Media Storage Type : DVD-ROM
NPTEL Course Name : Fluid Mechanics
NPTEL Subject Matter Expert : Prof. Nishith Verma
NPTEL Co-ordinating Institute : IIT Kanpur
NPTEL Lecture Count : 41
Lecture Titles:
Lecture 1 - Definition of a fluid and Newtons' law of viscosity
Lecture 2 - Rate of strain, Non-Newtonian fluid
Lecture 3 - Pascal's theorem, Basic equation
Lecture 4 - Basic equation: derivation, pressure variation in an incompressible fluid
Lecture 5 - Pressure variation in two immiscible fluids, manometer, barometer
Lecture 6 - Calculation of vertical component
Lecture 7 - Calculation of horizontal component, buoyancy
Lecture 8 - Examples
Lecture 9 - Lagrangian and Eulerian approaches; Euler's acceleration formula
Lecture 10 - Steady and unsteady state
Lecture 11 - Control mass, control volume, mass-, momentum-, kinetic energy balance
Lecture 12 - Conservation of mass and examples
Lecture 13 - Continuity, Momentum theorem
Lecture 14 - Momentum theorem examples
Lecture 15 - Equation of motion
Lecture 16 - Couette and Poiseuille flows
Lecture 17 - Tubular laminar flow and Hagen-Poiseuille equation
Lecture 18 - Macroscopic momentum balance for pressure-drop in a tubular flow
Lecture 19 - Mechanical energy balance
Lecture 20 - Bernoulli equation and energy applications
Lecture 21 - Minor loss, kinetic energy correction factor
Lecture 22 - Flow measuring devices
Lecture 23 - Major loss in pipe flow
Lecture 24 - Examples on Bernoulli equation
Lecture 25 - Centrifugal pump: characterisitcs, efficiency, NPSH
Lecture 26 - Creeping flow, Stokes-law and terminal velocity
Lecture 27 - Flow at high Reynolds numbers (Boundary layer theory)
Lecture 28 - Examples on drag
Lecture 29 - Drag, particles settling
Lecture 30 - Pressure-drop: Ergun's equation
Lecture 31 - Examples on pressure drop calculations
Lecture 32 - Fluidization
Lecture 33 - Minimum fluidization velocity
Lecture 34 - Examples on fixed and fluidized beds
Lecture 35 - Plate and frame press filter, Rotary filter
Lecture 36 - Principles of filtration, constant pressure and volume filtration
Lecture 37 - Example
Lecture 38 - Buckingham Pi-theorem
Lecture 39 - Geomteric and dynamic similarities, examples
Lecture 40 - Equipment, flow patterns, power requirement
Lecture 41 - Equipment, theoretical cut diameter, efficieny