Introduction - Units and dimensions - Properties of fluids- Mass Density - Specific Weight - Specific Volume - Specific Gravity – Viscosity – Compressibility - Vapor Pressure - Surface Tension - Capillarity. Statics: Pressure – Absolute, Gauge and Vacuum pressure - Pressure at a point – Variation of pressure with depth – Mechanical Pressure measuring devices - Simple and Differential manometers - Hydrostatic forces on a plane surface – Buoyancy – Metacenter.

Kinematics: Classification of flows - Streamline, streak-line and path-lines - Stream function and velocity potentials - Flow nets. Dynamics: Continuity equation (for one dimensional and three-dimensional flows) – Euler’s equation – Bernoulli’s equation for ideal and real fluids - Pitot tube - Venturimeter - Orifice meter.

Viscous flow - Laminar flow through circular tubes (Hagen Poiseulle's) – Turbulent flow - Hydraulic and Energy gradient line - Darcy -Weisbach equation - Major and Minor losses - Pipes in Series and in Parallel.

Uniform flow – Types and regimes of flow – Properties of open channel -Fundamental equations – Chezy’s and Manning’s equation- Most Economical section (rectangular and trapezoidal channels) – Non-Uniform flow - Specific energy – Specific Energy Curve - Hydraulic jump - Gradually varied flow.

Impact of jet on flat and curved plates - Hydraulic machines - Classification of turbines– Pelton turbine – Franics turbine - Kaplan turbine - Introduction to Gas and Steam turbines - Pumps –Centrifugal Pump - Reciprocating Pump.