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Fluid Mechanics

This document outlines a fluid mechanics course, including its objectives, content, readings, and outcomes. The course aims to teach students about fluid properties, stresses, and applications of fluid mechanics. It covers topics like kinematics of flow, fluid statics, conservation equations, dimensional analysis, boundary layers, and turbulence. The course objectives are to acquaint students with fluid mechanics principles and phenomena, correlate equations to physical concepts, and analyze problems involving fluid-structure interactions.

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Fluid Mechanics

This document outlines a fluid mechanics course, including its objectives, content, readings, and outcomes. The course aims to teach students about fluid properties, stresses, and applications of fluid mechanics. It covers topics like kinematics of flow, fluid statics, conservation equations, dimensional analysis, boundary layers, and turbulence. The course objectives are to acquaint students with fluid mechanics principles and phenomena, correlate equations to physical concepts, and analyze problems involving fluid-structure interactions.

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Fluid Mechanics

1.1 Course Number: CH121

1.2 Contact Hours: 3-1-0 Credits:11

1.3 Semester -offered: 1st Year Even

1.4 Prerequisite: Basic concepts of Physics (Newtons law, acceleration, velocity, momentum,

kinematics of particle motion) and Mathematics (vectors, calculus, matrices, vector

calculus, simple ODE, basic idea of PDE)

1.5 Syllabus Committee Member: Dr. Koushik Guha Biswas & Dr. Amit Ranjan

2. Objective:

 To acquaint with the properties of fluids, stresses in fluids, and the applications of
fluid mechanics.
 To impart skills to correlate mathematical equations with the physical phenomena.
 To acquaint with the techniques employed to formulate, understand, and solve
problems pertaining to fluid-structure interactions under both hydrostatic and flow
conditions.
 To develop understanding about hydrostatic law, principle of buoyancy and stability of
a floating body and application of mass, momentum and energy equation in fluid flow.
 To frame and analyze problems related to calculation of forces in fluid structure
interactions.
 To familiarize with the ideas of boundary layers and turbulence.
3. Course Content

Unit-wise distribution of content and number of lectures

Unit Topics Sub-topic Lectures

Background, Basic definitions, Fluid properties,


Introduction to
Viscosity, Newton’s law of viscosity, Types of
1 fluids and fluid 3
fluid and flow, Newtonian vs Non-Newtonian,
properties
Deformation of fluids, Compressibility
Basic concepts on laminar flow and turbulent
flow, Description of fluid motions, Velocity field
2 Kinematics of 6
approach (timeline, streamline, streakline &
Flow
pathline), Eulerian and Lagrangian approach,
Potential flow
Fluid Statics
3 Pressure distribution, Buoyancy, Manometry, 4
(Pressure and its
Forces on submerged surfaces
measurement)
Basic equations in
4 integral form for a Reynolds transport theorem 3
control volume
Mass Balance, Energy equation, Bernoulli
Conservation equation, Momentum balance,Navier-Stokes
5 11
Equations (NS) equation and its simple applications
(Poiseuille flow & Couette flow)
Similitude and modelling: using non-
6 Dimensional dimensionalization of N-S equations and 5
Analysis boundary conditions. Applications. Dimensionless
numbers.
Boundary Layers: Flow in boundary layers,
7 Boundary Layer 5
Laminar and turbulent boundary layers,
Theory
Transition length, Boundary layer separation
Turbulence: Transition from laminar to turbulent
8 Turbulence flows, Nature of turbulence, Isotropic turbulence, 3
Reynolds stress, Eddy viscosity
Total 40

4. Readings

4.1 Text Books:

1. An Introduction to Fluid Mechanics by Fox and Mcdonald, 7th Edition, John Wiley
2. Fluid Mechanics by Frank M White, 6th Edition, McGraw-Hill
3. Fluid Mechanics: Fundamentals and Applications by Cengel & Cimbala, 4th Edition,
McGraw-Hill
4. Fluid Mechanics and its applications by Vijay Gupta & Santosh K Gupta, 3rd Edition,
New Age International Publishers
4.2 Reference Books:

1. Unit Operations of Chemical Engineering by Warren McCabe, Julian Smith, Peter


Harriott, 7th Edition, McGraw-Hill
2. Unit operations by G.G. Brown, CBS Publisher

5. Outcome of the Course:

 Identify and attain the values of fluid properties and relationship between them and
understand the principles of continuity, momentum, and energy as applied to fluid motions.
 Recognize these principles written in form of mathematical equations.
 Apply dimensional analysis to predict physical parameters that influence the flow in fluid
mechanics.
 To apply Bernoulli principle and calculate pressure drop in flow systems of different
configurations.

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