Development
and scope of fluid mechanics, fluid properties, fluid statics, kinematics of
fluid flow, fluid flow concepts and basic equations, Bernoulli’s equation,
energy equation, momentum equation and forces in fluid flow. Similitude and
dimensional analysis, steady incompressible flow in pressure conduits, laminar
and turbulent flow, general equation for fluid friction, empirical equations
for pipe flow, minor losses in pipe flow. Fluid measurement: Pilot tube,
orifice, mouthpiece, nozzle, venturimeter weir. Pipe flow problems – pipes in
series and parallel, branching pipes, pipe networks