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This document provides an overview of a course on fluid mechanics and hydraulic machines. The course objectives are to familiarize students with fluid statics, fluid dynamics, and the working and design of hydraulic machines like turbines and pumps. The course outcomes are for students to gain knowledge of fluid statistics, fluid dynamics, closed conduit flows, and hydro-electric power stations, and to learn to design components of pumps and turbines. The document outlines 5 units that will be covered: fluid statics, fluid dynamics, hydro-electric power stations, basics of turbomachinery, and centrifugal and reciprocating pumps. Required textbooks and references are also listed.

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Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulic Machine PDF

This document provides an overview of a course on fluid mechanics and hydraulic machines. The course objectives are to familiarize students with fluid statics, fluid dynamics, and the working and design of hydraulic machines like turbines and pumps. The course outcomes are for students to gain knowledge of fluid statistics, fluid dynamics, closed conduit flows, and hydro-electric power stations, and to learn to design components of pumps and turbines. The document outlines 5 units that will be covered: fluid statics, fluid dynamics, hydro-electric power stations, basics of turbomachinery, and centrifugal and reciprocating pumps. Required textbooks and references are also listed.

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FLUID MECHANICS AND


HYDRAULIC MACHINES

Course Code: 13CE1157 L T P C


4 0 0 3
Course Educational Objectives:
To familiarize the students with fluid statics and fluid dynamics.
To introduce the concepts of the working and design aspects of
hydraulic machines like turbines and pumps and their applications.
Course Outcomes:
Student will be able to develop to gain basic knowledge on Fluid
Statistics, Fluid Dynamics, closed conduit flows, hydro-electric
power stations.
Student will be able to design various components of pumps and
turbines and study their characteristics.
UNIT-I (12 Lectures)
FLUID STATICS: DIMENSIONS AND UNITS:
Physical properties of fluids mass density, specific weight, specific
volume, specific gravity, viscosity, surface tension, vapour pressure and
their influence on fluid motion. Atmospheric pressure, gauge pressure and
vacuum pressure, measurement of pressure Piezometers, U-tube and
differential manometers mechanical pressure gauges.
FLUID KINEMATICS:
Stream line, path line and streak lines and stream tubes. Classification
of flows ideal fluid and real fluid steady and unsteady flows, uniform
and non-uniform flows, laminar and turbulent flows, rotational and
irrotational flows, equation of continuity for one-dimensional flows.

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UNIT-II (12 Lectures)


FLUID DYNAMICS:
Various forces acting on a fluid element- Eulers and Bernoullis equation
for flow along a streamline, momentum equation and its applications for
pipe bend problem. Closed conduit flow Reynolds number, Reynolds
experiment Darcy Weisbach equation Minor losses in pipes
pipes in series and pipes in parallel total energy line hydraulic gradient
line, measurement of flow : Pitot tube, venturimeter, orificemeter and flow
nozzle meter.
UNIT-III (12 Lectures)
HYDRO-ELECTRIC POWER STATIONS :
types concept of pumped storage plants storage requirements, mass
curve, estimation of storage capacity for a uniform demand, estimation
of power developed from a given catchment area, heads and efficiencies.
BASICS OF TURBO MACHINERY :
Hydrodynamic force on jets on stationary and moving flat, inclined and
curved vanes, jet striking centrally and at tip, velocity diagrams, work
done and efficiency, flow over radial vanes.
UNIT-IV (12 Lectures)
HYDRAULIC TURBINES :
Classification of turbines Impulse and reaction turbines, Pelton wheel,
Francis turbine and Kaplan turbine working principles, workdone,
efficiencies, hydraulic design, draft tube theory, functions and efficiency.
PERFORMANCE OF HYDRAULIC TURBINES:
Geometric similarity, unit and specific quantities, characteristic curves,
governing of turbines, selection of type of turbines, cavitation, surge tank,
water hammer.
UNIT-V (12 Lectures)
CENTRIFUGAL AND RECIPROCATING PUMPS:
Classification working of centrifugal pump, work done manometric
head losses and efficiencies specific speed pumps in series and

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parallel performance characteristic curves, NPSH. Working of


receiprocating pumps, discharge, slip, percentage slip, Indication diagrams.
TEXT BOOKS:
1. P.N. Modi and S.M. Seth Hydraulics, fluid mechanics and
hydraulic machinery, 14th Edition, Standard Book House,
New Delhi 2002.
2. R.K. Rajput A text book of Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulic
Machines, 5th Edition, S.Chand & Company (Ltd) New Delhi,
2009.
REFERENCES:
1. D.S. Kumar, Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power Engineering,
2nd Edition, SK. Katania and Sons, 2010.
2. Dr. R.K. Bansal A Text book of Fluid Mechanics and
Hydraulic Machines, 9th Edition, Laxmi Publications Pvt. Ltd.,
New Delhi, 2010.
3. A.K.Jain, Fluid Mechanics Including Hydraulic Machines,
8th Edition, Khanna Publishers, New Delhi, 2003.

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