CHL231 Fluid Mechanics For Chemical Engineers Formula Sheet
CHL231 Fluid Mechanics For Chemical Engineers Formula Sheet
CHL231 Fluid Mechanics For Chemical Engineers Formula Sheet
Cylindrical:
Curl:
ez
ur =
1 r ur = r
a 1 a 1 a er + e + e r r r sin
v =
Curl:
v =
er +
Laplacian:
2 a =
1 r 2 r
r2
a r
+ ur =
1 r 2 sin r 2 sin ur = r 1
u =
1 r sin r 1 u = r
Boundary layer theory: Laminar boundary layer (Re 5 106 ): 5 = x Rex w (x) = 0.332 U 2 1.328 cD = ReL Turbulent boundary layer (Re > 5 106 ) 0.16 x Rex 1/7 w (x) 0.0135 U 2 cD Pipe ow: Darcy friction factor (Re 2100) f = 64 Re 0.031 ReL 1/7 1 Rex 1/7 1 Rex
Turbulent ow - smooth pipes (4000 Re 105 ) Turbulent ow - Colebrook formula (Re 4000) Stokes ow around a sphere: Drag force (Re 1) FD = 6UR
cD =
24 Re
1 1 + (rvr ) + (v ) + (vz ) = 0 t r r r z
Spherical: 1 1 1 r 2 vr + + 2 (v sin) + (v ) = 0 t r r r sin r sin Components of stress tensor for incompressible Newtonian uids: Cylindrical coordinates rr = 2 zz r z rz vr r 1 v vr = 2 + r r vz = 2 z v 1 vr + = r = r r r r v 1 vz = z = + z r vr vz + = zr = r z
1 1 2 2 + + r 2 r r r 2 2
1 1 uz = r z r r 2 2 = 0 1 2 2 + r 2 r r z 2
2 =
2 sin + r 2 r 2
1 u = r sin r 2 2 = 0 1 sin