ECE 2203: FLUID MECHANICS I

Module 3
Monday 1st August 2016
Course Content
Introduction to fluid mechanics: fluid properties, dimensions and units.
Pressure gauges and manometers.

Fluid statics: hydrostatic forces and center of pressure on plane and curved
surfaces.

Buoyancy: Stability of submerged and floating bodies.

Kinetics of flow: types fluid flow, continuity equation, velocity and

acceleration, vorticity and introduction to vortex flow.

Dynamics of fluid flow: equation of motion. Bernoulli's equation.

Text Books
1. Bansal R. K A (1992) Textbook of Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulic Machines
Laxmi Publications

2. Rajput R. K., (2008), A text book of fluid mechanics, S. Chand & Co. Ltd.

References

1. Munson B.R., Young D.F. & Okiishi T.H. (1998) Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics John Wiley
and Sons

3. David C. Wiggert, Merle Potter, (2007). Outline of Fluid Mechanics, McGraw-Hill

3. Andrew Chadwick, John Morfett, Martin Borthwick, (2004) Hydraulics in Civil and
Environmental Engineering(Paperback), 4th Edition, Taylor & Francis

4. J. K. Douglas, (2001), Solving Problems in Fluid Mechanics, Prentice Hall

Fluid Mechanics
Mechanics Science concerned with the behavior of physical bodies
when subjected to forces or displacements, and the subsequent
effects of the bodies on their environment.

Mechanics involves force, energy, motion, deformation, and material

properties.

When mechanics applies to material bodies in the solid phase, the

discipline is called solid mechanics.

When the material body is in the gas or liquid phase, the discipline is
called fluid mechanics.
Fluids
A fluid is a substance whose molecules move freely past each other. More
specifically, a fluid is a substance that will continuously deformthat is,
flow under the action of a shear stress.

Fluids: Subset of the phases of matter and include liquids, gases, plasmas
and, to some extent, plastic solids.

Fluids can be defined as substances that have zero shear modulus or in

simpler terms a fluid is a substance which cannot resist any shear force
applied to it.
COMPARISON OF SOLIDS, LIQUIDS, AND GASES
COMPARISON OF SOLIDS, LIQUIDS, AND GASES
COMPARISON OF SOLIDS, LIQUIDS, AND GASES
COMPARISON OF SOLIDS, LIQUIDS, AND GASES
Civil Engineering Fluid Mechanics
The provision of adequate water services to society:
The supply of potable water; Water distribution network
Drainage
Sea and river (flood) defenses; Water retaining structures.
Sewerage (sanitation) networks;
Hydraulic design of water/sewage treatment works;
Dams
Irrigation
Pumps and Turbines
 System of units
On this course we will
always use the SI (metric)
system.
Primary Units

The SI system consists of six

primary units, from which
all quantities may be
described.

For convenience secondary

units are used in general
practise which are made
from combinations of these
primary units.
In fluid mechanics we are generally only interested in the top
four units from this table.
 Secondary/ Derived Units
There are many derived units
all obtained from combination
of the primary units