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SECTION 1: Flow and Fluid Properties: Xe - B Fluid Mechanics

This document outlines the sections and topics covered in a fluid mechanics course, including: 1) Fluid properties and classifications of flow types 2) Kinematics of fluid motion using Eulerian and Lagrangian descriptions 3) Conservation equations using the Reynolds Transport Theorem 4) Differential equations for inviscid and viscous fluid flows 5) Dimensional analysis and Buckingham Pi theorem 6) Internal flows in pipes and ducts including friction factors and losses 7) Bernoulli's equation and applications to flow measurements 8) External flows and the Prandtl boundary layer equations

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SECTION 1: Flow and Fluid Properties: Xe - B Fluid Mechanics

This document outlines the sections and topics covered in a fluid mechanics course, including: 1) Fluid properties and classifications of flow types 2) Kinematics of fluid motion using Eulerian and Lagrangian descriptions 3) Conservation equations using the Reynolds Transport Theorem 4) Differential equations for inviscid and viscous fluid flows 5) Dimensional analysis and Buckingham Pi theorem 6) Internal flows in pipes and ducts including friction factors and losses 7) Bernoulli's equation and applications to flow measurements 8) External flows and the Prandtl boundary layer equations

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XE – B FLUID MECHANICS

SECTION 1: Flow and Fluid Properties


Fluid Properties: Density, viscosity, surface tension, relationship between stress and strain-rate for Newtonian
fluids.
Classification of Flows: Viscous versus inviscid flows, incompressible versus compressible flows, internal
versus external flows, steady versus unsteady flows, laminar versus turbulent flows, 1-D, 2-D and 3-D flows,
Newtonian versus non-Newtonian fluid flow.
Hydrostatics: Buoyancy, manometry, forces on submerged bodies and its stability.

SECTION 2: Kinematics of Fluid Motion


Eulerian and Lagrangian descriptions of fluid motion.
Concept of local, convective and material derivatives. Streamline, streakline, pathline and timeline.

SECTION 3: Integral Analysis for a Control Volume


Reynolds Transport Theorem (RTT) for conservation of mass, linear and angular momentum.

SECTION 4: Differential Analysis


Differential equations of mass and momentum for incompressible flows.
Inviscid flows - Euler equations and viscous flows - Navier-Stokes equations.
Concept of fluid rotation, vorticity, stream function and circulation.
Exact solutions of Navier-Stokes equations for Couette flow and Poiseuille flow, thin film flow.

SECTION 5: Dimensional Analysis


Concept of geometric, kinematic and dynamic similarity.
Buckingham Pi theorem and its applications.
Non-dimensional parameters and their physical significance - Reynolds number, Froude number and Mach
number.

SECTION 6: Internal Flows


Fully developed pipe flow.
Empirical relations for laminar and turbulent flows: friction factor, Darcy-Weisbach relation and Moody’s chart.
Major and minor losses.

SECTION 7: Bernoulli’s Equation and its Applications, Potential Flows


Bernoulli’s equation: Assumptions and applications.
Flow measurements - Venturi meter, Pitot-static tube and orifice meter.
Elementary potential flows: Velocity potential function.
Uniform flow, source, sink and vortex, and their superposition for flow past simple geometries.

SECTION 8: External Flows


Prandtl boundary layer equations: Concept and assumptions.
Boundary layer characteristics: Boundary layer thickness, displacement thickness and momentum thickness.
Qualitative idea of boundary layer separation, streamlined and bluff bodies, and drag and lift forces.

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