Introduction : Definition of fluid, concept of continuum;
Fluid Properties : Density, Viscosity, Surface tension, Vapour pressure
Fluid statics : Body and surface forces, Stress at a point, State of stress in fluid at rest and in motion, Pressure distribution in
hydrostatics, manometers, forces on plane and curved surfaces, Buoyancy and the concept of stability of floating and submerged bodies.
Fluid kinematics : Scalar and vector fields, Eulerian and Lagrangian approaches, Material derivative, Velocity and acceleration,
Streamline, Streak line and path line, Deformation, rotation and vorticity, Deformation rate and strain rate tensor, Circulation.
Fluid flow : System and control volume approaches, Transport theorems, Continuity equation, Euler's equation, Bernoulli's equation,
Momentum equations for stationary, moving and rotating control volumes, Application of Bernoulli's equation, static and dynamic
pressure.
Fluid measurements : Pitot tube, Siphon, Venturimeter, Orificemeter, Mouthpiece, Sudden expansion in a pipe, Weirs and notches.
Viscous incompressible flow : Introduction to Navier Stokes equation, Boundary layer flow, Drag and lift, Laminar and turbulent flow,
Couette flow, Plane Poisuille and Hagen Poisuille flow.
Internal viscous flow : Reynolds experiment, Critical Reynolds number, Darcy - Weisbach and Fanning friction factor, Moody's
diagram, Minor losses and flow through simple network of pipes.
Principal of similarity : physical similarity, Dimensional Analysis, Buckingham pi theorem, Model studies and dimensionless
parameters, Froude number, Euler number, Mach number, Weber number.