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1 Unit name: Fluid Mechanics I
2 Code: ME-51016
3 Classification: Engineering subject
4 Credit value: 2.5
5 Semester/ Year Offered: 1/2
6 Pre-requisite: EM in Differentiate, Integrate, Basic
Engineering Thermodynamics
Engineering Mechanics (Statics)
7 Mode of delivery: Lecture, Practical
8 Practical 20%
Mid-term/ final Examination 70%
Viva 5%
Tutorial 5%
9 Academic staff teaching unit:
1 Course outcome of unit:
0 a. To determine the streamline pattern and acceleration field given a velocity
field.
b. To calculate losses in straight portions of pipes as well as those in various pipe
system components.
c. To solve useful problems involving isentropic flow, constant duct flow with
friction and frictionless duct flow with heat transfer including flows across normal
shock waves.
d. To calculate the lift and drag forces for various objectives.
1 Synopsis of unit:
1 This course is an introduction of fluid mechanics and emphasizes fundamental
concepts a problems solving techniques. Topic to be covered includes kinematics of
fluid flow, laminar flow, compressible flow, turbulent flow through pipes, and flow
around immersed bodies.
1 Topics
2 6 Kinematic of Fluid Flow
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Visualization of the flow pattern
6.3 Streamlines and streamtubes
6.4 Laminar and turbulent flows
6.5 Steady and unsteady flows
6.6 Uniform and non-uniform flows
6.7 Incompressible and compressible flows
6.8 Ideal and real fluids
6.9 Irrotational and rotational flows
6.10 One-dimension, two-dimension and three-dimensional flows
6.11 Continuity Equation
6.12 Mean Velocity
6.13 Acceleration of fluid particles
6.14 Stream function
6.15 Continuity equation in two- dimensional flow
6.16 Continuity equation in three- dimensional flow
6.17 Continuity equation in cylindrical co-ordinates
6.18 Circulation and vorticity
6.19 Velocity potential function
6.20 Flow net
13 Compressible Fluids
13.1 Introduction
13.2 Perfect gas
13.3 Isothermal and adiabatic process
13.4 Change in temperature in adiabatic process
13.5 Bulk modulus of elasticity of a gas in terms of pressure
13.6 Speed of sound wave
13.7 Bernoulli’s equation for compressible fluids
13.8 Integration of the Euler equation for compressible fluids
13.9 Stagnation pressure
13.10 Impulse-momentum equation
13.11 Subsonic and supersonic velocities
13.12 Flow through a convergent nozzle or an orifice
13.13 Flow through a convergent-divergent nozzle
13.14 Normal shock waves in a diffuser
13.15 Use of a constriction in a conduit for measurement of discharge
16 Laminar Flow
16.1 Introduction
16.2 Relationship between shear stress and pressure gradient
16.3 Laminar flow between parallel plates
16.4 Couette flow
16.5 Load supported by a slipper bearing
16.6 Power absorbed in bearing
16.7 Dashypot mechanisms
16.8 Hagen-poiseuille theory
16.9 Laminar flow through inclined pipes
16.10 Frictional resistance
16.11 Laminar flow through annulus
16.12 Laminar flow around a sphere
16.13 Laminar flow through porous media
16.14 Laminar flow in open channels
17 Turbulent Flow Through Pipes
17.1 Introduction
17.2 Variation of velocity with time
17.3 General expression for shear stress
17.4 Boussinesq’s theory
17.5 Prandtl’s mixing theory
17.6 Von Karman’s similarity theory
17.7 Comparison of shear theories
17.8 Boundary layer in pipes
17.9 Universalvelocity distributionequation
17.10 Hydro-dynamically smooth and rough pipes
17.11 Velocity distribution in smooth pipes
17.12 Velocity distribution in rough pipes
17.13 Common equation for velocity distribution for both smooth and rough
pipes
17.14 Coefficient of friction for turbulent flow in smooth pipes
17.15 Coefficient of friction for turbulent flow in rough pipes
17.16 Staton’s curves
17.17 Criteria for smooth and rough pipes
17.18 Coefficient of friction for commercial pipes
17.19 Roughening of the pipes with age
19 Flow Around Immersed Bodies
19.1 Introduction
19.2 Drag and lift
19.3 Pressure and frictional forces
19.4 Drag
19.5 Deformation drag
19.6 Lift
19.7 Pressure drag on a cylinder
19.8 Variation of a drag on a cylinder with Reynlod’s number
19.9 Drag coefficient for a sphere
19.10 Lift on an airfoil
19.11 Circulation around a cylinder
19.12 Circulation around in airfoil
19.13 Profile and inducted drags on an airfoil
19.14 Effect of fluid compressibility on drag
19.15 Effect of fluid compressibility on lift
19.16 Effect of free surface on drag
1 Main references:
4 Fluid Mechanics, Hydraulics and Hydraulic Machines by Dr. [Link]
1 Additional references:
5 Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics (6th Edition)
Bruce r. Munson
Donald f. Young
Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics (Fundamentals and Applications)
By YUNUS [Link]
JOHN M. CIMBALA
