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.