CL 202

Fluid Mechanics

2-1-0-6

Syllabus:

Properties and classification of fluids, fluid statics: pressure, gravity and surface tension, Newton's law of viscosity; Integral and differential analyses for fluid motion: Reynolds Transport theorem, Navier-Stokes equation; Potential flow, stream functions; Euler and Bernoulli equations; Flow measuring techniques; Dimensional analysis and similitude, Buckingham Pi theorem; Internal and external fluid flows: friction factor, energy losses in fittings and valves, boundary layer theory; concepts of drag and lift; Fluid machinery: pumps, blowers, fans and compressors; Introduction to turbulent flows, flow through porous media, non-Newtonian fluids and compressible flows.

 

 

Text Books:

  1. F. M. White, Fluid Mechanics, 8th Ed., McGraw Hill Publications, 2017.
  2. R. W. Fox and A. T. McDonald, Introduction to Fluid Mechanics, Wiley India Edition, John Wiley & Sons, 2015.
  3. Y. Cengel and J. Kimbala, Fluid Mechanics: Fundamentals and Applications, McGraw Hill Publication, 3rd Ed., 2014.

 

Reference Books:

 

1.      W. M. Deen, Introduction to Chemical Engineering Fluid Mechanics, Cambridge University Press, New York, 2016.

  1. W. L. McCabe, J. Smith and P. Harriot, Unit Operations of Chemical Engineering, 7th Ed., McGraw - Hill, International Edition, 2014.
  2. G. K. Batchelor, An Introduction to Fluid Dynamics, Cambridge University Press, 1967.
  3. L. D. Landau and E. M. Lifshitz, Fluid Mechanics, Course of Theoretical Physics, Vol. 6, 2nd Edition, 1987.

 

 

 

 

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