Fluid Mechanics

Weekly outline

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  General

  FLUID MECHANICS
  
  Course Developer
  Prashant S. Minz

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  20 February - 26 February

  • COURSE OUTLINES Page
  • REFERENCE Page
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  27 February - 5 March

  Module 1: Introduction to fluid mechanics

  • Lesson 1. UNITS AND DIMENSIONS, PROPERTIES OF FLUIDS File
  • Quiz 1
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  6 March - 12 March

  Module 2 : Static pressure of liquids

  • Lesson 2. STATIC PRESSURE OF LIQUIDS, HYDRAULIC PRESSURE, ABSOLUTE AND GAUGE PRESSURE File
  • Quiz 2
  • Lesson 3.PRESSURE HEAD OF A LIQUID, PRESSURE ON VERTICAL RECTANGULAR SURFACE File
  • Quiz 3
  • Lesson 4. COMPRESSIBLE AND NON COMPRESSIBLE FLUIDS, SURFACE TENSION AND CAPILLARITY File
  • Quiz 4
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  13 March - 19 March

  Module 3: Pressure measuring devices

  • Lesson 5. SIMPLE MANOMETER, PIEZOMETER, U-TUBE MANOMETER File
  • Quiz 5
  • Lesson 6. MICRO MANOMETERS AND INCLINED MANOMETER File
  • Quiz 6
  • Lesson 7. DIFFERENTIAL MANOMETERS File
  • Quiz 7
  • Lesson 8. MECHANICAL GAUGES File
  • Quiz 8
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  20 March - 26 March

  Module 4: Floating bodies

  • Lesson 9. ARCHIMEDES PRINCIPLE, STABILITY OF FLOATING BODIES File
  • Quiz 9
  • Lesson 10. EQUILIBRIUM OF FLOATING BODIES, METACENTRIC HEIGHT File
  • Quiz 10
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  27 March - 2 April

  Module 5: Fluid flow

  • Lesson 11. CLASSIFICATION, STEADY, UNIFORM AND NON UNIFORM FLOW, LAMINAR AND TURBULENT File
  • Quiz 11
  • Lesson 12. CONTINUITY EQUATION File
  • Quiz 12
  • Lesson 13. BERNOULLI’S THEOREM File
  • Quiz 13
  • Lesson 14. APPLICATION OF BERNOULLI’S THEOREM File
  • Quiz 14
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  3 April - 9 April

  Module 6: Flow through pipes

  • Lesson 15. HEAD LOSS IN FLUID FLOW - MAJOR HEAD LOSS File
  • Quiz 15
  • Lesson 16. HEAD LOSS IN FLUID FLOW: MINOR HEAD LOSS File
  • Quiz 16
  • Lesson 17. PROBLEMS ON HEAD LOSS Page
  • Quiz 17
  • Lesson 18. DETERMINATION OF PIPE DIAMETER, DETERMINATION OF DISCHARGE, FRICTION FACTOR, CRITICAL VELOCITY File
  • Quiz 18
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  10 April - 16 April

  Module 7: Flow through orifices, mouthpieces, notches and weirs

  • Lesson 19. ORIFICES, VENA CONTRACTA, HYDRAULIC COEFFICIENTS File
  • Quiz 19
  • Lesson 20. DISCHARGE LOSSES, TIME FOR EMPTYING A TANK File
  • Quiz 20
  • Lesson 21. EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL MOUTHPIECE File
  • Quiz 21
  • Lesson 22. TYPES OF NOTCHES, RECTANGULAR AND TRIANGULAR NOTCHES, RECTANGULAR WEIRS File
  • Quiz 22
  • Lesson 23. NUMERICALS ON ORIFICE, MOUTHPIECE, NOTCH AND WEIR File
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  17 April - 23 April

  Module 8: Measuring instruments

  • Lesson 24. VENTURIMETER AND PITOT TUBE File
  • Quiz 24
  • Lesson 25. ROTAMETER, WATER LEVEL POINT GAUGE, HOOK GAUGE File
  • Quiz 25
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  24 April - 30 April

  Module 9: Dimensional analysis

  • Lesson 26. BUCKINGHAM’S THEOREM APPLICATION TO FLUID FLOW PHENOMENA File
  • Quiz 26
  • Lesson 27. FROUDE NUMBER, REYNOLDS NUMBER, WEBER NUMBER File
  • Quiz 27
  • Lesson 28. HYDRAULIC SIMILITUDE File
  • Quiz 28