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

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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:
1.Chemical Engineering –Volume I by J. M. Coulson, J. F. Richardson, J. R.
Backhurst and J. H. Harker
2.Elementary Fluid Mechanics by J. K. Vennard and R. L. Street
3.Fluid Mechanics by V. L. Streeter
4.An Introduction to Fluid Dynamics : Principles of Analysis and Design by S.
Middleman
5.Introduction to Fluid Mechanics by R. W. Fox & Alan T. McDonald

Reference Book:
1.Fluid Mechanics with engineering applications by R. L. Daugherty, J. B.
Franzini & E. J. Finnemore
2.Fluid Mechanics for Chemical Engineers by Noel de Nevers
3.Chemical Engineering Fluid Mechanics by Ron Darby.
4.Pump Application Engineering by T. G. Hicks
5.Pump Selection and Application by T. G. Hicks
6.Momentum Transfer Operations by S. K. Gupta
7.Unit Operations of Chemical Engineering by W. L. McCabe, J. C. Smith and P.
Harriott
8.Unit Operations by Foust and Wenzel
9.Transport phenomena by R. B. Bird, W. E. Stewart and E. N. Lightfoot.

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