Fluid Flow Operations

Week 1  :  Characteristics of a fluid: Fluid: Units and dimensions; Density, specific gravity and specific volume; Viscosity; Surface tension; Compressibility; Characteristics of a perfect gas Week 2  :  Fluid statics: Pressure: Forces acting on the vessel of  liquid: Why does an object float?; Relatively stationary state Week 3  :  Fundamentals of flow: Streamline and stream tube; Steady flow and unsteady flow; Three-dimensional, two-dimensional and one-dimensional flow; Laminar flow and turbulent flow; Reynolds number; Incompressible and compressible fluids; Rotation and spinning of a liquid; Circulation.
Week 4  : One-dimensional  flow: mechanism  for conservation of flow properties; Continuity equation; Conservation of energy; Conservation of momentum; Conservation of angular momentum
Week 5  :  Flow of viscous fluid: Continuity equation; Navier-Stokes  equation; Boundary layer; Velocity distribution of  laminar flow; Velocity distribution of turbulent flow; Theory of lubrication
Week 6  :  Losses in pipes: Loss by pipe friction; Frictional loss on pipes other than circular pipes; Various losses in pipe lines; Flow in the inlet region; Pumping to higher levels
Week 7  :  Flow in a water channel: Flow in an open channel with constant section and flow velocity; Best section shape of an open channel; Specific  energy; Constant discharge; Constant specific  energy; Constant water depth; Hydraulic  jump
Week 8  :  Drag and lift and cavitation: Flows around a body; Forces acting on a body; The drag of a body; The lift of a body; Cavitation
Week 9  :  Dimensional analysis and law of similarity: Dimensional analysis; Rayleigh’s method, Buckingham’s Pi theorem; Application examples of dimensional analysis; Law of similarity
Week 10  :  Compressible fluid flow:Introduction, Thermodynamic characteristics,Speed of sound or sonic velocity, Mac number, Basic Equations of One dimensional, compressible flow, Isentropic compressible Flow, Shock Waves, Expansion waves, Fanno and Rayleigh Flow
Week 11  :  Measurement of  flow: Measurement of flow velocity; Measurement of flow discharge
Week 12  :  Multiphase flow phenomena and its application: Introduction of multiphase flow patterns; Flow patterns map; Hydrodynamics in multiphase flow, Application of multiphase flow