ME 231 FLUID MECHANICS I

Required Course ME-231 Fluid Mechanics I

Credit Hours: 3-0.
Catalog Description: Fluid Properties, Fluid Statics, Kinematics of Flow, Equation of Continuity,
Flow Energy Equation, Flow through Pipes & Orifices, Flow Measurement,
Laws of Momentum & Impact of Jets, Dimensional Analysis.
Prerequisite: Applied Physics NS -101
Co-requisite: Nil
Text Books: Fluid Mechanics: Fundamentals and Applications by Cengel and Cimbala . 3rd
Edition
Reference Books: Mechanics of Fluids by B. S. Massey
Fluid Mechanics by Victor L. Streeter & E. Benjamin Wylie
Course Objectives: The course is designed to provide strong foundation for the related subjects to be
taught in the later part of the BE programme. It covers topics that form the core for thermo-fluid related
courses and it is expected that students would not face any problems in handling these courses.
Course Outcomes: After completion of this course students should be able to:
1. Gain sufficient knowledge of basic concepts of Fluid Mechanics
2. To be able to use the Fluid Fundamentals for higher courses.
S. No Topic Weeks
Fluid Properties: Dimensions & Homogeneity, Fluid Mass & Weight, Specific Weight &
1 specific Gravity, Ideal Gas Law, Viscosity, Compressibility, Speed of Sound, Vapor 1
Pressure, Surface Tension.
Fluid Statics: Pressure at a point, Basic Equation for Pressure Field, Pressure
variation in a Fluid at rest, Incompressible Fluid, Standard Atmosphere, Manometry,
2 2-3
Hydrostatic Force on a Plane Surface, Pressure Prism, Hydrostatic Force on a Curved
Surface, Buoyancy, Floatation & Stability.
Kinematics of Flow: Bernoulli's Equation, Force along a Stream Line, Force Normal to
a Stream Line, Physical Interpretation; Static, Stagnation, Dynamic & Total Pressure,
3 4-5
Fundamental applications of Bernoulli's Equation, Energy Line & Hydraulic Grade
Line, Restrictions on the use of Bernoulli's Equation.
Fluid Kinematics: Fluid Kinematics, Velocity Field, Eulerian & Lagrangian Flow
description, Acceleration Field, Control Volume & System description Pressure
4 6-7
variation in a Fluid with Rigid Body Motion, Rigid Body rotation of a Fluid, Reynolds
Transport Theorem.
Equation of Continuity, Flow Energy Equation: Finite Control Volume Analysis,
5 Continuity Equation, Momentum Equation, Moment of Momentum Equation, Energy 8-10
Equation Impact of jets on fixed and moving blades, Eulers equation.
Similitude & Dimensional Analysis: Buckingham Pi Theorem, Determination of PI
6 Terms by Analysis & Inspection, Unique Pi Terms, Common Dimensionless Groups in
Fluid Mechanics, Correlation of Experimental Data & Theory of Modeling.
Flow through Pipes & Orifices: Viscous Flow in Pipes, General Characteristics of Pipe 14-16
7 Flow, Fully developed Laminar Flow, Fully developed Turbulent Flow, Moody Chart,
Flow through Joints, Pipe Flow Examples.

Evaluation Methods: Quizzes, assignments, three sessional exams, and one final exam.
Quiz 10%
Assignment 10%
Tests 30%
Final 50%