Fluid Mechanics

Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulic Machines is a free engineering handbook covering important course topics, detailed notes, diagrams, equations, formulas and study materials. Download this digital book and reference guide for ITI, Diploma, BE, BTech and other engineering degree courses.

Learn fluid mechanics, fluid properties, viscosity, hydraulic machines, centrifugal and axial pumps, hydraulic turbines, fluid coupling, cavitation, turbomachinery and pump design. Useful for university exams, GATE revision, viva, interviews, assignments, projects and quick reference.

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ALL 78 TOPICS COVERED

APPLICATIONS & FLUID PRINCIPLES
1. Hydroelectric Power Plants
2. Hydraulic Machines
3. Automobiles
4. Refrigerators and Air Conditioners
5. Thermal Power Plants
6. Nuclear Power Plants
7. Fluids as a Renewable Energy Source
8. Operating Various Instruments
9. Heat Engines
10. Dimensional Analysis
11. Dimensional Analysis of Turbomachines
12. Performance Curves
13. Reynolds Number Effect
14. Specific Speed

TURBINES & CASCADE THEORY
15. Hydraulic Turbines
16. Cascade Nomenclature
17. Lift and Drag
18. Cascades in Motion
19. Cascade Performance
20. Mach Number Effect
21. Ideal Characteristics
22. Head-Capacity Curve of a Straight Cascade
23. Radial Cascade
24. Singularity Method
25. Solution Method for a Single Airfoil
26. Conformal Transformation Method

CENTRIFUGAL & AXIAL PUMPS
27. Centrifugal Pumps (Radial)
28. Actual Performance of Centrifugal Pumps
29. Brake Horsepower and Efficiency Curves
30. Physical Properties and Pump Performance
31. Leakage Calculation
32. Mechanical Seals
33. Axial Thrust
34. Impeller Design
35. Centrifugal Pump Types
36. Axial Pumps (Propeller Pumps)
37. Flow Inside the Rotor (Radial Equilibrium)
38. Axial Flow Propeller Pump Performance
39. Pump Selection and Applications
40. Intake Chamber Design for Vertical Pumps
41. Pressure Surges (Water Hammer) in Piping
42. Pump Installation

HYDRAULIC TURBINES & FLUID COUPLING
43. Impulse Turbines (Pelton Wheel)
44. Reaction Turbines
45. Turbine Head and Draft Tube
46. Types of Draft Tubes
47. Turbine Installations
48. Fluid Coupling

COMPRESSIBLE FLOW, FANS & OTHER PUMPS
49. Equation of State
50. Laws of Thermodynamics
51. Compression of Gases
52. Plane Compressible Flow
53. Goethert's Rule
54. Fans
55. Head and Power
56. Coefficients and Specific Speed
57. Radial-Type Impeller Design
58. Reciprocating Pumps
59. Instantaneous Rate of Flow
60. Rotary Pumps
61. Positive-Displacement Pump Performance

PRESSURE RECOVERY & CAVITATION
62. Introduction to Pressure Recovery Devices
63. Diffuser Types
64. Vaned Diffuser
65. Volute-Type Diffuser
66. Theory of Cavitation in Centrifugal Pumps
67. Cavitation Inception
68. Signs of Cavitation
69. Cavitation Damage Mechanisms
70. Coefficients and Efficiencies

TURBOMACHINERY THEORY & DESIGN
71. Energy Equation
72. General Introduction
73. Momentum Transfer Principles
74. Euler Theory (Elementary)
75. Modern Theory of Turbomachines
76. Need for Flow Unsteadiness
77. Approximate Deviation Calculation by Stodola
78. Practical Considerations in Machine Design

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