Fluid Mechanics for Chemical Engineering

Posted on March 18th, 2008

Fluid Mechanics – Study of the fundamentals of fluid flow. Application to pipe flow and flow over immersed bodies.


1-Introduction and basic considerations

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Some characteristics of fluids. Analysis of fluid behavior. Viscosity.

2-Fluid statics

Pressure at a point. Basic equation for pressure field. Manometry. Hydrostatic on a plane surface and on a curved surface. Pressure variation in a fluid with rigid body motion.

3- Fluid Kinematics

Velocity field- Eurelian and Lagrangian descriptions. Steady and unsteady flows. Streamlines, streaklines and pathlines. Accelaration field- Material derivative. Streamline coordinates

4-The Bernoulli Equation

The Bernoulli equation along a streamline. Physical interpretation. Free jets, confined flows and flowrate measurements.

5- Finite Control Volume Analysis

The Reynolds Transport Theorem. Conservation of mass- the continuity equation. Energy equation. Linear momentum equation. Examples of application.

6- Similitude, Dimensional Analysis, and Modeling.

Dimensional Analysis. Buckingham Pi Theorem. Common dimensionless groups in fluid mechanics. Modeling and similitude. Application to flow through closed conduits and flow around immersed bodies.

7- Viscous Flow in Pipes

Laminar and Turbulent flows. Poiseuille equation. Laminar flow between concentric tubes and along a wetted column. Fully turbulent flow, description and velocity profile.

8- Pipe Flow

The Moody chart. Minor losses and noncircular conduits. Single pipes and multiple pipe systems. Pipe flowrate measurements.

9- Flow Over Immersed Bodies

Boundary layer over a flat plate. Drag and lift forces. Terminal velocity of a sphere.

Reference Books on Fluid Mechanics

- Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics Bruce R.Munson, Donald F.Young, Theodore H. Okiishi, 4ª ed., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2002

- Mechanics of Fluids Merle C. Potter and David C. Wiggert Brooks/Cole, Thomson Learning, 2002

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