MI 205 FLUID MECHANICS

LECTURE 1

B. K. Gandhi
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Contents Hours

1. Introduction: Continuum concept, properties of fluids, 3

Newtonian and Non-Newtonian fluids. 

2. Fluid Statics: Pascal’s law, hydrostatic pressure, pressure 5

measurement, manometer and micro-manometer, pressure
gauge; Forces on plane and curved surfaces, centre of
pressure, equilibrium of submerged and floating bodies,
buoyancy, metacentric height; Fluids subjected to constant
linear acceleration and to constant rotation. 

3. Kinematics of Fluid: Types of flow, Lagrangian and 4

Eulerian approach, path line, streak line and stream line,
stream tube, stream function and potential function, flownet;
Deformation of fluid elements, vorticity and circulation. 
4 Fluid Dynamics: Reynolds transport theorem; Conservation 8
equations of mass, momentum and energy, Navier-Stokes, Euler
and Bernoulli equations; Forces due to fluid flow over flat plates,
curved vanes and in the bends, applications of Bernoulli equation.

5 Ideal Fluid Flow: Ideal flow identities, flow over half body, 5
Rankine oval, stationary and rotating cylinders, Magnus effect,
d’Alembert’s paradox.

6 Viscous Flow: Reynolds experiment, laminar and turbulent flow, 6

plane Poiseuille flow, Couette flow, Hagen-Poiseuille flow;
Friction factor and Moody’s diagram, losses in pipes and pipe
fittings; Flow over aerofoil, lift and drag, flow separation. 

7 Dimensional Analysis: Basic and derived quantities, similitude 4

and dimensional analysis, Buckingham
Π- theorem, non-dimensional parameters, model testing.
8 Flow Measurement: Flow measuring devices, Pitot tube, 3
obstruction flow meters, principles of hot anemometry and
particle image velocimetry.

9 Compressible Flow: Propagation of sound waves, Mach 4

number, isentropic flow and stagnation properties, one
dimensional convergent-divergent nozzle flow, normal shock.
 Reference Books:

S. No. Name of Authors /Books /Publisher Year

1 Munson, B.R., Young, D.F., Okiishi, T.H., and Rothmayer, A. P., 2012
“Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics”, 7th Ed., John Wiley & Sons

2 Som, S. K., Biswas, G. and Chakraborty, S., “Introduction to Fluid 2012

Mechanics and Fluid Machines”, 3rd Ed., Tata McGraw Hill

3 Massey, B.S. and Ward-Smith, J., “Fluid Mechanics”, 9th Ed., CRC 2011
Press

4 White, F.M., “Fluid Mechanics”, 7th Ed., McGraw-Hill 2010

5 Cengel, Y.A., Cimbala, J.M., “Fluid Mechanics”, 3rd Ed., 2013

McGraw-Hill
6 Fox, R.W., MacDonald, A.T. and Pritchard,P.J 2015
“Introduction to Fluid Mechanics”, 8th ed., John Wiley & Sons
Objectives
 Understand the basic concepts of Fluid Mechanics.

 Recognize the various types of fluid flow problems encountered

in practice.

 Model engineering problems and solve them in a systematic

manner.

 Have a working knowledge of accuracy, precision, and

significant digits, and recognize the importance of dimensional

homogeneity in engineering calculations.