Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
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CN2122A
Fluid Mechanics
JIANG Jianwen
Office: E5-02-13
Email: chejj@nus.edu.sg
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Lecture and Tutorial
Lecture via ZOOM (Link will be sent by email):
Mon. 2pm – 4pm (no lecture on 9 Aug.)
Wed. 10am – 11am
Tutorial via ZOOM (Link will be sent by emails):
T1 – T6
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Textbook and References
Prescribed Textbook:
R. W. Fox, A. T. McDonald, P. J. Pritchard, J.
W. Mitchell, “Fluid Mechanics”, 9th Ed., Wiley
(2016)
(FMPM)
References:
• J. O. Wilkes, “Fluid Mechanics for Chemical
Engineers”, 2nd Ed., Prentice Hall (2006)
• William M. Deen, “Introduction to Chemical
Engineering Fluid Mechanics”, Cambridge
University Press (2016)
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Outline (Part 1)
Fundamental concepts (fluid, viscosity, flow,…)
Dimensional analysis (dimension, unit, dimensionless
group, analysis)
Fluid statics (pressure in static liquid and gas)
Conservation laws (mass, energy and momentum)
Energy loss (pipe flow)
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Schedule
Week
* 9 Aug.: holiday, no class
Lecture
Tutorial
1*
L0. Briefing, L1. Fundamental concepts
No
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L2. Dimensional analysis
No
3
L3. Fluid statics
T1
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L4.0. Conservation laws, L4.1. Conservation of mass
T2
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L4.2. Conservation of energy
T3
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L4.2. Conservation of energy, L4.3. Conservation of
momentum
T4
Recess
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Test (27 Sep. Monday 2:00-3:30pm via ZOOM)
L4.3. Conservation of momentum
No
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L5. Energy loss
T5
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L5. Energy loss
T6
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Assignment
– One set on each topic
– Given each week
– Be discussed during tutorial class
Submission is optional
You are strongly encouraged to work on the assignment by
yourself without help from others. This will be your best selfevaluation to see whether you understand the concepts.
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Assessment
Test 1 (Part 1): 25%
27/09 (Week 7) Monday 2:00-3:30pm via ZOOM
Contents in Test 1: 1. Fundamental Concepts,
2. Dimensional Analysis, 3. Fluid Statics
Test 2 (Part 2): 15%
Final Exam: 60%
open-book
open-note for
tests and final
exam
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Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this module, you are expected to be able to:
1. Apply dimensional analysis to obtain dimensionless groups for the
physical phenomenon, and model theory to predict the behaviour of a
system from its dynamically similar system
2. Explain and find the pressure in static fluids
3. Apply finite and differential control volume approach of the continuity,
momentum and energy equations to solve various fluid flow problems
4. Describe the concept of inviscid flow and stream function
5. Examine viscous flow in momentum boundary layer around an
immersed object
6. Perform calculation for a centrifugal pump in a piping system
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Suggestions
• Have confidence in doing well
• Keep up with reading
• Do not memorize but try to understand
“One has to have persistence, but above all else belief in oneself.”
“Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is
the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.”
 Marie Curie (1867-1934, Polish-French physicist-chemist, Nobel Prize
of physics in 1903 and of chemistry in 1911, 1st woman to win a Nobel
Prize, the 1st person and the only woman to win the Nobel Prize Twice)
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• Ask question
• Work on assignment
• Discuss collaboratively
“Coming together is a beginning.
Keeping together is a process.
Working together is a success.”
 Henry Ford (1863 – 1947), the founder of the Ford Motor Company.
He is credited with "Fordism", that is, the mass production of large
numbers of inexpensive automobiles using the assembly line, coupled
with high wages for his workers.
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By Jianwen Jiang