Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Machines detail syllabus for Aeronautical Engineering (Aero), 2019-20 scheme is taken from AKTU official website and presented for AKTU students. The course code (KME302), and for exam duration, Teaching Hr/Week, Practical Hr/Week, Total Marks, internal marks, theory marks, duration, and credits do visit complete sem subjects post given below.
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Course Objectives:
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Unit I
Definition of fluid, Newton’s law of viscosity, Units and dimensions-Properties of fluids, mass density, specific volume, specific gravity, viscosity, compressibility and surface tension, Incompressible flow, Bernoulli’s equation and its applications – Pitot tube, orifice meter, venturi meter and bend meter, notches and weirs, momentum equation and its application to pipe bends.
Unit II
Continuum & free molecular flows. Steady and unsteady, uniform and non-uniform, laminar and turbulent flows, rotational and irrotational flows, compressible and incompressible flows, subsonic, sonic and supersonic flows, sub-critical, critical and supercritical flows, one, two- and three-dimensional flows, streamlines, continuity equation for 3D and 1D flows, circulation, stream function and velocity potential. Buckingham’s Pi theorem, important dimensionless numbers and their significance.
Unit III
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Unit IV
Introduction to hydrodynamic thrust of jet on a fixed and moving surface (flat & curve), Classification of turbines, Impulse turbines, Constructional details, Velocity triangles, Power and efficiency calculations, Governing of Pelton wheel.
Francis and Kaplan turbines, Constructional details, Velocity triangles, Power and efficiency Principles of similarity, Unit and specific speed, Performance characteristics, Selection of water turbines.
Unit V
Classifications of centrifugal pumps, Vector diagram, Work done by impellor, Efficiencies of centrifugal pumps, Specific speed, Cavitation & separation, Performance characteristics.
Reciprocating pump theory, Slip, Indicator diagram, Effect of acceleration, air vessels, Comparison of centrifugal and reciprocating pumps, Performance characteristics.
Course Outcomes:
- Upon completion of this course, students will be able to mathematically analyze simple flow situations.
- They will be able to evaluate the performance of pumps and turbines.
Books and References:
- Introduction to fluid mechanics and Fluid machines by S.K Som, Gautam Biswas, S Chakraborty.
- Fluid mechanics and machines by R.K Bansal
- Fox & Donald, Introduction to Fluid Mechanics John Wiley &Sons Pvt Ltd,
- Cengel&Cimbala, Fluid Mechanics TMH, New Delhi.
- White,F.M. Fluid Mechanics TMH, New Delhi.
- Munsen et al ,Fundamental of Fluid Mechanics Wiley Newyork Ltd
- Garde, R.J., Fluid Mechanics, SciTech Publications Pvt. Ltd
- I.H. Shames, Mechanics of Fluids, McGraw Hill, Int. Student, Education
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