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Fluid Mechanics
Online
12 Weeks
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| Medium Of Instructions | Mode Of Learning | Mode Of Delivery |
|---|---|---|
| English | Self Study | Video and Text Based |
Courses and Certificate Fees
| Fees Informations | Certificate Availability | Certificate Providing Authority |
|---|---|---|
| INR 1000 | yes | IIT Kanpur |
The Syllabus
- Introduction to Fluid Mechanics and its diverse applications; The continuum hypothesis and property; The Stress tensor
- Fluid statics; Fluid Kinematics - Lagrangian and Eulerian descriptions, Steady vs unsteady flows, Graphical description of flows
- Kinematics continued: Rate of deformation of a fluid element, Vorticity and angular rotation, strain rate tensor, decomposition of velocity gradient into shear strain rate and rotation. Constitutive model for a Newtonian Fluid; Reynolds Transport Theorem; Conservation of mass – integral and differential form
- Integral and differential form of force balance, Application to various flows; Boundary and interface conditions
- Exact solution to flow equations - flow between two parallel plates, Flow in a pipe of circular section, Reynolds experiments to demonstrate transition to turbulence
- Integral Form of Total Energy Equation and its applications to ducted fan and wind-tunnel, Bernoulli Equation
- Application of Bernoulli Equation to flow measurements: venturi meter, orifice meter, flow nozzle; Similitude and Modeling, Non-dimensional parameters, Application to testing
- Flow in a pipe, Entrance Length, Laminar and turbulent flows, surface roughness, friction factor, losses
- Flow regimes and approximations; low Reynolds number flows; High Reynolds number flows, Concept of Boundary Layer
- Inviscid flows, Potential flows, Superposition of simple flows
- Flow past a cylinder – potential flow vs real flow; flow separation; Streamlined vs Bluff bodies;Turbulent vs Laminar Boundary Layer
- Flow past Spinning Cylinder, Lift generation, Fluid dynamics of sports balls
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