Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996
Objectives The student is expected to acquire a basic knowledge and understanding of the behaviour of fluids and to use basic physical equations to solve physical problems involving fluids in motion.
Synopsis Fluid properties, fluid statics, manometry, pressure forces on plane and curved surfaces, buoyancy and stability of floating bodies, dimensional analysis, Pi theorem, dimensionless numbers, similarity and model studies. Introduction to fluid flow, continuity, control volumes, conservation of energy, Bernoulli equation. Momentum equation, forces on fixed and moving blades. Ideal and real fluid behaviour, laminar and turbulent flow, flow in closed conduits. Boundary layer theory, fundamentals of drag, surface roughness and the effects of separation. Introduction to the operation of rotodynamic machines.
Assessment Examination (3 hours): 80% + Laboratory work: 20%