Course: Fluid Mechanics - Video Lectures

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  Course Summary:
  Quick Review of Theory and Solving Representative Problems on Fluid Mechanics covering the undergraduate chemical engineering syllabus, and latest GATE-exam syllabus: Fluid Properties, Fluid Statics, Fundamental Equations of Fluid Flow, Frictional Pressure Drop, Flow Meters, Power Requirement for Pumping, Drag, Flow through Bed of Solids, Packed and Fluidized Beds.
  
  Objective Type Questions and Problems with Detailed Solutions (160 nos.) - Video Lectures with Handwritten-Transcripts
  Questions from Past GATE Exams CH, XE, CE streams, and Standard Textbooks such as White, Munson, Cengel, etc.
  
  Videos: 15 hours of recorded lectures - 2 hours of Theory; 13 hours of Problem Solving
  
  This course is part of "Fluid Mechanics" and "Chemical Engineering Courses Bundle".
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Select section Learn the Essentials in 9 Hours

Learn the Essentials in 9 Hours

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Representative questions are listed. Shall go through this list for a quicker learning / revising of this Course.

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Select section Theory

Theory

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Select section Fluid Statics

Fluid Statics

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Pressure measurement with manometers, force on the side of tank with liquids, surface tension, capillary rise / fall.

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Select section Buoyancy

Buoyancy

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Height of submergence of floating bodies, tension in wire holding a floating solid in a fluid, hydrometer.

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Select section Basics of Fluid Flow

Basics of Fluid Flow

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Select section Bernoulli - Applications

Bernoulli - Applications

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Applications of Bernoulli equation for estimating: flow in siphon, flow direction, flow through branching pipes, nozzle jets, time required for draining.

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Select section Flow Meters

Flow Meters

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Estimation of flow through pipelines based on Bernoulli equation, using venturi meter, orifice meter, pitot tube, rota meter. Coefficient of discharge.

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Select section Shear Stress on Surfaces

Shear Stress on Surfaces

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Select section Boundary Layer Flow

Boundary Layer Flow

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Select section Friction

Friction

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Laminar and turbulent flows. Shear stress, friction factor - Darcy, Fanning, Pressure drop due to friction. Average velocity from velocity profile Flow through non-circular pipes - hydraulic radius, equivalent diameter. Fitting loss coefficient.

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Select section Differential Equations of Fluid Flow

Differential Equations of Fluid Flow

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Three dimensional flow flow representation in vector form, components of velocity vector, acceleration - convective and temporal. Equation of continuity - compressible and incompressible flows. Irrotational flow. Stream function - stream line. Velocity potential.

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Select section Momentum Balance

Momentum Balance

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Select section Flow Around Solids

Flow Around Solids

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