R23
MECH · 2-2
✓ VERIFIED VS. PUBLISHED SYLLABUS 2026-07-12
Fluid Mechanics & Hydraulic Machines
JNTUK R23 · MECH · semester 2-2 · syllabus
This JNTUK R23 professional core course is listed for Mechanical Engineering (MECH). It is listed in semester 2-2. It carries 3 credits. The published coverage runs across 5 units, from Fluid Statics through Performance of Turbines & Pumps.
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What you'll be able to do
Understand the fundamentals of fluid mechanics and summarize the properties of fluid flows. Calculate the properties of fluids in static and dynamic conditions. Apply the boundary layer theory to determine flow separation in fluid flow systems. Solve the hydrodynamic forces of jet on vanes in different positions and turbine performance parameters. Distinguishes the performance parameters of turbines and pumps.
5 units, from Fluid Statics to Performance of Turbines & Pumps. Tick off units as you cover them — your progress stays on this device.
Unit-wise syllabus
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UNIT 01 — Fluid Statics
Properties of fluids: specific gravity, viscosity, surface tension, capillarity, vapor pressure · Atmospheric, gauge and vacuum pressure; measurement of pressure · Manometers: piezometer, U-tube, inverted and differential; Pascal's and hydrostatic laws · Buoyancy and flotation: metacenter, stability of floating and submerged bodies
UNIT 02 — Fluid Kinematics & Dynamics
Flow types; continuity equation; circulation and vorticity; stream, path and streak lines; stream function and velocity potential · Euler's and Bernoulli's equations; momentum equation and force on a pipe bend · Closed conduit flow; Reynold's experiment; Darcy-Weisbach equation · Minor losses; pipes in series and parallel; hydraulic gradient and total energy lines
UNIT 03 — Boundary Layer Theory & Dimensional Analysis
Momentum integral equation; displacement, momentum and energy thickness · Separation of boundary layer and control of flow separation; streamlined and bluff body · Dimensional analysis; dimensional homogeneity · Method of repeating variables and Buckingham Pi theorem
UNIT 04 — Turbo Machinery & Hydraulic Turbines
Hydrodynamic force of jets on stationary and moving flat, inclined and curved vanes; velocity diagrams · Work done and efficiency; flow over radial vanes · Classification of turbines; impulse and reaction turbines · Pelton wheel, Francis and Kaplan turbines; draft tube theory, functions and efficiency
UNIT 05 — Performance of Turbines & Pumps
Geometric similarity; unit and specific quantities; characteristic curves; governing; cavitation · Centrifugal pumps: working, work done, manometric head, losses and efficiencies, specific speed · Pumps in series and parallel; NPSH · Reciprocating pumps: working, discharge, slip, indicator diagrams