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 CHAPTER- (R.K.Bansal – Text Book)

 CHAPTER-01 Properties of Fluid UNIT – 1
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 CHAPTER-02 Pressure and Measurements UNIT – 1
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 CHAPTER-03,04 Hydrostatics + Buoyancy UNIT – 2
 CHAPTER-17 Jet and Jet Propulsion UNIT – 3
 CHAPTER-05 Vortex Motion (A Topic in Ch-05) UNIT – 7

 CHAPTER-09 Viscous Flow UNIT – 6

 CHAPTER-06,07 Fundamentals of fluid flow UNIT – 4

 CHAPTER-10,11 Flow and losses in pipes UNIT – 5

F I L E WORK
Q- I MCQ Marks TIME
1-10 10 20 min

Q- II PART A Marks TIME

1 2 5
2 2 5
3 2 5
4 2 5
5 2 5
10 30 min

PART B Marks TIME

1 10 20-25
2 10 20-25
3 10 20-25
4 10 20-25
5 10 20-25
6 10
7 10
50 120 min

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 Text Book
5 Qts PART A Chapter
Unit

i Fluid Properties 1 1

ii Pressure and its Measurements 2 1

iii Hydrostatics 3 2

iv Buoyancy 4 2

v Impact of Jet and Jet Propulsion 17 3

vi Fundamentals of Fluid Flow 6 4

vii unit? 4/5/6 ?unit Ch-7-

viii Flow and Losses in pipes 11 5

ix Viscous Flow 9 6

x Vortex Motion (Topic) 5 7

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PART B
1 Fluid Properties / Pressure-Measurements 5+5

2 Hydrostatics 5+5

3 Impact of Jet and Jet Propulsion 5+5

4 Fundamentals of Fluid Flow 5+5

5 Flow and Losses in pipes 5+5

6 Viscous Flow 5+5

7 Vortex Motion 5+5

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UNIT - 1 Fluid Properties, Pressure and its Measurement

1. Definition of fluid
2. Different properties of fluid,
i.e. Capillarity, surface
tension, viscosity.

3. Pressure and its

measurement
4. Various types of pressure
5. Measurement of pressure
6. Manometer and mechanical
gauges
7. Different types of simple
manometers
8. Different type of differential
manometers
9. Different type of Mechanical
gauges
10. Applied problems
UNIT - 1 Fluid Properties, Pressure and its Measurement

1. Definition of fluid
2. Different properties of fluid,
i.e. Capillarity, surface
tension, viscosity.

3. Pressure and its

measurement
4. Various types of pressure
5. Measurement of pressure
6. Manometer and mechanical
gauges
7. Different types of simple
manometers
8. Different type of differential
manometers
9. Different type of Mechanical
gauges
10. Applied problems
UNIT - 2 Hydrostatics Forces and Buoyancy

1. Total pressure and centre

of pressure on immersed
plane surface in different
positions and curved
surfaces.
2. Total force and center of
pressure on immersed
surfaces such as Tanks,
Bulkheads, Lock Gates

3. Centre of buoyancy.
4. Meta-centre
5. Condition of equilibrium of
a floating and submerged
bodies
6. Experimental and
theoretical methods to find
GM value
7. Applied problems.
UNIT - 2 Hydrostatics Forces and Buoyancy

1. Total pressure and centre

of pressure on immersed
plane surface in different
positions and curved
surfaces.
2. Total force and center of
pressure on immersed
surfaces such as Tanks,
Bulkheads, Lock Gates

3. Centre of buoyancy.
4. Meta-centre
5. Condition of equilibrium of
a floating and submerged
bodies
6. Experimental and
theoretical methods to find
GM value
7. Applied problems.
UNIT - 3 Impact of Jet and Jet propulsion

1. Impulse –momentum principle

2. Force exerted by jet on stationary flat plate
3. Force exerted by jet on inclined stationary flat
plate
4. Force exerted by jet on stationary curved plate
at centre
5. Force exerted by jet striking tangentially on
stationary curved plate
6. Force on vertical flat plate moving in the
direction of jet
7. Force on inclined flat plate moving in the
direction of jet
8. Jet propulsion
9. Jet propulsion of ships
10. Applied problems
UNIT - 4 Fundamentals of fluid flow and equation of motion

1. Types of fluid flow

2. Description of flow pattern
3. Energy of flowing fluid
4. Pressure energy
5. Potential energy
6. Kinetic energy
7. Total energy
8. Euler’s equation of motion
9. Bernoulli’s equation for steady
motion and its application
10. Kinetic energy correction factor
11. Pressure velocity relationship
12. Pitot tube
13. Orifice-meter
14. Measurement of flow rate by
Venturimeter
15. Flow through an orifice
16. Hydraulic coefficients
17. Time of emptying a tank through
an orifice
18. Applied problems
UNIT - 4 Fundamentals of fluid flow and equation of motion

1. Types of fluid flow

2. Description of flow pattern
3. Energy of flowing fluid
4. Pressure energy
5. Potential energy
6. Kinetic energy
7. Total energy
8. Euler’s equation of motion
9. Bernoulli’s equation for steady
motion and its application
10. Kinetic energy correction factor
11. Pressure velocity relationship
12. Pitot tube
13. Orifice-meter
14. Measurement of flow rate by
Venturimeter
15. Flow through an orifice
16. Hydraulic coefficients
17. Time of emptying a tank through an
orifice
18. Applied problems
UNIT - 4 Fundamentals of fluid flow and equation of motion

1. Types of fluid flow

2. Description of flow pattern
3. Energy of flowing fluid
4. Pressure energy
5. Potential energy
6. Kinetic energy
7. Total energy
8. Euler’s equation of motion
9. Bernoulli’s equation for steady
motion and its application
10. Kinetic energy correction factor
11. Pressure velocity relationship
12. Pitot tube
13. Orifice-meter
14. Measurement of flow rate by
Venturimeter
15. Flow through an orifice
16. Hydraulic coefficients
17. Time of emptying a tank through an
orifice
18. Applied problems
UNIT - 5 Flow and losses in pipes and fittings

1. Losses of energy in pipe lines.

2. Losses due to sudden increase in pipe
diameter.
3. Losses due to sudden contraction in
diameter.
4. Friction losses
5. Shock losses
6. Derivation of Darcy’s and Chezy’s
formula
7. Hydraulic Grade line and energy line
8. Flow through Parallel and series pipes
9. Transmission of power by pipe line
10. Condition for maximum power
transmission
11. Time of emptying a reservoirs
through pipes
12. Surge Pressure.
UNIT - 5 Flow and losses in pipes and fittings
1. Losses of energy in pipe lines.
2. Losses due to sudden increase in
pipe diameter.
3. Losses due to sudden contraction
in diameter.
4. Friction losses
5. Shock losses
6. Derivation of Darcy’s and Chezy’s
formula
7. Hydraulic Grade line and energy
line
8. Flow through Parallel and series
pipes
9. Transmission of power by pipe line
10. Condition for maximum power
transmission
11. Time of emptying a reservoirs
through pipes
12. Surge Pressure.
UNIT - 6 Viscous Flow

1. Flow of viscous fluid through circular pipe

and between parallel planes
2. Kinetic energy correction and momentum
correction factors
3. Boundary layer
4. Resistance co-efficient
5. Variation of resistance and power absorbed
in viscous flow for journal bearing, foot step
bearing and collar bearing
6. Loss of head due to friction in viscous flow-
Hagen Poiseuille equation
7. Method of determination of co-efficient of
viscosity
8. Applied problems
UNIT - 7 Vortex Motion and Radial flow

1. Free vortex flow

2. Forced vortex flow
3. Equation of motion of forced
vortex flow
4. Vortex flow for open cylinder
5. Vortex force exerted on top of
closed cylinder
6. Radial flow
7. Spiral free vortex motion
8. Spiral forced vortex motion
9. Applied problems
Radial Flow + topics are not given
in R K Bansal
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•Define Kinematic Viscosity, Specific gravity and mass density of fluid.

•State Newton's law of viscosity.

•Describe variation of viscosity with temperature for liquid and gases.

Explain the cause of this variation.

•What is surface tension? Is capillary rise or fall related to surface tension ?

• Define Pascal Law.

• What is Hydrostatic Law?

• Derive the expression for variation of pressure with depth in a fluid at rest.
How it is related to specific weight of fluid?

• What are pressure measurement devices? Name them.

• Define total pressure and center of pressure with their equation.

• Explain how you would find the resultant pressure on curved surface
immersed in a liquid.

• Derive an expression for the force exerted on a sub-merged vertical plane

surface and inclined surface by the static liquid and locate the position on
centre of pressure.

• Prove that centre of pressure for vertical submerged plane surface is always
below its centre of gravity.
•What do you understand by term Buoyancy and Centre of Buoyancy ?

•What do you understand by term Meta-center and meta-cenrtric height ?

• Deduce the expression for the force on the flat vertical plate and also on
inclined plane moving in the direction of the jet and also work done per
second by the jet on the plate.

• Deduce the expression for the force on the flat vertical plate and also on
inclined plane fixed at a location.

• Define the term impact of jet and Jet Propulsion.

• Derive the expression for the efficiency of jet-propulsion of a tank with

an orifice.

• Deduce the expression for the force on a curved unsymmetrical plate

when a jet strikes the plate at one end tangentially
• Derive an expression for the velocity distribution for viscous flow through a
circular pipe. Also sketch the velocity distribution and shear stress distribution
across a section of the pipe.

•Derive the Hagen Poiseuille formula for drop of pressure in viscous flow.

• Define the term Kinetic Energy Correction factor and Momentum Correction
Factor.

• Define Reynold’s Number.

• Derive an expression for the velocity distribution for viscous flow between
parallel plates. Also sketch the velocity distribution and shear stress distribution
across a section of the plate.
Derive the expression for power required to overcome the viscous resistance
in case of journal bearing.

Derive the expression for power required to overcome the viscous resistance
in case of collar bearing.

Derive the expression for power required to overcome the viscous resistance
in case of foot step bearing.

Discuss any one method of finding viscosity of a fluid

• Define Vortex motion, free and forced vortex motion with examples.

• Prove that in case of forced vortex, the rise of liquid level at the ends is
equal to the fall of liquid at the axis of rotation.
•State and derive the Bernoulli’s theorem with assumption made in deriving it.
Also give its applications.

• Derive the expression for the rate of flow through a Venturimeter fitted with
a horizontal pipe

• Derive the expression for the rate of flow through an Orifice fitted with a
horizontal pipe

• What is a Pitot tube? Using equations, explain its working on any

application eg. Aircraft.
• Differentiate between major and minor losses in flow through pipes.

•Derive an expression for the loss of head due to sudden enlargement and
sudden contraction of a pipe.

• Define the term hydraulic gradient line and total energy line and state its
significance.

• Find an expression for the power transmission through pipes. What is the
condition for maximum transmission of power and corresponding efficiency
of transmission?
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