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ME 3121: Fluid Mechanics-I

Course Outline
Course Code ME 3121 Credit 1.50
Course Title Fluid Mechanics-I Contact Hour/Week 1 Hour 30 Mins.

Semester/Term: 3rd Year 1st Semester

Academic Session: Fall-2023

Course Teacher: Tashin Ahmed Apon, Lecturer (Full-Adj.), ME, BAUET

SPIRITS IN LEARNING OF THE FUNDAMENTALS: This course is contemplated to discern and grasp the
concept of fluid, fluid characteristics and viscosity whether at rest or in motion, fluids (including gasses,
blood, and plasmas) behave differently, and this is what fluid mechanics is all about. Biological systems,
astrophysics, chemical and mechanical engineering, and many more fields rely on fluid mechanics.
Manufacturing engineers (usually mechanical engineers) employ fluid mechanics to determine what
type and amount of coolant to run over a machined workpiece. Fluid mechanics can also be used for
hydroforming and high-pressure water cutting. It imparts the requisite knowledge to petroleum
engineers for the formulation of design methodologies pertaining to drilling, production, and
transportation of oil and gas.

OBJECTIVES:

 To determine the fluid pressure and use various devices for measuring fluid pressure.
 To determine the hydrostatic force and apply the law of conservation of mass to the flow of a
fluid in the context of fluid flow problems and boundary layer theory.
 To identify the lift and drag forces acting on a submerged object by applying Bernoulli's
equation.
 To get acquainted with dimensional analysis, homogeneity, severity of dimensionless numbers
and correction factor in momentum.
 To get familiarize with other flow measuring devices, such as: notches and weirs, momentum
equation for internal control volume, pitot-static tube, venture-meter, orifices, nozzles.
 COURSE PLAN AND SCHEDULE

Week Days/Class Lecture Learning Objectives CT/Assignment/Perf Remarks/Study Resource

es ormance
1 Sunday 1+2 Introduction to Fluid Flow, Stream Slide 1, Slide 2
Monday fluid, Concept of line or related
(off Day) Viscosity Android software
download installing
on phone.
2 Monday 3 Measurement of Continuous Class PRESSURE MEASUREMENT (43—96)
Fluid Pressure using Assessment with 2.1. Pressure of a Liquid ([Link] 2011,SI
Pressure Gauges Active Participation ed. P-43)
2.2. Pressure Head of a Liquid ([Link]
2011,SI ed. P-43)
2.3. Pascal’s Law ([Link] 2011,SI ed. P-
45)
2.4. Absolute and Gauge Pressures
([Link] 2011,SI ed. P-48)
2.5. Measurement of Pressure ([Link]
2011,SI ed. P-53)
2.5.1. Manometers ([Link] 2011,SI ed.
P-54)
 4 [Link]. Simple manometers ([Link]
2011,SI ed. P-54)
[Link].Differential manometers ([Link]
2011,SI ed. P- 63)
[Link]. Advantages and limitations of
manometers ([Link] 2011,SI ed. P-81)
2.5.2. Mechanical gauges ([Link]
2011,SI ed. P-81)
2.6. Pressure at a Point in Compressible
Fluid ([Link] 2011,SI ed. P-83)
3 5 Flow Measuring Continuous Class 6.6. Practical Applications of Bernoulli’s
Devices Assessment with Equation ([Link] 2011,SI ed. P-291)
Impact of Jet on Active Participation 6.6.1. Venturimeter ([Link] 2011,SI ed.
fixed and moving P-291)
vanes [Link]. Horizontal venturimeters
([Link] 2011,SI ed. P-292)
[Link]. Vertical and inclined venturimeters
([Link] 2011,SI ed. P-298)
6.6.2. Orificemeter ([Link] 2011,SI
ed. P- 303
6.6.4. Pitot Tube([Link] 2011,SI ed. P-
310)

6 6.6.3. Rotameter and elbow meter

([Link] 2011,SI ed. P-308)

[Link]. Rotameter ([Link] 2011,SI ed.

P-308)
[Link]. Elbow meter ([Link] 2011,SI ed.
P-309)

4 7 Notches and Weirs Continuous Class 9.1. Definitions of Notches and Weirs
Assessment with ([Link] 2011,SI ed. P- 508)
Active Participation 9.2. Types/Classification of Notches and
Weirs ([Link] 2011,SI ed. P- 508)
9·2·1. Types of notches([Link] 2011,SI
ed. P- 508)
9·2·2. Types of weirs ([Link] 2011,SI ed.
P- 509)

8 Momentum Analysis 6.7 Free Liquid Jet ([Link] 2011,SI ed. P-

of Free Liquid Jet 313)

Review and Assessment of the

Course Plan by Peer Reviewing
5 9 Momentum Continuous Class 6.8. Impulse-Momentum Equation
Equation Assessment with ([Link] 2011,SI ed. P- 320)
Active Participation
10 Momentum 6.9. Kinetic Energy and Momentum
Correction Factors, Correction Factors (Coriolis Co-efficients)
Continuity Equation, ([Link] 2011,SI ed. P- 336)
Circulation and 5.5. Rate of Flow or Discharge([Link]
Vorticity 2011,SI ed. P- 207)
5.6. Continuity Equation([Link] 2011,SI
ed. P- 207)
5.9. Circulation and Vorticity ([Link]
2011,SI ed. P- 218)
6 CT (Week 2-5)
11 Application Assignment Problems:(6.2-6.12),
of Euler and regarding problems (6.14,6.16,6.17,6.18,6.21,6.23,6.25)
Bernoulli’s Equation 6.2. Different Types of Heads (or Energies) of
(for pipe flows, a Liquid in Motion ([Link] 2011,SI ed. P-
tanks, convergent- 259)
div. ducts) 6.3. Bernoulli’s Equation ([Link] 2011,SI
ed. P- 260)
6.4. Euler’s Equation for Motion ([Link]
2011,SI ed. P- 262)
6.5. Bernoulli’s Equation for Real Fluid
([Link] 2011,SI ed. P- 276)

7 12 Dimensional Continuous Class 7–1 Dimensions and Units (Cengel,3rd Ed.-

Analysis, Assessment with 292)
Homogeneity, Active Participation 7–2 Dimensional Homogeneity(Cengel,3rd
Buckingham’s π- Ed.- 293)
Method 7-2-1Nondimensionalization of Equations
rd
(Cengel,3 Ed.-294)
7–3 Dimensional Analysis and Similarity
(Cengel,3rd Ed.-299)
7–4 The Method of Repeating Variables
and The Buckingham Pi Theorem (Cengel,3rd
Ed.-303)
13 DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS
7.3. Dimensional Homogeneity ([Link]
2011,SI ed. P-389)
7.4. Methods of Dimensional Analysis
([Link] 2011,SI ed. P-390)
7.4.1. Rayleigh’s method ([Link] 2011,SI
ed. P-390)
7.4.2. Buckingham’s π-method/theorem
 ([Link] 2011,SI ed. P-394)
7.4.3. Limitations of dimensional analysis
([Link] 2011,SI ed. P-415)
8 Assessment on the Active Participation Ref book for Problems: ([Link] 2011,SI
basis of Class ed., Dr, R.K. Bansal Revised 9th ed)
performance and
Solvin’ problems
9 14 Model Analysis, Continuous 7.5. Model Analysis—Introduction
Dimensionless Participation ([Link] 2011,SI ed. P-415)
Number 7.6. Similitude ([Link] 2011,SI ed. P-416)
7.7. Forces Influencing Hydraulic
Phenomena ([Link] 2011,SI ed. P-417)
7.8. Dimensionless Numbers and their
Significance ([Link] 2011,SI ed. P-418)
7.8.1. Reynolds number (Re) ([Link]
2011,SI ed. P-418)
7.8.2. Froude’s number (Fr ) ([Link]
2011,SI ed. P-419)
7.8.3. Euler’s number (Eu) ([Link]
2011,SI ed. P-419)
7.8.4. Weber number (We) ([Link]
2011,SI ed. P-419)
7.8.5. Mach number (M ) ([Link]
2011,SI ed. P-420)
10 Potential
Leave day

Monday(
off day)

11 15 Review and Assess 7–5 Experimental Testing, Modeling,

and Incomplete Similarity (Cengel,3rd Ed.-
319)
Setup of an Experiment and Correlation of
Experimental Data 319
Incomplete Similarity 320
Wind Tunnel Testing 320
Flows with Free Surfaces 323
12 CT 2( Week 6-11)
13 Reserved regarding Problem Solving based on Continuity Equation, Momentum and
Energy equation, dimensional Analysis and Bernoulli’s equation, (Ref book: Cengel 3rd ed, RK Rajput 2011, SI
th
ed, Dr Bansal 9 Revised ed)

14 Reserved for Revision and other Abrupt Incidents

Reference Books

FLUID MECHANICS, FUNDAMENTALS AND APPLICATIONS (Third Edition): Yunus A Cengel, Mehmet
Kongolu, Michael Boles.

Text Books:

A TEXTBOOK OF FLUID MECHANICS AND HYDRAULIC MACHINES in SI UNITS: R. K. Rajput

A TEXTBOOK OF FLUID MECHANICS AND HYDRAULIC MACHINES in SI UNITS: Dr. R. K. Bansal

P.S. Additional reading material: PowerPoint slides & PDF provided by the teacher