UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA

Faculty of Mechanical Engineering

PROGRAMME B.Eng. (Hons) in Mechanical Engineering/EM220

COURSE Fluid Mechanics I

CODE MEC 441

COURSE STATUS CORE

PREREQUISITE NONE

CREDIT UNIT 3

Lectures : 3 hours/week
CONTACT HOURS 4 Tutorials : 1 hour/week
Laboratory : 0 hours/week

Name : Dr. Azli Abd. Razak

Room : T1 A16 12A
Consultation hours
Pembangunan Pembangunan
LECTURER Day: Friday
Contact No. : 019 441 9556
Time: 8.30am 11.30 am
03 5543 6203
Email: azlirazak@salam.uitm.edu.my

This course covers the introduction of fundamental fluid mechanics

theory including properties of fluid, hydrostatics and control volume
COURSE
analysis. Applied topics covering dimensional analysis and similarity,
DESCRIPTION
incompressible flow in pressure conduit and flow measurement are
also taught.

Upon completion of this course students should be able to:

CO1 Explain the basic concepts and principles in Fluid Mechanics,

[PO1,LO1]{C2}.
COURSE CO2 Analyze a wide spectrum of engineering problem based on
OUTCOME basic principle of Fluid Mechanics. [PO2, LO1]{C4}.
CO3 Determine a solution of simple engineering system of Fluid
Mechanics problems in a systematic and logical manner.
[PO4, LO3,SS1]{C5}.
 COURSE OUTLINE

Week Hours Topics

1.0 INTRODUCTION

1 3 1.1 Characteristics of fluids and the continuum model

1.2 Fluid properties
1.3 Eulerian and Lagrangian descriptions of flow.
1.4 Flow patterns: Streamlines, streaklines and pathlines
1.5 Scope and classification of fluid flow

REVIEW 1 + ASSIGNMENT OR QUIZ

24 9 2.0 FLUID STATICS

2.1 Pressure at a point

2.2 Pressure variation in a static fluid
2.3 Manometry and pressure measurement
2.4 Pressure forces on plane and curved surfaces
2.5 Buoyancy and stability; Metacentric height

REVIEW 2 + ASSIGNMENT OR QUIZ

59 12 3.0 FINITE CONTROL VOLUME ANALYSIS

3.1 Overview of finite control volume approach

3.2 Conservation of mass, Continuity equation and
application; Volume and mass flow rate; Average
velocity.
3.3 Conservation of linear momentum and its application;
Moving and deforming control volumes
3.4 Angular momentum equation and application
3.5 Energy equation and application
3.6 Euler and Bernoullis equation.
3.7 Application of Bernoullis equation

REVIEW 3 & TEST 1 ON WEEK 6 ( 20 OCTOBER 2016: 8.30 AM 10.00 AM)

10 12 8 4.0 DIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS, SIMILITUDE AND MODEL
STUDIES

4.1 Experimental work and dimensional analysis

4.2 Buckinghams Pi Theorem
4.3 Determination of dimensionless parameters
4.4 Modelling and similitude

REVIEW 4 &TEST 2 ON WEEK 10 (17 NOV 2016 : 8.30 AM 10.00 AM)

12 - 14 10 5.0 VISCOUS FLOW IN PIPES AND DUCTS

5.1 Characteristics of laminar and turbulent flow in pipes

and ducts
5.2 Analysis of flow in a circular pipe
5.3 Laminar flow solution
5.4 Turbulent flow solution
5.5 Moodys Chart
5.6 Minor losses in pipe system. Calculating total minor
head losses of different fittings and valves
5.7 Three types of pipe-flow problems: Find the head loss,
find the flow rate and find the pipe diameter
5.8 Flow measurement devices

REVIEW 5 & QUIZ OR ASSIGNMENT

ASSESSMENT

1. FINAL EXAMINATION 60 %

2. COURSE WORK
40 %
i. Test 1
15 %
ii. Test 2
15 %
iii. Assignments and/or
10 %
Quizzes

Munson B.R, Okiishi T.H., Huebsch W.W, Rothmayer

RECOMMENDED TEXT A.P., 2013. Fluid Mechanics (Seventh Edition) SI
Version. John Wiley & Sons, ISBN: 978-1-118-318676
 1. Fluid Mechanics, F.M.White, Mc-Grawn Hill, 4th ed.,
1999. ISBN 0-07-069716-7
2. Fundamentals of Fluids Mechanics, P. M. Gerhart,
REFERENCES R. J. Gross and J. I. Hochstein, 2nd ed, 1992. isbn 0-
201-18358-7
3. Mechanics of Fluids, B. S. Massey
4. Fluid Mechanics, Douglas, Gasiorek and Swaffield