hydrostatic Force on a Plane or Curved Surface.
- Pressure Prism.
- Buoyancy, Floatation and Stability.
III. Elementary Fluid Dynamics – the Bernoulli Equation
- Newton’s Second Law.
- F=ma Along a Stream Line
- F=ma Normal to a Stream Line
- Physical Interpretation
- Static, Stagnation, Dynamic, and Total Pressure
- Examples of Use of the Bernoulli Equation
IV. Fluid Kinematics
- The Velocity Field
- The Acceleration Field
- Control Volume and System Representations
- The Reynolds Transport Theorem
V. Finite Control Volume Analysis
- Conservation of Mass – The Continuity Equation.
- Newton’s Second Law – The Linear Momentum and the Moment-of-Momentum Equations.
- The First Law of Thermodynamics – The Energy Equation
- Second Law of Thermodynamics – The Irreversible Flow
VI. Viscous Flow
Pipes
- Fully Developed Laminar Flow
- Fully Developed Turbulent Flow
- Dimensional Analysis of Pipe Flow
- Pipe Flow Examples
- Pipe Flow Rate Measurement
VII. Flow Over
Immersed Bodies
VIII. Open-Channel
Flow
- General Characteristics of Open-Channel Flow.
- Surface Waves
- Energy Considerations.
- Uniform Depth Channel Flow
- Gradually Varied Flow
- Rapidly Varied Flow.
IX. Compressible Flow
- Ideal Gas Relationship
- Mach Number and Speed of Sound
- Categories of Compressible Flow
- Isentropic Flow of an Ideal Gas
- Non-isentropic Flow of an Ideal Gas
- Analogy Between Compressible and Open Channel Flow
- Two-Dimensional Compressible Flow
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