FIRST SEMESTER 2022-2023

Course Handout
Date: 11-08-2023
In addition to part-I (General Handout for all courses appended to the time table), this portion gives further
specific details regarding the course.
Course No. : ME F212
Course Title : FLUID MECHANICS
Instructors : Sayan Das
Instructor-in-Charge : Sayan Das
Tutorial Instructors : Sayan Das, Pardha Saradhi G V, N Jalaiah, Supradeepan K
Scope and Objective of the Course:
Fluid Mechanics deals with the fundamental laws governing the mass, momentum and energy transfer. The
objective of this course is to lay a solid foundation in understanding the properties and behaviour of fluids by
means of integral and differential equations along with specific applications related to turbomachines as fluid
systems. Since these three phenomena (mass, momentum and energy) are very similar in nature, an integrated
approach would not only conserve efforts but also contributes to a greater understanding of this subject. In this
course, more emphasis will be given to fluids and its motion in a given system.
Textbooks:
1. Frank M White, "Fluid Mechanics", Tata McGraw-Hill, 7th Edition, 2012.

Reference books
1. Robert W. Fox and Alan T. Mc Donald, "Introduction to Fluid Mechanics", John Wiley & Sons Private
Ltd., 2013, 8th Edition.
2. Yunus A Cengel and John M Cimbala, "Fluid Mechanics", McGraw-Hill, 3rd Edition, 2015.
3. James R. Welty, Charles E. Wicks and Robert E. Wilson, "Fundamentals of Momentum, Heat and Mass
transfer", John Wiley & Sons (Asia) private limited., 2008, 5th Edition.
4. James. A. Fay, "Introduction to Fluid Mechanics", Prentice Hall of India, 2007.
5. Milton Van Dyke, "An Album of Fluid Motion", Parabolic Press, 12th Edition.

Course Plan:
Lecture Chapter in the
Learning objectives Topics to be covered
No. Text Book
Basic fluid property relations and
1-3 Fluid properties, continuum fluid Ch. 1
frameworks to study fluidic systems.
Pressures in static fluid; Static forces
4-6 Applications of hydrostatic principle. Ch. 2
on surfaces
Dynamics of Inviscid fluid, Euler and Fluid Kinematics, stream function,
7-10 Ch. 4
Bernoulli’s equations and Applications velocity potential, vorticity
10-14 Basic relation between control mass Integral relations for a control volume: Ch. 3
 Conservation of mass, momentum and
and control volume (RTE)
energy
Differential relations for fluid in
Application of differential equations to
15-20 motion: Newtonian Fluid; Navier- Ch. 4
simplified 1-D fluid flow problems.
Stokes equations; Viscous Flows
Nondimensionalization of basic flow
Dimensional analysis of Navier-Stokes
21-24 equations, dimensionless numbers and Ch. 5
equations; Similarity technique
relations between model and prototype.
Drag force and power calculations of
25-30 Internal flows through pipes and ducts Ch. 6
unidirectional internal flow problems.
Drag force and power calculations of External flows past immersed bodies;
31-36 Ch. 7
unidirectional external flow problems. boundary layer concepts and equations
Application of auxiliary functions and
Inviscid fluids, potential flow,
37-40 their relation to analyze fluid flow Ch. 8
rotational & irrotational flows
behavior.
Understanding the basic of
41-42 Compressible flows
compressible flows.

Evaluation Scheme:
Duration Weightage Nature of
Component Date & Time
(min.) (%) Component
09/10 - 9.30 -
Mid sem 90 Min. 30% Closed book
11.00AM
Closed book/Open
Compre 180 Min. 40% 06/12 FN
Book
Will be announced in
CMS based quiz 5-10 min 10% class
Open book

Evaluative Tutorials 50 Min. 20% Open Book

Chamber Consultation Hour: Monday and Tuesday 5:00 PM to 6:00 PM

Notices: All notices concerning this course shall be communicated only through CMS (the institute’s web
based course management system) students are advised to visit CMS regularly for latest updates.
Make-up Policy: Make-up shall be given only to the genuine cases with prior confirmation.
Academic Honesty and Integrity Policy: Academic honesty and integrity are to be maintained by all the
students throughout the semester and no type of academic dishonesty is acceptable.

INSTRUCTOR-IN-CHARGE
(ME F212)