Course Folder of Fluid Mechanics

General:
Course number: CHO 102
Course name: Fluid Mechanics
Course Credits:
Lecture (T) Tutorial (T) Practical (P) Credits (Cr)
3 1 0 11
Instructor:
Dr. Ravi Jaiswal
OBJECTIVE
This course aims at developing an
understanding of the behavior of fluids in
motion or at rest and the subsequent effects of
the fluids on the boundaries. The study of this
subject will develop analytical abilities related
to fluid flow.

Week-wise Course Plan

The following topics will be covered in first

to fourth week.
 Fluid Properties and Fluid Statics: Concept
of fluid and flow, ideal and real fluids,
continuum concept, properties of fluids,
Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids.
 Pascal‘s law, hydrostatic equation,
hydrostatic forces on a submerged plane
and curved surfaces, stability of floating
bodies, relative equilibrium.
 Fluid Kinematics: Eulerian and Lagrangian
description of fluid flow; types of flows,
flow rate, stream, streak and path lines;
Concept of system and control volume, and
continuity equation, Reynolds transport
theorem, Differential equation of continuity
in cylindrical and polar coordinates,
rotation, vorticity and circulation, potential
flow, stream and potential functions, flow
net.
 First Periodical Examination
 Viscous Flow: Flow regimes and Reynold‘s
number, Relationship between shear stress
and pressure gradient, uni-directional flow
 between stationary and moving parallel
plates.
The topics written below will be taught in the
next four weeks i.e. from Fifth to Eight,
 Fluid Dynamics: Euler‘s equation, Stoke’s
equation, Bernoulli‘s equation, kinetic and
momentum correction factors, Impulse
momentum relationship and its
applications.
 Flow Through Pipes: Major and minor
losses in pipes, Hagen-Poiseuilli law,
hydraulic gradient and total energy lines,
series and parallel connection of pipes,
branched pipes; equivalent pipe, power
transmission through pipes, pipe fittings
and valves.
 Dimensional Analysis and Hydraulic
Similitude: Dimensional analysis,
 Buckingham‘s Pi theorem, important
dimensionless numbers and their
significance, geometric, kinematics and
dynamic similarity, model studies.
 Boundary Layer Flow: Boundary layer
concept, displacement, momentum and
energy thickness, laminar and turbulent
boundary layer flows, Drag force and drag
coefficient ,drag on a flat plate, boundary
layer separation and control. Streamlined
and bluff bodies, lift and drag on a cylinder
and an airfoil.
 Flow Measurement: Manometers, pitot
tubes, venturi meter and orifice meters,
orifice, mouthpieces, Open channel flow,
notches and weirs, rotameter, mass flow
meter and hot-wire anemometer.
  Working principles, characteristics,
selection and power requirements in mixing
of fluids, pumps, blowers and compressors.
 Turbulent Flow: Shear stress in turbulent
flow, Prandtl mixing length hypothesis,
hydraulically smooth and rough pipes,
velocity distribution in pipes, friction
coefficients for smooth and rough pipes.

End Semester Examination

Grading Policy
Distribution of marks: Total: 100
First Periodical Examination 30 marks
End semester Examination 60 marks
Class participation/ Quiz 10 marks
TEXTBOOKS:
1. Introduction to Fluid Mechanics, Fox &
Mcdonald, John & Wiley
2. Fluid Mechanics- Vijay Gupta
3. Introduction to Fluid Mechanics and Fluid
Machines – S.K. Som and G. Biswas, TMH 5.
4. McCabe, W.L., Smith J.C., and Harriot, P.,
―Unit Operations in Chemical Engineering

REFERENCE BOOKS:
1. Transport Phenomena by R. Byron Bird,
warren E. Stewart, and Edwin N. Lightfoot,
Wiley International Edition.