Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani Pilani Campus

BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE, PILANI
Pilani Campus
INSTRUCTION DIVISION
FIRST SEMESTER 2019-2020
Course Handout (Part II)

Date: 01/08/2019
In addition to Part-I (General Handout for all courses appended to the time table) this portion
gives further specific details regarding the course.
Course No. : ME F212 / MF F212

Course Title : Fluid Mechanics
Instructor-in-charge : Dr. Shyam Sundar Yadav, Dr. Saket Verma
Tutorial Instructor : Shyam Sundar Yadav, Diplesh Gautam, Harsh Sharma, Ayush
Owhal, Anish Kumar
1. Course Description:
Mathematical preliminaries, Fluid statics and forces on submerged bodies, Integral relations
for control volume, Mass, Momentum and Energy Conservation, Reynolds Transport
Theorem, Differential relations for fluid flow, Analytical solution of Navier-Stokes
Equation, Dimensional analysis and similarity, Inviscid potential flows, Bernoulli's Equation,
Viscous flows, Internal and External flows, Introduction to Computational Fluid Dynamics
2. Scope and Objective:

 Introduction of fluid mechanics and establish its relevance in mechanical engineering.
 Derivation of the equations governing mass, momentum and energy transport.
 Application of the governing equation to solve simple fluid mechanics problems.
 Non-dimensionalization of governing equations and identification of dimensionless
numbers, Modeling and similarity concepts.
 Analyze laminar and turbulent flows inside pipes, External flow past immersed
bodies, Boundary layer theory
 Introduction to computational methods for fluid flows.
3. Text books (T.B.):

1. Frank M White, Fluid Mechanics, 8th Edition, Tata McGraw Hill
Pilani Campus
4. Reference Books (R.T.):

1. Robert W. Fox & Alan T. McDonald; Introduction to Fluid Mechanics; John Wiley
Publications; 8th Edition.
2. James. A. Fay, Introduction to Fluid Mechanics, Prentice Hall of India (2007).
3. Bruce R. Munson, Alric P. Rothmayer, Theodore H. Okiishi, Wade W. Huebsch,
Fundamentals of fluid mechanics, John Wiley Publications, 4th Edition.
5. Course Plan:
No of Lecture Reference
Learning Objectives
Hour Chap./Sec.# (Book)
Mathematical preliminaries: Scalars, Vectors, Tensors,
Indicial notation, Dot and Cross products, Gradient,
Divergence and Curl, Forces on a surface, Gauss' and
4 Class notes
Stokes' theorems,
Fluid Statics: Introduction, Pressure on submerged
3 T.B. Chapter 1 & 2
surfaces, Rigid body motion
Fluids in Motion: Lagrangian and Eulerian
Class notes
representation, Reynolds Transport Theorem, Material 2
derivative
Integral Relations for a Control Volume: Conservation of
Mass, Momentum and Energy for a control volume, 5 T.B. Chapter 3
Applications of these to simple flow situations
Differential Relations for Fluid Flow: Conservation of
Mass, Momentum and Energy for a differential fluid
element, Newtonian and Non-Newtonian fluids, Navier- 5 T.B. Chapter 4
Stokes equations and some exact solutions, Boundary
conditions
Dimensional Analysis and Similarity: Buckingham Pi
theorem, Non-dimensional groups for fluid flow, Non- 4 T.B. Chapter 5
dimensionalization of Navier-Stokes equations
Incompressible Inviscid flows: Euler equation, Bernoulli
R.T 1, Chapter 6, Class
equation, Stream function, Velocity potential, Elementary 4
notes
inviscid flows: uniform, source, sink, vortex, Superposition
Internal Flow: Laminar and turbulent flows in pipes and
5 T.B. Chapter 6
ducts
External Flow: Flow past Immersed Bodies, Introduction to 5 T.B. Chapter 7
Boundary layer theory, Drag and Lift, Boundary layer
Pilani Campus
seperation
Computational Fluid Dynamics: Introduction to CFD
2 Class notes
using Open Source codes
6. Evaluation Scheme:
EC Evaluation Duration Weightage Date, Time & Venue Nature of
No. Component Component
1. Mid sem. Exam. 1.5 Hrs 25% As per timetable C.B.
2 Tutorial 50 Min. 20% As per timetable O.B.
3. Quiz 50 Min. 15% Will be announced in class C.B.
4. Compre. Exam. 3 Hrs 40% As per timetable C.B.+O.B.
7. Tutorials: There will be total 6 evaluative tutorials. Three will be conducted before mid sem. exam
(out of which best 2 will be considered) and remaining three after mid sem. (again best 2 will be
considered). There will be no makeup in any circumstance for evaluative tutorials.
8. Objective quizzes: There will be two objective type quizzes. One based on the syllabus before mid
sem. and other based on syllabus after mid sem. exam. Best one will be considered for grading. No
makeup in any circumstance for the objective quiz.
9. Chamber Consultation Hour: Will be announced by instructor in the class.
10. Make up Policy: Make-up for Mid. Sem. And Compre. Exams will be granted only to genuine cases.
For cases related to illness, proper documentary evidence is essential. Prior permission is necessary
if student is out of station on the test date. No make-up for tutorial tests and quiz components.
11. Notices: Notices will be sent only through emails. The students should check their mails regularly.
12. Open Book Exams: No photo copied notes will be allowed. Only the prescribed text book / hand
written class notes will be allowed.
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Course Handout (Part II)

Course No. : ME F212 / MF F212

2. Scope and Objective:

3. Text books (T.B.):

4. Reference Books (R.T.):

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