Fluid Mechanics & Hydraulic Machinery

Complete UPSC Air Safety Officer (DGCA) preparation modules for Fluid Statics, Kinematics, Dynamics, Boundary Layer Theory, Compressible Flow, and Pumps/Turbines.

95 Syllabus Microtopics · 75 Interactive Modules
Specific weight & specific gravity Day 1
Dynamic & kinematic viscosity Day 1
Newtonian & non-Newtonian fluids Day 1
Compressibility & bulk modulus Day 1
Vapour pressure & cavitation concept Day 1
Surface tension & capillarity Day 1
Pressure at a point Day 2
Pressure variation in static fluids Day 2
Piezometer Day 2
U-tube & differential manometers Day 2
Barometer Day 2
Force on submerged plane surfaces Day 3
Curved-surface forces Day 3
Buoyancy & Archimedes principle Day 3
Floating bodies Day 3
Metacentre & metacentric height Day 3
Lagrangian vs Eulerian description Day 4
Steady/unsteady & uniform/non-uniform flow Day 4
1D/2D/3D flow Day 4
Velocity & acceleration fields Day 4
Rotational & irrotational flow Day 4
Continuity equation Day 5
Euler equation of motion Day 5
Bernoulli equation, assumptions & limitations Day 5
Venturimeter Day 5
Linear momentum equation Day 6
Angular momentum equation Day 6
Reynolds Transport Theorem (basic application) Day 6
Force due to fluid jets Day 6
Force on bends & nozzles Day 6
Jet propulsion fundamentals Day 6
Laminar vs turbulent flow Day 8
Hagen-Poiseuille equation Day 8
Velocity distribution in laminar pipe flow Day 8
Friction factor Day 9
Major & minor losses Day 9
Pipes in series & parallel Day 9
Equivalent pipe Day 9
HGL & EGL Day 9
Moody-chart concepts Day 9
Boundary-layer formation Day 10
Laminar & turbulent boundary layers Day 10
Boundary-layer/displacement/momentum/energy thickness Day 10
Separation & adverse pressure gradient Day 10
Dimensions & dimensional homogeneity Day 11
Buckingham pi theorem Day 11
Model & prototype Day 11
Dynamic similarity Day 11
Reynolds, Froude, Mach, Weber & Euler numbers Day 11
Velocity potential & stream function Day 12
Equipotential lines Day 12
Source & sink Day 12
Free & forced vortex Day 12
Circulation & superposition Day 12
Flow around a cylinder Day 12
Compressibility & speed of sound Day 13
Stagnation temperature & pressure Day 13
Isentropic relations Day 13
Area-velocity relation Day 13
Normal shock Day 14
Oblique-shock fundamentals Day 14
Shock-wave losses Day 14
Mach angle Day 14
Fanno-flow & Rayleigh-flow concepts Day 14
Convergent & C-D nozzle concepts Day 14
Pump head & manometric efficiency Day 15
Velocity triangles Day 15
Pump characteristics Day 15
Pumps in series & parallel Day 15
Reciprocating-pump basics Day 15
Cavitation & NPSH Day 16
Pelton, Francis & Kaplan turbines Day 16
Hydraulic efficiency Day 16
Unit quantities Day 16
Compressor/blower basics Day 16

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