CH3352: Fluid Mechanics for Chemical Engineers syllabus for CE 2021 regulation

Fluid Mechanics for Chemical Engineers detailed syllabus for Chemical Engineering (CE) for 2021 regulation curriculum has been taken from the Anna University official website and presented for the CE students. For course code, course name, number of credits for a course and other scheme related information, do visit full semester subjects post given below.

For Chemical Engineering 3rd Sem scheme and its subjects, do visit CE 3rd Sem 2021 regulation scheme. The detailed syllabus of fluid mechanics for chemical engineers is as follows.

Course Objectives:

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Unit I

Methods of analysis and description – fluid as a continuum – Velocity and stress field – Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids – Classification of fluid motion 60

Unit II

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Unit III

The principle of dimensional homogeneity – dimensional analysis, Rayleigh method and the Pi-theorem – non-dimensional action of the basic equations – similitude – relationship between dimensional analysis and similitude – use of dimensional analysis for scale up studies

Unit IV

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Unit V

Flow measurement – Constant and variable head meters; Velocity measurement techniques; Types, characteristics and sizing of valves; Classification, performance characteristics and sizing of pumps, compressors and fans

Course Outcomes:

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Text Books:

1. Noel de Nevers, Fluid Mechanics for Chemical Engineers , Third Edition, McGraw-Hill, (2017).
2. McCabe W.L, Smith, J C and Harriot. P Unit operations in Chemical Engineering, McGraw Hill, VII Edition, 2017
3. Munson, B. R., Young, D.F., Okiishi, T.H. Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics, 9th Edition, John Wiley, 2021

Reference Books:

1. White, F.M., Fluid Mechanics , IV Edition, McGraw-Hill Inc., 1999.
2. James O Wilkes and Stacy G Bike, Fluid Mechanics for Chemical Engineers Prentice Hall PTR (International series in Chemical Engineering) (1999)

For detailed syllabus of all other subjects of Chemical Engineering, 2021 regulation curriculum do visit CE 3rd Sem subject syllabuses for 2021 regulation.

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