COURSE OBJECTIVE:
Teaching about the mechanical behavior of fluids. Description of macroscopic phenomena for practical application in chemical processes and related industries.
COURSE STRUCTURE:
1st week
Introduction lecture. Historical overview. Physical basics. Forces in fluids.
2nd week
Fluid statics. Euler's equation of fluid statics. Methods of measuring pressure.
3rd week
Fluid kinematics. Fluid flow visualization. The concept of control and material volume. Fluid dynamics. Flow equations, conservation laws.
4th week
Navier-Stokes equation. Exact solutions of Navier Stokes equations.
5th week
Leakage. Application of the Bernoulli equation. Flow through narrow openings. Leakage from a tank with a constant and variable liquid level.
6th week
First partial exam
7th week
Liquid transport. Pumps. Classification of the pump. Schemes, mode of operation, characteristics, selection, and pump sizing. Cavitation.
8th week
Complex pipeline. Basic energy principles of transport through a branched pipeline. Flow and pressure drop calculation.
9th week
Dynamics of compressible flow. The concept of an ideal gas. Conservation laws. The isothermal flow of ideal gas through a horizontal pipe. Estimation of pressure drop 10th week
10th week
Non-Newtonian fluids. Mathematical description of rheological behavior of fluids and rheological diagram and equations. Influence of time on fluid rheological behavior. Dynamics of non-Newtonian fluids.
11th week
Second partial exam
12th week
Two-phase flow (gas-liquid). Two-phase flow regimes in a horizontal pipe. Application of two-phase flow diagram. Estimation of pressure drop.
13th week
Suspension transport. Regimes in suspension transport. Rheological behavior of homogeneous and heterogeneous systems. Determination of physical properties of suspensions. Hydraulic transport, pressure drop estimation. Pneumatic transport. Flow modes. Estimation of critical velocity and pressure drop.
14th week
Open channel flow. Channel geometry. Flow characterization in open channels. Hydraulic jump
15th week
Third partial exam.
Lectures are followed by seminars and laboratory exercises.
1. Determination of flow factor for Venturimeter
2. Pump power determination
3. Rheological behavior of fluids
4. Two-phase flow.
COURSE PREREQUISITES:
Completed: Mathematics II, Physics II, and Transport Phenomena
EXAM REQUIREMENTS:
Completed laboratory exercises and student teaching obligations
DEVELOPMENT OF GENERAL AND SPECIFIC STUDENT COMPETENCIES:
Acquiring knowledge about the laws of static behavior and fluid dynamics required for monitoring courses in higher years of study.
STUDENTS' TEACHING OBLIGATIONS AND THEIR PERFORMANCE:
Regular class attendance (lectures, seminars, and exercises), homework assignments.
TEACHING METHODS:
Lectures, seminars and exercises
KNOWLEDGE TESTING AND EVALUATION:
Continuous assessment of knowledge through three partial exams after completing the teaching units. Students who do not pass the partial exams have to approach regular exams.
MONITORING OF THE COURSE QUALITY AND SUCCESSFULNESS:
University-level student survey.
LEARNING OUTCOMES AT THE LEVEL OF THE COURSE:
1. Apply the basic equation of fluid statics to determine the pressure difference in systems.
2. Develop conservation laws in differential form and apply them to exact fluid flow conditions.
3. Adapt and apply the Bernoulli equation for specific conditions when fluid flows out of the tank.
4. Develop and integrate an equation to estimate the time taken to empty the tank of different geometries.
5. Draw, identify, and analyze the rheological behavior of fluids using rheological diagrams.
6. Select the construction and characteristics of the pump and an effective smooth conveyance of fluids.
7. Derive and use expressions for dynamic quantities in the flow of compressible fluids and two-phase systems.
LEARNING OUTCOMES AT THE LEVEL OF THE STUDY PROGRAMME:
1. describe the phenomena in the field of chemical engineering using vocabulary and apparatus of the fundamental sciences, mathematics, physics, and chemistry
2. interpret the fundamental principles of chemical engineering in the fields of modeling and simulation of chemical reactions, of momentum, mass, and energy transport processes, and of separation processes
4. define chemical engineering problems, which includes their analysis and formulation to solve them using fundamental principles
6. explain the principles of the basic design of processes
LITERATURA:
1. Teaching materials published on Merlin
2. Internal scripts:
Jasna Prlić Kardum, Fluid Mechanics, teaching materials
Gordana Matijašić, Fluid Mechanics, teaching materials
ADDITION LITERATURE:
1. Y. A. Çengel, J. M. Cimbala, Fluid Mechanics: Fundamentals and Applications, Mcgraw Hill Series In Mechanical Engineering, 2006.
2. R. Darby, Chemical Engineering Fluid Mechanics, Marcel Dekker, New York, 2001.
3. F. M. White, Fluid Mechanics, McGraw Hill, New York, 2011.
4. F. A. Holland, R. Bragg, Fluid Flow For Chemical Engineers, Hodder Headline PLC, London, 1995.
5. M. Rhodes, Introduction to Particle Technology, John Wiley and Sons Ltd., Chichester, 2008.
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Nastavni materijali za kolegij Mehanika fluida. e-kolegij na platformi Merlin, Jasna Prlić Kardum, 2021.
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Fluid Mechanics: Fundamentals And Applications, Y. A. Çengel, J. M. Cimbala, 2006.
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Chemical Engineering Fluid Mechanics, R. Darby, Marcel Dekker, 2001.
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Fluid Mecanics, F. M. White, McGraw-Hill, 2011.
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Fluid Flow For Chemical Engineers, F. A. Holland, R. Bragg, Hodder Headline PLC, 1995.
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Introduction to Particle Technology, M. Rhodes, John Wiley & Sons Ltd., 2008.
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