Syllabus
Fluid properties – fluid statics – integral control volume formulation – applications of Bernoulli equation – fluid kinematics – differential formulation, continuity and momentum equations – exact solutions of Navier-Stokes equation– dimensional analysis – pipe flow – potential flow – boundary layer theory.
Text Books
Cengel, Y. A. and Cimbala, J. M., Fluid Mechanics: Fundamentals and Applications, 4th ed., McGraw-Hill (2019).
References
1. Fox, R. W., McDonald, A. T., Pritchard, P. J., and Mitchell, J. W., Fluid Mechanics, John Wiley (2018).
2. Munson, B. R., Okiishi, T. H., Huebsch, W. W., and Rothmayer, A. P., Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics, 7th ed., Wiley (2017).
3. White, F. M. and Xue, H., Fluid Mechanics, 9th ed., McGraw-Hill (2022).
4. Kundu, P. K., Cohen, I. M., and Dowling, D. R., Fluid Mechanics, 6th ed., Academic Press (2015).
5. Massey, B. S. and J. Ward-Smith, Mechanics of Fluids, 7th ed., Nelson Thornes (1998).
6. Potter, M. C., Wiggert, D. C., and Ramadan, B. H., Mechanics of Fluids, 5th ed., Cengage (2017).
7. Wilcox, D. C., Basic Fluid Mechanics, 5th ed., DCW Industries (2013).
Course Outcomes (COs):
CO1: Know the fundamental concepts of fluid mechanics such as continuum, fluid properties, velocity field; classification of fluid flows.
CO2: Apply the hydrostatic equation to determine forces on submerged surfaces; to manometers for pressure measurements; to the determination of buoyancy and stability; and to fluids undergoing rigid-body motion.
CO3: Use of finite control volume formulation of conservation laws and apply them to determine gross parameters in a fluid flow system. Understand the concepts of static, dynamic, and stagnation pressures. Use of Bernoulli equation in flow problems.
CO4: Use differential forms of conservation laws and apply them to determine velocities, pressures and acceleration in a moving fluid. Understand the kinematics of fluid particles, including the concepts of substantial acceleration, deformation, rotation, vorticity, and circulation.
CO5:Use of analytical solutions of simple incompressible laminar flow systems. Use of Dimensional analysis. Determine flow rates, pressure changes, minor and major head losses for incompressible viscous flows through pipes.
CO6:Use of concepts in potential flows to analyse elementary flow patterns (source, sink, vortex flows, and superposition of these flows) in an ideal fluid flow.
CO7:Understand the concepts of incompressible boundary layers and use the momentum integral equation to determine boundary layer thicknesses, wall shear stresses, and skin friction coefficients.