Fluid Mechanics & Hydraulics

Viscosity, surface tension, capillarity, bulk modulus, vapour pressure

Pressure measurement, hydrostatic force on surfaces, buoyancy & flotation

Types of flow, stream lines, continuity equation, stream function, potential function

Bernoulli's theorem, Venturimeter, Orifice meter, Pitot tube

Notches, weirs, measurement of discharge, coefficient of discharge

Reynolds number, Hagen-Poiseuille equation, shear stress in pipes

Darcy-Weisbach, minor losses, pipe in series & parallel, siphon, Hardy-Cross

Development of BL, drag & lift, displacement thickness, momentum thickness

Types of flow, Manning's equation, Chezy's formula, specific energy

Types, conjugate depths, energy loss, sequent depth ratio

Impulse & reaction turbines, centrifugal pumps, cavitation, specific speed

Buckingham's Pi theorem, dimensionless numbers, model laws