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GATE 2019 Syllabus for Fluid Mechanics

GATE 2019 – To test the performance and understanding capability of students in their graduate fields, Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) which is a national level exam is being conducted. In M.E/M-Tech and other NITs throughout India, this test is useful for the admissions. On behalf of the  National Coordination Board, GATE exam is jointly conducted by the seven IITs (Indian Institute of Technology) and IISc (Indian Institute of Science)  – GATE, Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India. In many of the government and private organizations, GATE score is important for the recruitment. GATE score is compulsory for many private organizations

 

About Fluid Mechanics

 The study of fluids is primarily called Fluid Mechanics which is a branch of physics. While dealing with fluid problems, different measurements like pressure, hydrostatic forces are very much essential. It can be further subdivided into fluid statics, the study of fluids at rest, and fluid dynamics, the study of fluids in motion. This subject contains marks weightage of 6 to 7 in GATE Mechanical Engineering and Civil Engineering.

 

Syllabus of  Fluid Mechanics- GATE 2019

Flow and Fluid Properties

Incompressible and compressible flows, differences between laminar and turbulent flows; Viscosity, the relationship between stress and strain rate for Newtonian fluids, Hydrostatics: Buoyancy, manometry, forces on submerged bodies;

Kinematics

The concept of local and convective accelerations, Eulerian and Lagrangian description of fluids motion, steady and unsteady flows;

Integral Analysis

Control volume analysis for mass, momentum and energy.

Differential Analysis

Differential equations of mass and momentum for incompressible flows: the inviscid  concept of fluid rotation, vorticity, stream function, Exact solutions of Navier-Stokes equation for Couette Flow and Poiseuille flow; – Euler equation and viscous flows – Navier-Stokes equations;

Inviscid Flows

Elementary plane flows – uniform flow, source; Bernoulli’s equation – assumptions and applications, potential function, sink and doublet and their superposition for potential flow past simple geometries;

Dimensional Analysis

The concept of geometric, kinematic and dynamic similarity, Reynolds number, Froude number and Mach number; some common non-dimensional parameters and their physical significance:

Internal Flows

Fully developed pipe flow, friction factor and Darcy-Weisbach relation; empirical relations for laminar and turbulent flows;

Prandtl boundary layer equations

Drag and lift forces.Concept and assumptions, the qualitative idea of boundary layer and separation, streamlined and bluff bodies, Flow measurements: Basic ideas of flow measurement using venturimeter, pitot-static tube and orifice plate;

Exam Pattern for GATE 2019

Section Question No No of Questions Marks per Question Total Marks
         
General Aptitude 1 to 5 5 1 5
  6 to 10 5 2 10
Technical &  Engineering 1 to 25 25 1 25
Mathematics 26 to 55 30 2 60

 

Total Questions: 65
Total Marks: 100
Total Duration : 3 hours
Technical Section: 70 marks
General Aptitude: 15 marks
Engineering Mathematics: 15 marks

25 marks to 40 marks will be allotted to Numerical Answer Type Questions

Reference Books for Fluid Mechanics- GATE 2019

  • An Introduction to Fluid Dynamics by G. K. Batchelor
  • Physical Fluid Dynamics by D. J. Tritton
  • Fluid Mechanics by L. D. Landau and E. M. Lifshitz
  • Turbulence in Fluids (Fluid Mechanics and Its Applications) by Marcel Lesieur
  • Analytical Methods for Problems of Molecular Transport (Fluid Mechanics and Its Applications) by I.N. Ivchenko, S.K. Loyalka, and R.V. Tompson
  • A Textbook of Fluid Mechanics by Suparna Mukhopadhyay
  • An Introduction to Theoretical Fluid Mechanics by Stephen Childress
  • An Introduction to the Mechanics of Fluids by Edwin H. Barton
  • Complex Fluids: The Physics of Emulsions by M.E. Cates
  • Basics of Fluid Mechanics by Genick Bar–Meir
  • Fundamentals of Compressible Fluid Mechanics by Genick Bar–Meir
  • Computational Fluid Mechanics by Abdulnaser Sayma
  • Microfluidics by Philippe Marmottant
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics: Technologies and Applications by Igor V. Minin, Oleg V. Minin
  • Statistical Mechanics of Two Dimensional and Geophysical Flows by Freddy Bouchet, Antoine Venaille

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