Fluid Mechanics – I
Credit Hours : 3 + 0
Instructor : Manzar Masud
Contact Number : 0332-5288012
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• Attendance
• Attendance marked as absent after 5 minutes .
• Assignments
• Regular home work (5 to 6) and in class quizzes (7 to 9)
• 50% off for late home work
• Examinations
• As per university policy
BOOKS
• Fluid Mechanics (in SI Units) by
Frank M White
• A textbook of Hydraulics , Fluid Mechanics and
Hydraulic Machines by
R.S. Khurmi
INTRODUCTION
Principle of Dimensional Homogeneity
• In Engineering and science, all equations must be
dimensionally homogeneous, that is , each
additive term in an equation must have the same
dimensions.
P + (1/2)V2 + ρgZ =constant
• Each and every term in this equation must have
dimensions of pressure [ML-1T-2]
PROPERTIES OF FLUIDS
NON-NEWTONIAN FLUIDS
• Fluids that do not follow the linear law of
newton’s law of viscosity are called non-
Newtonian fluids. For the non linear curves,
the slope at any point is called the apparent
viscosity.
DILATANT
• This fluid is shear thickening, increasing its
resistance with increasing strain rate.
• Examples : Quick sand, which stiffens up if
one thrashes out.
PSEUDOPLASTIC
• A shear thinning fluid , which is less resistant at
higher strain rates. A very strong thinning is called
plastic.
• Examples: Polymer solutions, paper pulp in water,
latex paint, blood plasma, syrup and molasses.
• The classic case is paint, which is thick when
poured but thin when brushed at a high strain rate.
BINGHAM PLASTIC
• The limiting case of a plastic substance is one that
required a finite yield stress before it begins to
flow.
• Examples: Clay suspensions, drilling mud,
toothpaste , mayonnaise, chocolate and mustard.
• The classic case is ketchup, which will not come
out of the bottle until you stress it by shaking.