Dimensions
& Units: Systems of dimensions, systems of units, SI units, power of tens
prefixes, Greek- symbols, Taylor series,
vector operations, preferred systems of units, method of analysis, basic equations, system & control volume
approach, integral approach, differential approach.Definition of Fluids: Definition of fluids, Newtonian
fluids, non-Newtonian fluids, timelines,
path lines, streak lines, and stream
lines, stress field, viscosity, vapor pressure, surface tension, contact angle
and capillary pressure, viscosity, viscosity conversion chart, description and
classification of fluid motions, basic
equation of fluid static, the standard atmosphere, pressure variation in
static fluid, incompressible liquids, manometers, gases, hydrostatic forces,
buoyancy and stability, fluids in rigid-body motion. Control Volume Analysis:
Basic laws for a system, control volume analysis approach, conservation of
mass, examples of conservation of mass, conservation of momentum, examples of
conservation of momentum, conservation
of energy, examples of energy equation, Bernoulli equation, examples of
Bernoulli equation, static pressure, stagnation pressure, and dynamic pressure,
the relation between the energy equation and the Bernoulli equation, Unsteady
Bernoulli equation, cautions on the use of Bernoulli equation. Dimensional
Analysis: Dimension of homogeneity and analysis, dimensionless ratios,
dimensional analysis by inspection, correlation of experimental data, standard
dimensionless numbers, similitude, geometric similitude, dynamic similitude,
flow models without free- surface effects, significance of the pressure
coefficient, free-surface models, non dimensionless the basic
equations.Differential Analysis: Differential analysis applied to
conservation of mass and conservation of momentum, incompressible in viscid
flow, momentum equation for frictionless flow;
Euler’s equation in stream lines
coordinates, derivation of Bernoulli equation from Euler’s equation along
stream line, and derivation using other coordinates,
Bernoulli equation applied to non-rotational flow, internal incompressible
viscous flow, fully developed laminar flow, flow in circular ducts, flow down
on inclined plane, flow through a straight channel, plane Couette flow, fully
developed laminar flow between infinite parallel plates, flow between two
rotating concentric cylinders, turbulent
flow, turbulent velocity profile in fully developed pipe flow, energy equation
in pipe flow, kinetic energy coefficient, head losses, calculation of head
losses, major losses and minor losses, noncircular ducts, equivalent diameters
for noncircular ducts, the criteria for laminar and turbulent flow, solution of
pipe flow problems, pumps and valves in fluid systems, flow measurements
methods.Basic simple experiment such as pressure dropmeasurement, mass flow
measurement, viscosity measurement.
