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NPTEL Syllabus
Fluid Mechanics - Web course
COURSE OUTLINE
The basic purpose of this course is to introduce 2nd year
NPTEL
Chemical Students to the concepts of fluid mechanics.
First few lectures will review the fundamentals of fluid

mechanics, while subsequent lectures will focus on its
applications in chemical engineering.
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Briefly the course will include microscopic & macroscopic

balances, Navier-Stokes' equations. Chemical
Introduction to turbulence, concept of boundary layer, friction Engineering
factor, pipe flow, pressure loss in fittings, flow past an immersed
body, packed & fluidized beds, pump & compressors.
Contents: Pre-requisites:
Introduction of fluid mechanics; Fluid statics-Pressure Engineering mathematics:

distribution in a fluid; integral balances for a control volume - Differential and integral
mass, energy and momentum balances. calculus, ordinary differential
equations, vector
Bernoulli equation; Differential balances (Navier-Stokes mathematics.
equations); viscous flow in a pipe, Friction factor, Introduction to
turbulence, losses in pipe systems, Flow meters, Flow past
Coordinators:
immersed bodies, Introduction to turbulence.
Prof. Nishith Verma
Mixing and Agitation, Flow through packed and fluidized bed, Department of Chemical
Filtration, Compressible flows, Pumps and Compressors, EngineeringIIT Kanpur
Centrifuges & Cyclones.
COURSE DETAIL
S.No Topics No. of

Hours
1 Introduction to Fluid Mechanics - Fluid, Fluid 1

types, Thermodynamic properties,
Introduction of Viscosity.
2 Fluid statics - pressure distribution in a static 2
fluid, hydrostatic forces on plane surfaces,
Illustration by examples.
3 Macroscopic Balances - Control Volume, 5

Reynolds transport theorem, Conservation
of mass, Energy and linear momentum
balances.
Kinetic energy correction factor, Bernoulli

equation, illustration by examples.
4 Application of macroscopic balances: 2

Losses in expansion, Force on a reducing
bend, Diameter of a free jet; Jet ejector.
5 Differential Balances: Differential equation of 4

mass conservation, Differential equation of
linear momentum, Navier-Stokes equations.
Applications to Couette flow between a

fixed and a moving plate, flow due to
pressure gradient between two fixed plates,
Fully developed laminar pipe flow.
6 Dimensional analysis and similarity: 2

Buckingham Pi theorem,
Nondimensionalization of continuity and
Navier-Stokes equations, Introduction of
dimensionless numbers.
7 Introduction to turbulence. 1
8 Viscous flow in a pipe/duct: Head loss, 3

friction factor, frictional loss in high Reynolds
no. flow, Effect of wall roughness, the
Moody chart, illustration by examples.
9 Losses in pipe systems: pipe entrance/exit, 2

expansion/contraction, Fittings, valves.
10 Fluid Meters: Local velocity measurement, 2

Volume flow measurement, Thin- Plate
orifice, flow nozzle, venture meter.
11 Flow past immersed bodies: Introduction to 5
boundary layer, boundary layer thickness,
Karman's momentum integral theory, Drag
on a flat plate for laminar and turbulent flow,
Drag on immersed bodies.
12 Flow through packed and fluidized beds: 2

Flow through beds of solids, motion of
particles through the fluid, Particle settling,
Fluidization, minimum fluidization velocity.
13 Mixing and Agitation- power consumption, 2

mixing times, scale up.
14 Filtration: Governing equations, constant 1

pressure operation, constant flow operation,
cycle time, types of filters.
15 Compressible flow: Isothermal flow, 1

Adiabatic flow, Choked flow.
16 Pumps and Compressors:Pump types and 3

characteristics, Required head, Cavitation
and NPSH, isothermal compression,
isentropic compression, Staged operation,
Efficiency.
17 Centrifuges and Cyclones: Gravity settling, 2

centrifugal separation, cyclone
separations, separation efficiency, pressure
loss.
Total 40
References:
1. Frank M. White, Fluid Mechanics (Sixth Edition), Tata

McGraw-Hill, New Delhi (2008).
2. J. O. Wilkes, Fluid Mechanics for Chemical Engineers,

Prentice Hall (1999).
3. W. L. McCabe, W. L. Smith, and P. Harriot, Unit Operations
of Chemical Engineering, McGraw-Hill International
Edition (Sixth edition) (2001).
4. R. B. Bird, W. L. Stewart and E. L. Lightfoot, Transport

Phenomena (Secondedition), Wiley Singapore (2002).
5. M. M. Denn, Process Fluid Mechanics, Prentice Hall

(1980).
6. Ron Darby, Chemical Engineering fluid Mechanics,

Marcel Dekker Inc, NY (1996).
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NPTEL Syllabus

Fluid Mechanics - Web course

The basic purpose of this course is to introduce 2nd year

First few lectures will review the fundamentals of fluid

Briefly the course will include microscopic & macroscopic

Introduction of fluid mechanics; Fluid statics-Pressure Engineering mathematics:

S.No Topics No. of

1 Introduction to Fluid Mechanics - Fluid, Fluid 1

3 Macroscopic Balances - Control Volume, 5

Kinetic energy correction factor, Bernoulli

4 Application of macroscopic balances: 2

5 Differential Balances: Differential equation of 4

Applications to Couette flow between a

6 Dimensional analysis and similarity: 2

8 Viscous flow in a pipe/duct: Head loss, 3

9 Losses in pipe systems: pipe entrance/exit, 2

10 Fluid Meters: Local velocity measurement, 2

12 Flow through packed and fluidized beds: 2

13 Mixing and Agitation- power consumption, 2

14 Filtration: Governing equations, constant 1

15 Compressible flow: Isothermal flow, 1

16 Pumps and Compressors:Pump types and 3

17 Centrifuges and Cyclones: Gravity settling, 2

1. Frank M. White, Fluid Mechanics (Sixth Edition), Tata

2. J. O. Wilkes, Fluid Mechanics for Chemical Engineers,

4. R. B. Bird, W. L. Stewart and E. L. Lightfoot, Transport

5. M. M. Denn, Process Fluid Mechanics, Prentice Hall

6. Ron Darby, Chemical Engineering fluid Mechanics,

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