Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics

1. Basic concepts of fluid mechanics, physical properties of liquids.
2. Pressure and pressure forces, the liquid at rest, Euler's equation of hydrostatics, constant pressure levels, Pascal's law.
3. Pressure force acting on flat and curved submerged surfaces, Archimedes law,
fluids in moving container.
4. Introduction to fluid flow, continuity equation and Bernoulli's equation for ideal fluid flow.
5. Application of Bernoulli's equation for the flow of an ideal fluid, measurement of pressure and flow in pipes.
6. Real fluid flow, Navier-Stokes equation, Bernoulli's equation for an incompressible viscous fluid in a gravity field, Bernoulli's equation for a compressible fluid.
7. Steady flow in pipes, laminar and turbulent flow in pipes of circular cross section.
8. Hydraulic resistances by friction and local loss, hydraulic calculation of pipelines, characteristics of pipelines.
9. Bernoulli equation for the rotating channel, centrifugal pump, pump characteristic curves, pump in the piping system.
10. Liquid outflow from a small orifice, emptying of containers, the liquid discharge through large rectangular hole in the side wall of the container.
11. Unsteady flow of incompressible and compressible liquid through a pipe, hydraulic shock
12. Theorem about change of momentum and its application.
13. Force effects of flowing fluid on surfaces and bodies, flow around submerged bodies.