Department of Mechanical Engineering

Contents

➢ Course table & outline

➢ Grading policy, Assessment weightages, Teaching methodology

➢ PLOs, CLOs

➢ Week-wise Lecture Plan

➢ Mapping of assessments to CLOs

➢ Mapping of CLOs to PLOs

➢ Attendance Record

➢ Quizzes

➢ Assignments

➢ Mid-Term Exam

➢ Final Exam

➢ Attainment of CLO’s & PLO’s

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 Department of Mechanical Engineering

[ME-231] Fluid Mechanics-1

Credit Hours 3
Instructor Hassan Arshad

Instructor’s Email hassan.arshad@skt.umt.edu.pk

1. Fluid Mechanics by Frank M. White (7th Edition)
2. Fluid Mechanics & hydraulic Machines by Manish Goyal
Reference Books
3. Fluid Mechanics & hydraulic machines (9th Edition) by R.k Bansal

Course Outline
Fluid Properties: Introduction to fluid mechanics and its significance, fluid properties and its
classification based on viscosity and compressibility of fluids, surface tension and capillary tubes.

Fluid statics: Importance of fluid statics and its laws including Pascal’s and Hydrostatic law,
concept of pressure, pressure measurement and devices, hydrostatics forces on plane and curved
surfaces, buoyancy of fluid at rest, stability of a floating body.

Fluid Kinematics: Flow characteristics, Descriptions of Velocity and acceleration field

(Streamlines, streak lines and path lines), Control volume and representation of system.

Fluid dynamics: Application of Newton’s 2nd law in fluids, equation of continuity, Euler's
equations of motion, impulse momentum equation, deriving Bernoulli's equation and its
applications, Total, stagnation and dynamic pressure. Hydraulic Coefficients, Classification and
Discharge through Orifices, Mouthpieces, Notches and Weirs.

Dimensional analysis: Dimensional analysis, Buckingham- Pi theorem and determination of pi

terms.

Grading Policy/ Assessment Weightages

For this program, relative grading system is adopted. Weightages are as follows:

Assignment 10%
Quizzes 15%
Mid-Exam 25%
Final Exam 50%

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Teaching Methodology
➢ Instruction through oral and verbal communication via white board followed by
assessment through assignments, quizzes, and objective & subjective type
examination.

Program Learning Outcomes (PLOs)

1. Engineering knowledge
2. Problem analysis
3. Solution design
4. Investigation
5. Modern tool usage
6. Engineer and society
7. Environment and sustainability
8. Ethics
9. Team work
10. Communication
11. Project management
12. Lifelong learning

Course Learning Outcomes (CLOs)

Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to:

Sr. Taxonomy
CLO Domain PLO
No Level
EXPLAIN the concepts related to hydrostatic
Cognitive
1. forces on planar and curved submerged and C-2 1
floating surfaces.

EMPLOY the principles of conservation of mass, Cognitive

2. C-3 2
momentum and energy to control volumes.

WRITE governing equations in non-dimensional Cognitive

3. C-3 1
form.

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Lecture Plan

Week
Description CLOs

Introduction to Fluid Mechanics, Importance of Subject, Applications, Recent

1 Developments, Comparison of fluids to solid, Dimensions and Conversion.
1

Density, Specific Volume, Specific Weight, Specific Gravity, Viscosity,

2 Compressibility.
1

3 Surface tension, Factors affecting surface tension, Capillarity, Problems. 1

Fluid Statics, Applications of Fluid Statics, pressure Vs Stress, Pascal's Law,
4 Hydraulic Jack, Hydrostatic Law, Hydrostatic Paradox, Atmospheric, Absolute & 1
Gauge Pressure.
Pressure Measurement, Manometers & Mechanical Gauges, Simple Manometers
(Piezometers, U tube manometer, Single Column manometer, Inclined Column
5 manometer), Differential manometer (U tube, Inverted), Advantages &
1
disadvantages.
Hydrostatics, Background (Center of gravity, Moment of force & Moment of
inertia, Parallel axis theorem), Application of Hydrostatics, Hydrostatic forces,
6 1
Total pressure & Center of pressure, Horizontal & Vertical body submerged in
water.
Hydrostatic force and COP of inclined surface submerged in water; Curved surface
7 submerged in water.
1

Buoyancy, Causes of Buoyant force, Forces acting on buoyancy, Center of

buoyancy, Stability of submerged bodies, Floatation, Submerged Vs Floating
8 bodies, Meta center & Metacentric height, analytical method for finding the
1
metacentric height, Stability of floating bodies.
9 Mid Term Exam 1
Fluid Kinematics, Methods of describe the fluid motion (Lagrangian Method &
10 Eulerian Method), Types of Flow, Flow combinations, Rate of flow or discharge, 2
Fluid System and Control Volume, Continuity & Continuity Equation, problems.
Continuity equation in 3 dimensions, Velocity and Acceleration, Problems,
11 Visualization of flow Pattern (Streamlines, Pathlines, Streaklines).
2

Fluid Dynamics, Equation of motion, Analytical expression for Euler's equation of

12 motion, Conservation of Energy, Bernoulli’s Equation, Application of Bernoulli’s 2
equation, Measurement of Flow using Venturi-meter.
Flow Measurement, Analytical expression for Velocity using Orifice meter, Flow
13 Nozzle, Pitot Tube, Torticollis theorem.
2

Impulse- Momentum Equation & its Application, Force exerted by flowing fluid
14 2
on pipe bend, Moment of Momentum equation.
Introduction & Classification of Orifices & Mouthpieces, Hydraulic Coefficients,
Loss of head, Flow through (Rectangular orifice, fully submerged, Partially
15 Submerged Orifice, external cylindrical mouthpiece, convergent-divergent 2
mouthpiece, running free or running full mouthpieces), Time of emptying a
(rectangular, hemispherical, circular) tank.
Introduction & Classification of notches and weirs, Discharge over a (rectangular,
16 Triangular, Trapezoidal, Stepped, Cipolletti Notch & Weir, Broad & Narrow 2
crested, Ogee, Submerged or drowned weir ).
Dimensional Analysis, Application of Dimensional Analysis, Fundamental &
17 Derived Dimensions, Dimensional Reasoning & Homogeneity, Rayleigh’s Method 3
& Buckingham’s 𝜋 method.
18 Final Term Exam

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Mapping of Assessments to CLOs

Direct Assessments

Midterm Exam
Assignment 1

Assignment 2

Final Exam
CLOs▼
Quiz 1

Quiz 2

Quiz 3

Quiz 4

Quiz 5

Quiz 6

Quiz 7

Quiz 8
1 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
2 ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
3 ✓

Mapping of CLOs to PLOs

Mapping of CLO-PLO for Engineering Courses

PLO 12 Lifelong Learning

PLO 1 Engg. Knowledge
PLO 2 Problem Analysis

PLO 5 Mod. Tool Usage

PLO 10 Communication
PLO 3 Solution Design

PLO 6 Engr. & Society

PLO 11 Proj. Mgmt.

Course Code

PLO 4 Investigation

PLO 7 Env. & Sust.

PLO 9 Team Work

Semester

Course

Course Learning Outcomes

PLO 8 Ethics

1. CALCULATE the
hydrostatic forces on planar
✓
and curved submerged and
floating surfaces.
Fluid Mechanics - I

2. APPLY the principles of

ME 231

conservation of mass,
✓
3rd

momentum and energy to

control volumes.

3. PRESENT data or governing

equations in non-dimensional
✓
form, design experiments and
perform model studies.

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