FLUID MECHANICS II
COURSE OUTLINE (K.P)
GENERAL THEORY OF TWO AND THREE
DIMENSIONAL
Ideal Fluid Flow:
The velocity field, Eulerian and Lagrangian viewpoints; Acceleration of flow particle;
Irrotational flow; Relation between Irrotational flow and viscosity; Systems and control
volumes, Potential flow; Circulation, Stream function and velocity potential; uniform
flow; Two dimensional source and sink; Simple vortex; the doublet; Lift and drag forces.
General Theory of Two and Three Dimensional
Viscous Fluid Flow:
Stoke's viscosity law, Navier Stokes equations of motion, Two dimensional flow between
parallel plates; flow in a circular pipe; creep flow, Reynolds equation, Hydrodynamic
Lubrication in Journal Bearing.
Boundary Layer Theory:
Boundary Layer Theory, Laminar Boundary layer, Turbulent Boundary layer, Boundar layer
control, Airfoil cascades.
Fluid Machinery:
Similarity relations for Turbomachines, Specific Speed, Classification of Turbomachines,
Impulse Turbines, Propeller type axial-flow reaction turbine, multi bladed reaction
turbines, Radial flow pumps, performance curve.
Computational Fluid Dynamics:
Introduction, Numerical operations for differentiation and Integration, Programming
Procedure, simple exercise problems.