About this course
Mechanics of fluids 1 covers the fundamentals of fluid properties both at stationary or at motion. The topics are selected for B.Sc. students of chemical engineering. The lectures introduce most of the basic concepts of fluid flows such as pressure, viscous stress, monometers, pressure distribution in fluids, Bernoulli equation, energy equation, dimensional analysis and similarity, differential analysis of fluid flow (continuity and momentum equations), internal flows (laminar and turbulent), and pipe sizing.
Course lectures [2022]
- Lecture 0: Overview [Download PDF]
- Lecture 1: Introduction – basic concepts [Download PDF]
- Lecture 2: Fluid statics 1 – concept of pressure and pressure variation in fluids, manometers [Download PDF]
- Lecture 3: Fluid statics 2 – pressure forces on flat and curved surfaces [Download PDF]
- Lecture 4: Fluid statics 3 – buoyancy [Download PDF]
- Lecture 5: Integral formulation 1 – Reynolds transform theorem, mass conservation [Download PDF]
- Lecture 6: Integral formulation 2 – conservation of linear momentum [Download PDF]
- Lecture 7: Integral formulation 3 – Bernoulli equation [Download PDF]
- Lecture 8: Integral formulation 4 – energy equation [Download PDF]
- Lecture 9: Differential formulation of fluid flow [Download PDF]
- Lecture 10: Dimensional analysis and similarity
- Lecture 11: Internal flows 1 – laminar and turbulent flow, friction loss
- Lecture 12: Internal flows 2 – minor losses and pipe sizing
Reading materials
- Fluid Mechanics, 8th edition, Frank M. White, McGraw-Hill, 2016.
- Fluid Mechanics: Fundamental and Applications, 3rd edition, Yunus A. Cengel, John M. Cimbala, McGraw-Hill, 2014.