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SUBJECT NO-CH20001, SUBJECT NAME-Fluid Mechanics LTP - 3-1-0, CRD - 4

This document outlines the syllabus for a fluid mechanics course. It will cover definitions of fluids, velocity and stress fields, fluid classifications, fluid statics, internal and external incompressible viscous flows, flow devices and instruments, and compressible flow. The recommended textbooks are listed and cover topics like fluid dynamics principles, fluid mechanics for chemical engineers, and transport phenomena. Reference books on additional topics like pump applications and unit operations are also provided.

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SUBJECT NO-CH20001, SUBJECT NAME-Fluid Mechanics LTP - 3-1-0, CRD - 4

This document outlines the syllabus for a fluid mechanics course. It will cover definitions of fluids, velocity and stress fields, fluid classifications, fluid statics, internal and external incompressible viscous flows, flow devices and instruments, and compressible flow. The recommended textbooks are listed and cover topics like fluid dynamics principles, fluid mechanics for chemical engineers, and transport phenomena. Reference books on additional topics like pump applications and unit operations are also provided.

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SUBJECT NO-CH20001, SUBJECT NAME- Fluid Mechanics

LTP- 3-1-0,CRD- 4
SYLLABUS :-
Definition of Fluid, Lagrangian and Eulerian methods of description; Velocity
Field: Streamline and stream function, Vorticity, Stress Field; Rheology:
Newtonian/non-Newtonian Fluids.
Classification of Fluid Flow: Viscous/Inviscid, Laminar/Turbulent,
Compressible/ Incompressible, Internal/External, Rotational/Irrotational.
Fluid Statics: Pressure variation in static fluids, manometer, capillary
hydrostatics; Macroscopic mass and momentum balance using integral control
volume method, Euler & Bernoulli equations.
Internal Incompressible Viscous Flow: Fully developed laminar flow in pipes,
Couette and annular flows; Hagen Poiseulle Equation; Turbulent flow: Eddy
viscosity, Universal velocity profile; Skin and Form Friction, friction factor
and friction factor versus Reynolds number relation, Calculation of Head Losses
in pipes and fittings, Converging and diverging nozzles, Solution of single and
multi-path pipe flow systems.
External Incompressible Viscous Flow: Flow around immersed bodies, Drag and
Lift, Drag coefficient.
Flow Devices and Instruments: Valves, Pumps, Compressors, Flow meters
(Head/Area): Venturi, Orifice, Flow nozzle, Rotameter.
Flow through Packed and Fluidized Beds; Compressible flow.

Text Book:
[Link] Engineering –Volume I by J. M. Coulson, J. F. Richardson, J. R.
Backhurst and J. H. Harker
[Link] Fluid Mechanics by J. K. Vennard and R. L. Street
[Link] Mechanics by V. L. Streeter
[Link] Introduction to Fluid Dynamics : Principles of Analysis and Design by S.
Middleman
[Link] to Fluid Mechanics by R. W. Fox & Alan T. McDonald

Reference Book:
[Link] Mechanics with engineering applications by R. L. Daugherty, J. B.
Franzini & E. J. Finnemore
[Link] Mechanics for Chemical Engineers by Noel de Nevers
[Link] Engineering Fluid Mechanics by Ron Darby.
[Link] Application Engineering by T. G. Hicks
[Link] Selection and Application by T. G. Hicks
[Link] Transfer Operations by S. K. Gupta
[Link] Operations of Chemical Engineering by W. L. McCabe, J. C. Smith and P.
Harriott
[Link] Operations by Foust and Wenzel
[Link] phenomena by R. B. Bird, W. E. Stewart and E. N. Lightfoot.

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