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Quick Facts

Medium Of Instructions	Mode Of Learning	Mode Of Delivery
English	Self Study	Video and Text Based

Course Overview

This course, which has been offered under NPTEL is funded by MoHRD, taught by IIT Madras. It focuses on the basics of fluid and particle mechanics. The course consists of topics in chemical engineering. This course will introduce the concepts of fluid and particle mechanics and also demonstrate their applications. Students will be taught to apply these concepts in various engineering problems.

This course is imparted by Prof. Basavaraju, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Madras, and Prof. Sumesh, Assistant Professor, IIT Madras. This course will teach you topics such as Navier Stokes equations, Poiseuille flow, viscosity, fluid statics, Bernoulli’s equation, cylindrical coordinate system, etc. You will also learn kinetic energy correction factor and momentum, pressure drop, boundary layer, scaling parameters, and non-dimensional analysis.

Concepts of fluid and particle mechanics are used in many places in industries as well as laboratories, etc. It is important for you to take the subject seriously if you want to pursue Chemical Engineering. This course gives you an introductory base to learning and being able to apply the principles required when solving engineering problems.

The Highlights

12 weeks course
64 lectures in total + 6 Tutorials + 1 Live Session
Undergraduate-level course
No course fee
E-certificate by NPTEL and IIT Madras
There is an optional exam for certification for a fee of Rs 1000/-

Programme Offerings

Free Lessons
Technical Support
assignments
Mock Tests
online learning
practice exercise

Courses and Certificate Fees

Fees Informations	Certificate Availability	Certificate Providing Authority
INR 1000	yes	IIT Madras

The exam is optional. It is a requirement only for the completion-certificate.

Course	Fee amount
Fluid and Particle Mechanics	Free
Certificate exam	Rs. 1000/-

Eligibility Criteria

Certification Qualifying Details

After completing the Fluid and Particle Mechanics course by Swayam, candidates will be receiving a completion certificate for the Fluid and Particle Mechanics course

The exam is compulsory if you want the certification. A registration fee for appearing for the exams is applicable. Criteria for evaluation: 25 percent for 8 out of 12 assignments + 75 percent based on the examination.

There will be about 12 assignments throughout the course. Only the best 8 out of 12 are considered for the 25 percent average that will be included in the final score. The final exam is of 100 marks which would later be scaled down to 75 percent when added in the final score.

What you will learn

Civil Engineering skills

Following are the expected key learnings from the course:

Understand the foundational concepts of fluids
Get in-depth knowledge about particle mechanics and viscosity
Understand the concepts of Napier Stokes equations, Bernoulli’s equation and their solutions.
Computational engineering
Cylindrical-coordinate system
Non-dimensional analysis

Who it is for

Software EngineerMarketing Manager

This course is for anyone pertaining to the following fields:

Mechanics
Business managers
IT professionals
Marketing managers
Software engineers

Admission Details

To enrol in the Fluid and Particle Mechanics course, kindly follow these steps:

Step 1: Go to https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in

Step 2: You will find the SIGN-IN/REGISTER button towards the top right-hand corner of your screen. Click on it, to move forward.

Step 3: Use only your Gmail id to login.

Step 4: Choose Fluid and Particle Mechanics as your course of choice. The page that comes next will give you the details for this course.

Step 5: Go through the information, and then click on Next. Once, you have filled in the details, click on ‘Join’.

Step 6: Once this formality is complete, you will get an email confirming your admission to the course.

Application Details

To enrol yourself in the Fluid and Particle Mechanics course successfully, you should bear in mind –

Personal and contact information is required. Please enter only the legitimate details.
The next step would be to make the payment for your enrollment to be confirmed.
Following the process, the candidate will then be part of the Fluid and Particle Mechanics Course.

The Syllabus

Evaluation process

There will be 12 assignments in total, of which 8 will be considered for the certification, under the following criterion: 25 per cent assignments + 75 perc ent exam.

Instructors

IIT Madras Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's)

1: How long is the complete course?

The course is planned for 12 weeks. It is a series of 64 lectures, in total, throughout the duration of the course. Every lecture will be under 60 minutes.

2: What study material is provided?

You will be given access to the video lectures, after enrolment, which you can watch and learn from any time. Assignments will be given regularly for continuous evaluation.

3: I can’t watch all the videos online. Can I download video lectures or notes?

Yes. For a few of the selected online courses, the transcription text of the video can be accessed by the students for free download at: http://nptel.ac.in/

Click on ‘Courses’.

Here, you can look for Fluid and Particle Mechanics courses and download the videos and transcripts, whichever you like.

If you cannot find your course in the course list, kindly be patient. This is a work in progress.

Some of the transcripts are also translated to local languages for your convenience.

4: How will I know about assignments and their deadlines?

All announcements about the assignments and their submission will be posted in the Announcement section of the course. e-mail and SMS alerts will also be sent. Do check them regularly.