ME-235 FLUID MECHANICS-I
CREDIT HOURS
Theory = 3
Practical = 0
COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs)
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COURSE CONTENT
- Fluid Properties: Density, specific weight, specific gravity, viscosity, Fluid definition, no-slip condition, Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids, Compressibility of fluids, bulk modulus, compression and expansion of gases, Vapor pressure and cavitation, Surface tension and capillary effect
- Fluid Statics: Pressure at a point, basic equation for pressure field, pressure variation in a fluid at rest, measurement of pressure, manometry (piezometer tube, U-tube manometer, inclined-tube manometer), mechanical and electronic pressure-measuring devices, hydrostatic forces on plane and curved surfaces, buoyancy, flotation, stability, Archimedes’ principle, Fluid with rigid-body motion
- Elementary Fluid Dynamics: Bernoulli equation along and normal to a streamline; Static, stagnation, dynamic, and total pressure; Applications of the Bernoulli equation and restrictions on its use; Energy line and hydraulic grade line
- Fluid Kinematics: Lagrangian and Eulerian Descriptions, Velocity field, streak lines, flow patterns, flow visualization, plots of fluid data, classification of fluid flows, acceleration field, material derivative and its interpretation, control volume and system representations, Reynolds transport theorem
- Finite Control Volume Analysis: Derivations and applications of continuity, linear momentum, moment-of-momentum and energy equations
- Dimensional Analysis, Similitude, and Modeling Need for dimensional analysis, Buckingham pi theorem, and method of repeating variables, Common dimensionless groups, and correlation of experimental data, Theory of models, model scales, and practical aspects of using models
RECOMMENDED BOOKS
Text Book(s)
- Andrew Gerhart, Philip Gerhart, John Hochstein, Munson, Young and Okiishi, “Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics”, 9th ed.. John Wiley & Sons, 2022.
Reference Book(s)
- Younus Çengel and John Cimbala, “Fluid Mechanics: Fundamentals and Applications”, 4th ed. McGraw-Hill, 2019.
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