MCL 702 : Advanced Fluid

Mechanics : 3-0-0-2
P M V Subbarao

Class Room : III 339

Slot A
Timings : 8.00 am to 9.30 am on Monday & Thursday
 Syllabus
• Introduction. Field theory, tensor algebra and calculus.

• Reynolds transport theorem.

• Constitutive relations and the Navier Stokes equation for
Newtonian fluids.
• Inviscid flows.
• Analytical solutions of the transient and steady Navier
Stokes equations for incompressible viscous flows.
• Boundary layer theory.
• Stability and transition to turbulence
• Derivation of RANS equations; turbulent shear flows.
• Compressible Flows.
• Special topics.
 Books
• Fluid Mechanics for Engineers, A Graduate Textbook,
Meinhard T. Schobeiri, 2010.
http://www.petronet.ir/documents/10180/2324299/
Fluid_Mechanics_for_Engineers
• Advanced Fluid Mechanics, W. P. Graebel, 2007.
www.engmatl.com/...engineering-mechanics/204-
advanced-fluid-mechanics
• White, F.M. 1991 Viscous Fluid Flow (second edition),
McGraw Hill.
• Boundary Layer Theory, H. Schlichting.
• Sherman, F.S. 1990 Viscous Flow. McGraw Hill.
• McCormack , P.S. & Crane, L.J. 1973 Physical Fluid
Dynamics, Academic Press.