BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE, PILANI
K.K. Birla Goa Campus
INSTRUCTION DIVISION
FIRST SEMESTER 2022 - 2023
Course Handout Part II
Date: 14/08/2023
In addition to part – I (General Handout for all courses appended to the timetable), this
portion gives further specific details regarding the course.
Course No.
Course title
Instructor-in-Charge
Team of Instructors
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ME F212
FLUID MECHANICS
Pritanshu Ranjan
Pritanshu Ranjan, and Dr. Vaibhav Joshi
Dev Patel and Ritayan Mukherjee (FDTA)
1.
Scope and Objectives of the Course
This course introduces the student to the science and practice of Fluid Mechanics. It
intends to develop an understanding of the basic equations governing fluid statics and
dynamics. Physical understanding and fundamental approaches are emphasized
throughout the course. Students are expected to analyze a variety of fluid flow problems.
Thereby widening appreciation of the variety of phenomena covered by fluid mechanics
and the techniques available to handle them.
2.
Text Books
TB
Bruce R. Munson, Donald F. Young, and Theodore H. Okiishi, Fundamentals of
Fluid Mechanics, 6th Edition, John Wiley Student Edition, 2010.
3.
Reference Books
RB1 Fox, R.W. and A.T. McDonalds, Introduction to Fluid Mechanics, 7th Edition,
John Wiley Student Edition, 2010.
RB3 Cengel A.Y., and Cimbala J.M., Fluid Mechanics, 1st Edition in SI Units, Tata
McGraw Hill, 2006.
Course Plan
3.
Lecture
Numbe
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Learning Objectives
1-2
Basic Properties of Fluids
3-7
Fluids at Rest - Pressure
and Its Effect
8-14
Flow Analysis Using
Control Volumes
Topics to be Covered
Reference
(Text Book)
Dimensions, Measures of fluid mass and
weight, Viscosity, Compressibility of
Fluids, Vapor Pressure, Surface Tension.
Pressure at a Point, Pressure Variation in
a Fluid at Rest, Measurement of
Pressure, Hydrostatic Forces on a Plane
and Curved Surfaces, Buoyancy,
Flotation and Stability, Pressure
Variation in a Fluid with Rigid Body
Motion.
Basic Laws for a System, The Reynolds
Transport theorem, Conservation of
Mass, Momentum Equation, Equation
for CV with rectilinear motion, Angular
Momentum Equation for Fixed and
rotating CV
1.1 – 1.9 TB
2.1 – 2.12 TB
4.4 – 5.2 TB
4.1– 4.7 RB1
5.
15-20
Flow Analysis Using
Differential Methods
21-26
Incompressible Inviscid
Flow
27 – 30
Dimensional Analysis
And Similitude
31-36
Internal Incompressible
Viscous Flow
37-40
External Incompressible
Viscous Flow
Mid-Sem Examination
Quiz/Assignments
Comprehensive
Examination
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4.1 – 4.2 TB
6.1 – 6.3 TB
5.1 – 5.4 RB1
3.1 – 3.8 TB
6.4 – 6.7 TB
6.1 – 6.7
RB1
7.1- 7.8 TB
7.1 – 7.5
RB1
8.1 – 8.6 TB
8.1 – 8.9 RB1
9.1 – 9.4 TB
9.1 – 9.7 RB1
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40
Evaluation Scheme
Component
Attendance
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Conservation of Mass, Stream Function
for 2D Incompressible Flow, Fluid
Element Kinematics, Velocity Field,
Acceleration Field, Fluid Translation,
Rotation and Deformation,
Conservation of Linear Momentum.
Inviscid Flow, Bernoulli’s Equation,
Static, Stagnation, and Dynamic
pressures, The energy and the hydraulic
Grade Line, Restrictions on Use of the
Bernoulli, Unsteady Bernoulli’s
Equation, Some Basic Plane Potential
Flows, Superposition of Basic Plane
Potential flows
Dimensional Analysis, Buckingham Pi
Theorem, Determination of Pi Terms,
Modeling and Similitude.
Internal Flow Characteristics, Laminar
vs Turbulent Flow, The Entrance region,
Flow between Parallel Plates, Flow in a
an Annulus, General Characteristics Pipe
Flow, Fully Developed Laminar Flow,
Head Loss, Pipe flow Measurements.
The Boundary Layer Concept, Laminar
Flat Plate Boundary Layer- Exact
Solution, Momentum Integral Equation,
Effect of Pressure Gradient, Flow about
Immersed Bodies, Drag, Lift.
Total lectures
Duration
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Weightage
5%
90 min
30%
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20%
180 min
45%
Date & Time
----13/10/2023
11:00 AM to 12:30 PM
During any of the lecture
or tutorial hours
11/12/2023
02:00 PM to 05:00 PM
Remarks
-Closed Book
Open Book
Closed Book
Chamber consultation hours will be announced in the class.
The notices will be displayed on the Moodle server.
Make-up will be granted for genuine cases only. Certificate from authenticated doctor
from the Medical Center must accompany make-up application (only prescription or
vouchers for medicines will not be sufficient). Prior permission of IC is compulsory.
No make-up will be given for Quiz.
Best of (n-1) marks will be considered for Quiz.
Instructor-in-Charge
ME F212