MMAN2600 FLUID MECHANICS 11

LECTURE SCHEDULE
Week Lecturer Topics Chapter,
Cengel
Introduction, physical properties of fluids 1.1-1.6
1 CS Fluids in static equilibrium, pressure measurements, 2.1-2.7
manometers. 3.1-3.2
Forces on submerged plane surfaces 3.3-3.5
2 CS Buoyancy and stability of floating objects. 3.6-3.7
Pressures in accelerating fluid systems.
Fluid Flow, real and ideal fluids, definitions of flow, 4.2
3 CS continuity equation, flow visualisation 5.1-5.3
Euler's equation of motion. Steady flow energy equation.
Bernoulli equation, Hydraulic and energy grade line, 5.4-5.5
4 SK
Energy transfer and general energy equation
Flow rate and velocity measurement. Momentum 8.8
5 SK equation for steady flow (Newton’s Law). 6.1-6.2
Mid-session test
Forces caused by deflection of jets, forces on nozzles, 6.3-6.4
6 SK pipe sections, moving vanes. Dimensional analysis and 7.1-7.5
similarity.
Internal Flow: Laminar and turbulent flow in ducts. 8.1-8.3
7 SK Reynolds number. Characteristics of fully developed
flow.
Laminar flow between parallel plates and in ducts. 8.4
8 SK Torque transfer between rotating parallel plates. Flow
down inclined planes.
Turbulent flow in pipes, pipe friction, minor losses. 8.5-8.7
Branching pipes, simple pipe line systems.
9 SK Quasi-steady flow in pipes.
Pumps and turbines in pipelines.
Mid-session Test
Pumps, power, efficiency. 14.1-14.2
10 CS Pump and pipe-line system characteristics. 14.4
Turbines, centrifugal and axial flow
Monday Public Holiday 14.1-14.2
11 CS Velocity diagrams for moving blades, Euler head Blade 14.4
angles in reaction and axial flow turbines.
External Flow Boundary layers, characteristics of 11.1-11.6
laminar, transition and turbulent zones. Drag of immersed
12 CS
bodies, skin friction, form drag. Variation of drag
coefficient with Reynold's number.
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