KLSs Gogte Institute of Technology, Udyambag, Belagavi

Course Document Academic Year: 2016-17

Department of Mechanical Engineering
Course Title : FLUID MECHANICS Credits: 04
Course Code : 15ME36/46 L:T:P 4-0-0
Course Type: ES Semester : III Div: C CIE marks: 50
Hours/week: 04 Total Hours: 52 SEE marks: 100

Pre-requisites: Concepts of Engineering mechanics, basic physics, Newtons Laws

Course Objectives:
1. To introduce and explain fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics, which is used in the applications of Aerodynamics,
Hydraulics, Marine Engineering, Gas dynamics etc.
2. To give fundamental knowledge of fluid, its properties and behavior under various conditions of internal and
external flows.
3. To develop understanding about hydrostatic law, principle of buoyancy and stability of a floating body and
application of mass, momentum and energy equation in fluid flow.
4. To imbibe basic laws and equations used for analysis of static and dynamic fluids.
5. To inculcate the importance of fluid flow measurement and its applications in Industries.
6. To determine the losses in a flow system, flow through pipes, boundary layer flow and flow past immersed
bodies.

Course Outcomes(COs) : At the end of the course, the student will be able to
[Outcomes usually follow the format: At the end of the course, students will be able to
insert verb here + insert knowledge, skills, or attitudes the student is expected to develop]
Blooms Blooms
CO No.
Course Outcomes ( Action verb should be in italics) taxonomy Level

CO-1 State the Newtons law of viscosity and Explain the mechanics of fluids Remembering, L 1, L2
at rest and in motion by observing the fluid phenomena. Understanding

Compute force of buoyancy on a partially or fully submerged body and Applying, .

CO-2
Analyze the stability of a floating body. Analyzing L3, L4
CO-3 Derive Eulers Equation of motion and Deduce Bernoullis equation. Applying L3

Examine energy losses in pipe transitions and sketch energy gradient Applying,
CO-4 L4, L3
lines. Analyzing
Evaluate pressure drop in pipe flow using Hagen-Poiseuilles equation
CO-5 Evaluating L4
for laminar flow in a pipe
CO-6 Distinguish the types of flows and Determine sonic velocity in a fluid. Understanding L2
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Unit No. : 1
Title of the Chapter : Properties of Fluids and Fluid Statics
Duration: 10 Hrs.

Outcomes of this chapter:

At the end of the Chapter, the student will be able to
S.No. Outcomes Blooms Level
1 Define fluid and its properties. Describe effect of temperature on viscosity. L1
2 Explain Newtons law of viscosity. Classify fluids based on Newtons law of viscosity and L2
solve problems on Viscosity (moving plates and shaft examples)
3 Employ capillary principle to calculate capillary rise/fall in a given tube. L3
4 Interpret different forms of pressure measurement. L3
5 Employ principle of manometry to measure gauge and differential pressure. L3

Unit No. : 2
Title of the Chapter : Hydrostatics, Buoyancy and Fluid Kinematics
Duration: 12 Hrs.

Outcomes of this chapter:

At the end of the Chapter, the student will be able to
S.No. Outcomes Blooms Level
1 Calculate Hydrostatic Force and its Location for a given geometry and orientation of L4
plane surface
2 Examine the possibility of a flow using continuity equation L4
3 Employ Archimedes principle to solve numerical examples on Buoyancy L3
4 Identify and interpret different flows with relevant equations L2
5 Distinguish velocity potential function and stream function and solve for velocity and L3
acceleration of a fluid at a given location in a fluid flow
6 Examine stability of a floating body by determining its metacentric height L3

Unit No. : 3
Title of the Chapter : Fluid Dynamics and Flow through Pipes
Duration: 10 Hrs.

Outcomes of this chapter:

At the end of the Chapter, the student will be able to
S.No. Outcomes Blooms Level
1 Establish Eulers theorem and deduce Bernoullis equation for a ideal fluid and L3, L4
comment on validation assumption made.

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2 Examine Bernoullis equation for ideal and real fluids and evaluate the direction of L4,
flow.
3 Distinguish between major loss and minor loss. L2
4 Employ Darcy-Weichbach and Chezys equation to calculate friction losses L4
5 Interpret different pipe fittings and evaluate the fluid velocity considering major and L4
minor losses.
6 Sketch HGL and TEL for a given pipe setting . L4

Unit No. : 4
Title of the Chapter : Fluid flow measurements, Laminar flow and Viscous Effects
Duration: 8 Hrs.

Outcomes of this chapter:

At the end of the Chapter, the student will be able to
S.No. Outcomes Blooms Level
1 Employ Bernoullis equation for real flow and deduce expressions for orifice meter L4
and Venturimeter.
2 Distinguish Venturimeter, orifice meter, pitot tube and rectangular and triangular L3, L4
notches and solve for velocity of flow.
3 Define critical Reynolds number L2
4 Establish Hagen Poisueilles equation for laminar flow through pipe and parallel plates. L3
5 Illustrate fully developed flow. Apply Hagen Poisueilles equation to solve numerical L4
Problems

Unit No. : 5
Title of the Chapter : Introduction to compressible flow, Flow past Immersed bodies
Duration: 10 Hrs.

Outcomes of this chapter:

At the end of the Chapter, the student will be able to
S.No. Outcomes Blooms Level
1 Distinguish between Drag force and lift force L2
2 Examine drag and lift force for a given set of dimension and variables L3
3 Write the boundary layer concept. L3
4 Distinguish displacement, momentum, and energy thickness. L4
5 Illustrate subsonic, sonic, supersonic, hypersonic flows with respect to Mach number L3

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Text Books:

1. Engineering Fluid Mechanics by K.L. Kumar, Multicolor revised edition, S. Chand and Co, Eurasia
Publishing House, New Delhi, 2014
2. Fluid Mechanics, Yunus A. Cenegal, and John M. Cimbala, second edition, Mc Graw Hill Education (India)
Pvt. Ltd, 2013
3. A text book of Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulic Machines, Dr R.K. Bansal, Laxmi Publications, New Delhi,
2013
Reference Books:

1. Introduction to Fluid Mechanics, R.W. Fox, P.J. Pritchard and A.T. McDonald, 7 th Edition, John Wiley,
New York, 2009, ISBN: 970-471742999
2. Fluid mechanics by Victor Lyle Streeter, E. Benjamin Wylie Tata McGraw-Hill Education.
3. Fluid Mechanics by Frank .M. White, McGraw Hill Publishing Company Ltd, New Delhi, 4 th Edition. 2013
4. Hydraulics and Fluid Mechanics, P.N. Modi and S.M. Seth,18th Edition, Standard Book House, Delhi,
2011.
5. Introduction to Fluid Machines, S.K. Som and G. Biswas, 2nd Edition, Tata McGraw-Hill Publishers Pvt.
Ltd, 2010.

Activities planned for achievement of outcomes:

Activities to be selected from following list (Partial list, more activities can be added by faculty)

1. Assignments

2. Quizzes

3. Internal Assessment Tests

4. Course Seminar

5. Course Project (Mini project)

6. Case Studies

7. Viva-Voce

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Mapping of COs and POs

Activities Program Outcomes

Course Outcomes
(Mention the S.No.) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

CO-1

CO-2

CO-3

CO-4

CO-5

CO-6

Mapping of COs and PSOs

Activities Program Specific Outcomes

Course Outcomes
(Mention the S.No.) PSO1 PSO2 PSO3

CO-1

CO-2

CO-3

CO-4

CO-5

CO-6

Note:
1. Enter correlation levels 1, 2 or 3 as defined below:
1: Slight (Low) 2: Moderate (Medium) 3: Substantial (High)
It there is no correlation, put -

Name and signature of the faculty member

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