CHE-221: Fluid

Mechanics-I

Dr. Zaib Jahan

Dr. Zaib Jahan
 Course Objectives
Credit Hours: 3-0 Pre-requisites. None

• To introduce with the principles of force balances applied to fluid motion.

• It gives the introduction to the concepts and applications of fluid
mechanics and dimensional analysis with an emphasis on fluid behavior,
internal and external flows, analysis of engineering applications of
incompressible pipe systems
• Fluids have the ability to transport matter and its properties as well as
transmit force, therefore fluid mechanics is a subject that is particularly
open to cross fertilization with other sciences and disciplines of
engineering.
• The subject of fluid mechanics will be highly relevant in such domains of
chemical Engineering.
 Course Contents
• Fluid Statics: pressure forces on surfaces, Pressure
distribution, Head Calculations, pressure measuring devices,
Buoyancy, Pressure in accelerated rigid body motions.
• Nature of Flow: Laminar & Turbulent Flow, Compressible &
Non-Compressible
• Bernoulli’s equation and its applications; Continuity Equation,
Energy Relationships & the Bernoulli equation, pressure
terminology, diffusers and sudden expansion
• Momentum of a Flowing Fluid; Newton’s 2nd law of motion
& Momentum Balance, Calculations for Laminar& Turbulent
pipe flow, nozzle flow & other example
 Course Contents
• Stress in Fluids; Viscosity, Newton’s Law of Viscosity, Shear Stress
Components, Newtonian and non-Newtonian flow
• Flow of Incompressible Newtonian Fluids in Pipes &Channels Shear
stress in a pipe, Friction factor & pressure drop, Losses in fittings and
bend pipes, enlargements and contractions, friction in non-circular
channels, Velocity distribution for turbulent flow in a pipe. Piping
network analysis
• Flow measurement; Orifice meter, Venturi meter, Rota meter, Nozzle.
Notch and Wier, Electromagnetic flow meter,
• Flow of Compressible Newtonian Fluids
• Motion of particles in fluid; drag force on a spherical particles, motion of
bubbles and drops, accelerated motion of particles in centrifugal field
• Sedimentation of fine particles and coarse particles
 Course Outcomes
The student, upon completion of this course, will be able to:
• Formulate the principles of conservations of mass, momentum, and
energy as applied to a variety of internal and external flows.
• Formulate solutions to flow problems, including those based on
differential analysis, using appropriate fluid properties, flow conditions
(i.e., laminar or turbulent)
• Solve conservation equations using a systematic approach based on
different and/or integral analyses of conservation equations. The
analyses will include concepts of fluid friction, momentum-force
relationships, lift and drag, boundary layer theory, and pipe networks.
• Apply the principles of dimensional analysis and similitude to establish
functional relations between important relevant parameters, and apply
these to design.
 Recommended Books
• McCabe Warren L., Smith Julian C., Harriott peter “Unit
Operations of chemical Engineering” 6th Ed. 2001. McGraw
Hill Inc.
• Coulson J.M., Richardson J.F. “Chemical Engineering” Vol.-I,
1985. The English Book Society and Pergamon Press.
• Holland, F.A. & Bragg, R. “Fluid flow for Chemical Engineers”,
2nd Edition, Butterworth & Heinemann. 1995.
• White, F.M. “Fluid Mechanics”, 4th Edition, McGraw-Hill.
1999.
• Noel-de-Nevers “Fluid Mechanics for Chemical Engineers”
McGraw Hill
 Lecture Plan
Week Topics CLO
1 Introduction to Fluid Mechanics
•Definitions & Principles
2 Fluid properties
•Definitions
•Classification of fluids
3-5 Kinematics of Fluid Flow
•Introduction
•Fluid Flow phenomena (Gradients&
Momentum Transfer)
•Viscosity& momentum transfer
•Type of flows
Turbulence
•Boundary layer Concept
•Numerical problems
 Lecture Plan
6-7 Basic Equations of fluid flow CLO-1
•Mass Balance
•Continuity Equation
•Momentum balance Bernoulli’s
equation
•(Correction Factors)
•Numerical problems
8-9 Flow of Incompressible fluids in pipes &
conduits
•Laminar Flow in pipes
•Turbulent flow in pipes
•Numerical problems
•Friction losses from change in velocity
or direction
•Numerical problems
10-11 Flow of Compressible fluids
•Basic assumptions & Laws
•Processes of compressible flows
•Numerical problems
 Lecture Plan
12 Flow through variable area conduit
•Numerical problems

13-15 Transportation & Metering of fluids 8

Transportation of fluids& significance
Selection of pipes & Fittings
Types of valves & selection
Types of pumps & selection(cavitation&
Priming)
Types of fans, blowers, compressors &
selection
Types of turbines & expanders
16 Final Exams
 Grading Criteria
Number of weeks in Semester=16
• Number of lectures per week=3
• Total Number of Lectures=48
• OHT’s=2
• Quizzes=3-4
• Assignment=1-3

Assessment Marks
3 Quiz 10 %
Assignment 10 %
OHT 30 %
Final Exam 50
Total Marks 100 %