Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Delhi

CLL231: Fluid Mechanics for Chemical Engineers

(2022-23, Semester 2)

Instructors: Prof(s). Somnath Ghosh and Vikrant

Coordinator: Somnath Ghosh (Office: Block-I, 314)
Email: somnath@chemical.iitd.ac.in
Tel: +91-11-2654-8489
Course Outline:
Module 1 (by Prof. Vikrant)
1. Introduction to fluids, Continuum hypothesis, Forces on fluids
2. Fluid statics – pressure distribution and measurement, Hydrostatic force on submerged surfaces
(planar and curved), Buoyancy, Rigid-body motion (translation and rotation)
3. Bernoulli’s equation and applications, Flow measurement, Head loss in pipe flow
4. Fluid kinematics – Eulerian and Lagrangian descriptions, Accelerating field, Control volume and
system
5. Stream function, Vorticity and Circulation, Kinematic decomposition of flow, Potential flows,
Potential function
6. Reynolds transport theorem, Integral balances – mass, momentum and energy

Module 2 (by Prof. Somnath Ghosh)

7. Differential analysis of flow, Navier-Stokes equation, Unsteady unidirectional flows, Solution of
Laplace equation
8. Dimensional analysis and similitude
9. Viscous flows, Stokes law, Skin drags, and pressure drag, Lubrication approximation
10. Boundary layer theory, Blasius solution, Boundary layer separation, Drag and lift force on an
immersed body
11. Compressible flows, Transportation of fluids – pumps, design of pumps, Blowers, and compressors
12. Introduction to turbulence modeling

Reference Books:
1. F. M. White, Fluid Mechanics, 7th Edition, Tata-McGraw Hill (2011)
2. B. R. Munson, D. F. Young, T. H. Okiishi and W. W. Huebsch, 6th Edition, Wiley-India (2010)
3. R. W. Fox, P. J. Pritchard and A. T. McDonald, Introduction to Fluid Mechanics, 7th Edition, Wiley-
India (2010)
4. V. Gupta and S. K. Gupta, Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics, 2nd Edition, New Age International
(2011)

Evaluations
Minor 1: 15%
Minor 2: 20%
Major: 35%
Quizzes: 20% (surprize)
Mini Project: 10% (in group, topic selection before end of module 1)

Minimum marks for pass grade: 30 marks

Minimum marks for audit: 40 marks (if any)
Minimum marks for E-grade: 25 marks
* There will be no make-up quiz or scaling up for the absentees.