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Fluid Mechanics

This document provides an overview of fluid mechanics. It defines a fluid as a substance that does not permanently resist distortion, including liquids, gases, and vapors. Fluids can be incompressible or compressible. Fluid mechanics is the branch of engineering that deals with behaviors of fluids at rest or in motion. It also lists some common textbooks on the topic and gives examples of open and closed channel flow. Additionally, it discusses why fluid flow is important for chemical engineers, such as for transportation, machinery selection, and heat and mass transfer calculations.

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Fluid Mechanics

This document provides an overview of fluid mechanics. It defines a fluid as a substance that does not permanently resist distortion, including liquids, gases, and vapors. Fluids can be incompressible or compressible. Fluid mechanics is the branch of engineering that deals with behaviors of fluids at rest or in motion. It also lists some common textbooks on the topic and gives examples of open and closed channel flow. Additionally, it discusses why fluid flow is important for chemical engineers, such as for transportation, machinery selection, and heat and mass transfer calculations.

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FLUID MECHANICS

BOOKS

 Unit Operations of
Chemical Engineering
5th edition by McCabe &
Smith
BOOKS

 Applied Fluid Mechanics


by Robert L. Mott
BOOKS

 Chemical Engineering by
Coulson & Richardson
BOOKS

 Internet; Journals; & notes


What is a Fluid?

 A fluid is a substance that does not permanently resist


distortion.

 Fluids are understood to include liquids, gases and vapors.


What is a Fluid?

FLUIDS

Incompressible Compressible
•Density changes only slightly with •Changes in density are significant
moderate changes in temperature
and pressure
What is Fluid Mechanics?
 The branch of engineering science that has to do with the
behavior of fluids is called Fluid Mechanics.

Fluid Mechanics

Fluid Statics Fluid Dynamics

•It treats fluids in the •It treats fluids when


equilibrium state of no portions of the fluid are
shear stress in motion relative to
other parts
Open Channel Flow
Closed Channel Flow
Why fluid flow is of interest for
Chemical Engineers?

 Transportation (80%)
 Selection of suitable machinery & power requirement
(pressure drops)

 Selection of type of measurement devices


 Heat and mass transfer calculations
 Estimate the drag forces when fluids move past immersed
bodies
 Power calculations for mixing and agitation
 (Think of More !)

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