FLUID MECHANICS: Course Content & Tentative Planning
Week Date Topics Lec. CT/A Ref.
xx/yy/2018 What is Fluid? Shear stress in a flowing fluid. Differences between Solid & Fluid. Newtonian & Non-Newtonian Fluid. 01
Liquids & gases. The continuum concept of a Fluid. Density: Mass density, Specific weight, Relative density, Specific
01 volume. Viscosity: Dynamic & Kinematic viscosity.
02
xx/yy/2018 Causes of viscosity in gases. Causes of velocity in a liquid. Compressibility & the bulk modulus. Equation of state of a
perfect gas
03
Statics of fluid systems. Pressure. Pascal’s Law for pressure at a point. Variation of pressure vertically in fluid under
gravity. Equality of pressure at the same level in a static fluid.
General equation for the variation of pressure due to gravity from point to point in a static fluid. Variation of 05
02 pressure with altitude in a fluid of constant density & constant temperature. Pressure & head. The hydrostatic
paradox.
Pressure management by manometer. Relative equilibrium. Pressure distribution in a liquid subject to horizontal
acceleration. Effect of vertical acceleration.
06
Problem solving on manometry. 07
03 Problem solving on manometry. 08 I
Problem solving of venturimeter. 09
3.1 Action of fluid pressure on a surface. 3.2 Resultant force and center of pressure on a plane surface under
uniform pressure. 3.3 Resultant force and center of pressure on a plane surface immersed in a liquid .Problems on
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Topic 3.3.
04 3.4 Pressure diagrams. 3.5 Force on a curved surface due to hydrostatic pressure 11
3.6 Buoyancy. 3.7 Equilibrium of floating bodies. 3.8 Stability of a submerged body. 12
3.9 Stability of floating bodies. 3.10 Determination of the metacentric height. 3.11 Determination of the position of
the metacenter relative to the center of buoyancy
13
05 3.12 Periodic time of oscillation. 3.13 Stability of a vessel carrying liquid in tanks with a free surface 14
Problem solving class of chapter 3. 15 II
6.1 Mechanical energy of a flowing fluid. Ex-6.1. 6.2 Steady flow energy equation 16
6.3 Kinetic energy correction factor. 6.4 Applications of the steady flow energy equation. 6.5 Representation of
06 energy changes in a fluid system.
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6.6 The Pitot tube. 6.9 Changes of pressure in a tapering pipe. 18
6.10 Principle of the venturi meter. 6.11 Pipe orifices. 6.12 Limitation on the velocity of flow in a pipeline 19
07 6.15 Elementary theory of notches and weirs. 6.16 The power of a stream of fluid. 20
Problem solving class on chapter 6. 21 III
08 Mid-term Break
Week Date Topics Lec. CT/A Ref.
09 4.1 Fluid flow. 4.2 Uniform flow & steady flow. 4.3 Frame of references 4.4 Real & ideal fluids. 4.5 Compressible &
incompressible flow. 4.6 One, two & three dimensional flow
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4.7 Analyzing fluid flow. 4.8 Motion of a fluid particle. Acceleration of a fluid particle. 23
4.10 Laminar and turbulent flow. Introduction to boundary layer, drag and wake. 4.11 Discharge and mean velocity. 24
10 4.12 Continuity of flow. 4.13 Continuity equations for three-dimensional flow using Cartesian coordinates 25
Problem solving class of chapter 4 26
5.12 Euler’s equation of motion along a streamline. 27
11 5.15 Differential form of the continuity & momentum equations 28
5.17 Comparison of CFD methodologies. 5.17.1 Structure of a CFD code. 29
5.17.2 CFD model considerations. 30 IV
12 8.1 Dimensional analysis. 8.2 Dimensions and units. 8.3 Dimensional reasoning, homogeneity and dimensionless
groups. 8.4 Fundamental and derived units and dimensions. 8.5 Additional fundamental dimensions. 8.6 Dimensions
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of derivatives and integrals. 8.7 Units of derived quantities. 8.8 Conversion between systems of units, including the
treatment of dimensional constants.
8.9 Dimensional analysis by the indicial method. 32
8.10 Dimensional analysis by the group method. 8.11 The significance of dimensionless groups. 33
13 9.1 Geometric similarity. 34
9.2 Dynamic similarity. 35
9.3 Model studies for flows without a free surface. Introduction to approximate similitude at high Reynolds numbers. 36
14 9.4 Zone of dependence of Mach number. 9.5 Significance of the pressure coefficient. 9.6 Model studies in cases
involving free surface flow.
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9.7 Similarity applied to rotodynamic machines. 38
Cavitation & Hydraulic machines. 39
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Course Instructor:
Commodore M Munir Hassan, (E), BN [email protected]
Adj. lecturer Md. Rafiur Rahman (MS, NTNU, Norway) [email protected] +8801774607160
