ANNA UNIVERSITY, CHENNAI
AFFILIATED INSTITUTIONS
REGULATIONS – 2017
CHOICE BASED CREDIT SYSTEM
CE8302 Fluid Mechanics
UNIT I FLUID PROPERTIES AND FLUID STATICS
Properties of fluids – density, specific weight, specific volume,
concept of fluid static pressure, absolute and gauge pressures
buoyancy and floatation.
UNIT II FLUID KINEMATICS AND DYNAMICS
Fluid Kinematics
velocity potential function
Bernoulli’s equation
linear momentum equation and its application to pipe bend.
UNIT III DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS AND MODEL STUDIES
Fundamental dimensions
Rayleigh’s method and Buckingham Pi- theorem
UNIT IV FLOW THROUGH PIPES
Reynold’s experiment
Darcy – Weisbach’s equation
pipes in series and in parallel.
UNIT V BOUNDARY LAYER
Boundary layer
Momentum integral equation-Boundary layer separation and control
drag on flat plate.