Fluid Dynamics-I

Paper Code: 
24MAT322
Credits: 
5
Contact Hours: 
75.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

This course will enable the students to -

  1. Provide a treatment of topics in fluid mechanics to a standard where the student will be able to apply the techniques used in deriving a range of important results and in research problems. 
  2. Provide the students with knowledge of the fundamentals of Fluid Dynamics and an appreciation of their application to real world problems

 

Course Outcomes: 

Course

Learning outcomes

(at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment

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Course Title

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

24MAT

322

 

 

 

Fluid Dynamics-I

(Theory)

 

 

 

 

CO77: Apply the concepts of viscosity, general motion of a fluid element, stress and rate of strain also, apply Stokes’ law of friction in different ideal fluid motions.

CO78: Establish different laws like law of conservation of mass, energy, momentum etc.

CO79: Analyze simple fluid flow non- dimensional parameters.

CO80: Construct and solve the fundamental equations for the ideal cases of flow between two parallel plates, flow through pipe, over sphere etc.

CO81: Evaluate the flow between the tubes of different cross-sections, concentric cylinders and stagnation point flow.

CO82: Contribute effectively in course-specific interaction.

Approach in teaching:

Interactive Lectures, Discussion, Informative videos

 

Learning activities for the students:

Self learning assignments, Effective questions,  Topic  presentation, Assigned tasks

 

 

Quiz, Class Test, Individual projects,

Open Book Test, Continuous Assessment, Semester End Examination

 

 

 

Unit I: 
Basic concepts:
15.00

Fluid, Continuum hypothesis, Viscosity, General motion of a fluid element, Analysis of stress and rate of strain, Stress in a fluid at rest, Stress in a fluid in motion, Stokes’ law of friction, Thermal conductivity and generalized law of heat conduction.

 

Unit II: 
Fundamental equations of the flow of viscous fluids:
15.00

Introduction, Equations of state and continuity, Navier-Stokes’ equations of motion, Equation of energy, Vorticity and circulation.

 

Unit III: 
Non-dimensional parameters and coefficients:
15.00

 Dynamical similarity, Inspection and dimensional analysis, Buckingham π-theorem and its application, Non-dimensional parameters and their physical importance, Reynolds number, Froude number, Mach number, Prandtl number, Eckart number, Peclet number, Grashoff number, Brinkmann number, Non–dimensional coefficients: Lift and drag coefficients, Skin-friction, Nusselt number, Temperature recovery factor.

 

Unit IV: 
Exact Solutions of Navier-Stokes’ equations:
15.00

Velocity and temperature distributions for the flow between two parallel plates, Plane Couette flow, Plane Poiseuille flow, Generalized plane Couette flow, Velocity and temperature distributions for the flow in a circular pipe (Hagen- Poiseuille flow).

 

Unit V: 
Flow in tubes of uniform cross-sections:
15.00

Circular, Annular and Elliptic, Equilateral triangular and Rectangular cross-sections. Flow between two concentric rotating cylinders, Flow in convergent and divergent channels.

Stagnation point flows: Hiemenz flow, Homann flow.

 

Essential Readings: 
  • F. Chorlton, Textbook of Fluid Dynamics, CBS Publishers, Delhi, 2004.
  • J.L. Bansal, Viscous Fluid Dynamics, Oxford Publication, 2013.
  • L.D. Landau and E.N. Lipschitz, Fluid Mechanics, Pergamon Press, London, 1985.
  • R.K. Rathy, An Introduction to Fluid Dynamics, Oxford and IBH Publishing Co., 1976.

SUGGESTED READING

  • G.K. Batchelor, An Introduction to Fluid Mechanics, Cambridge University Press, 2000.
  • M.D. Raisinghania, Fluid Dynamics, S. Chand & Co., 2003.
  • Pradip Niyogi, S.K. Chakrabartty and M. K. Laha, Introduction to Computational Fluid Dynamics, Pearson Education, 2006.
  • Schaum's Outlines, Fluid Mechanics, McGraw-Hill Education, 1st edition, 2007.

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Academic Year: 
2024-2025
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