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Prof. V. Kumaran
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The objective of this course is to provide a fundamental understanding of momentum transport and fluid mechanics.
 

Sl.No.

Topics

Hours

1.

Introduction

1

2.

Vectors and tensors.

3

3.

Tensor calculus.

2

4.

Kinematics.

2

5.

The deformation tensor and its components.

3

6.

Leibniz rule. Mass conservation equation.

1

7.

Momentum conservation equation. Stress tensor.

2

8.

Angular momentum conservation. Symmetry of stress tensor.

1

9.

Energy conservation equation. Viscous dissipation.

1

10.

Constitutive relations for the stress tensor. Navier-Stokes equations.

3

11.

Viscous flows. Multipole expansions.

3

12.

Viscous flows. Lubrication theory

2

13.

Potential flow. Bernoulli equation.

2

14.

Two-dimensional potential flow. Complex variables.

3

15.

Boundary layer theory.

4

16.

Vorticity dynamics.

2

17.

Turbulence cascade. Spectral analysis. Turbulent flow in a channel.

4

18.

Summary

1

 

Total

40

Fundamentals of Transport Processes - 1.


  1. Bird, Stewart and Lightfoot (BSL), Transport Phenomena, Wiley International, 1960.

  2. L. G. Leal, Laminar Flow and Convective Transport Processes, Butterworth - Heineman, 1992.

  3. G. K. Batchelor, An Introduction to Fluid Dynamics, Cambridge University Press, 1967.



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