Fluid Mechanics

Mechanical Engineering Fluids

Pressure Distribution in a Fluid

Integral Relations for a Control Volume

Chapter 1: Differential Relations for Fluid Flow

1.1: Variables, Units, Definitions

1.2: Velocity and Acceleration Fields; Coordinate Systems; Stagnation Points

1.3: Differential Equation of Mass, Energy and Momentum Conservation

1.4: Boundary Conditions

1.5: Stream Function

1.6: Vorticity and Irrotationality; Frictionless Irrotational Flow; Velocity Potential

1.7:  Fully Developed Couette and Poiseulle Flows

1.8: More Example Problems

Chapter 2: Dimensional Analysis and Similarity

2.1: Dimensional Analysis and Scaling Parameters

2.2: The Pi Theorem

2.3: Nondimensionalization of the Basic Equations

Chapter 3: Viscous Flow in Ducts

3.1: Reynolds Number Regimes

3.2: Laminar and Turbulent Pipe Flow; Head Loss

3.3: Flow in Noncircular Ducts

3.4: Multiple-Pipe Systems; Fluid Meters

Chapter 4: Flow Past Immersed Bodies

4.1: Reynolds Number and Geometry Effects

4.2: Momentum Integral Theory: Kármán’s Analysis of the Flat Plate

4.3: Boundary Layer Equations; Flat-Plate Boundary Layer; Pressure Gradient

Chapter 5: Potential Flow and Computational Fluid Dynamics

5.1: Elementary Plane Flow Solutions

5.2: Superpositions of Plane Flow Solutions

5.3: Plane Flow Past Closed-Body Shapes

5.4: Other Plane Potential Flows

5.5: Airfoil Theory

5.6: Axisymmetric Potential Flow

Chapter 6: Compressible Flow

6.1: Introduction

6.2: Adiabatic and Isentropic Steady Flow

6.3: Isentropic Flow with Area Changes

6.4: The Normal Shock Wave

6.5: Operation of Converging and Diverging Nozzles

6.6: Compressible Duct Flow with Friction

6.7: Frictionless Duct Flow with Heat Transfer

6.8: 2-D Supersonic Flow

6.9: Prandtl-Meyer Expansion Waves

Chapter 7: Open Channel Flow

7.1: Uniform Flow – The Chézy Formula

7.2: Efficient Uniform-Flow Channels

7.3: Specific Energy; Critical Depth

7.4: The Hydraulic Jump

7.5: Gradually Varied Flow

7.6: Flow Measurement and Control

Chapter 8: Turbomachinery

8.1: Classification

8.2: Centrifugal Pump

8.3: Pump Performance Curves and Similarity Rules

8.4: Mixed- and Axial-Flow Pumps – The Specific Speed

8.5: Matching Pumps to System Characteristics

8.6: Turbines

Link to Textbook: Fluid Mechanics, 7th Edition by Frank White

Chemical Engineering Fluids

Chapter 1: Viscosity and Momentum Transport

Chapter 2: Shell Momentum Balances

Chapter 3: Equations of Change for Isothermal Systems

Chapter 4: Velocity Distributions in Turbulent Flow

Chapter 5: Dimensional Analysis for Isothermal Systems

Chapter 6: Interphase Transport in Isothermal Systems

Chapter 7: Macroscopic Balances for Isothermal Flow

Link to Textbook: Introductory Transport Phenomena by Bird, Stewart, Lightfoot and Klingenberg