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

CONTACT HOURS

LECTURER

Name : Dr. Azli Abd. Razak

Room : T1 A16 12A
Contact No. : 019 441 9556
03 5543 6203
Email: azlirazak@salam.uitm.edu.my

COURSE
DESCRIPTION

This course covers the introduction of fundamental fluid mechanics

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

Lectures
Tutorials
Laboratory

: 3 hours/week
: 1 hour/week
: 0 hours/week

Consultation hours
Day: Friday
Time: 8.30am 11.30 am

Upon completion of this course students should be able to:

COURSE
OUTCOME

CO1

Explain the basic concepts and principles in Fluid

Mechanics, [PO1,LO1]{C2}.

CO2

Apply the basic principles of Fluid Mechanics to solve a

wide spectrum of engineering analysis. [PO1, LO1]{C3}.

CO3

Analyze and solve simple Fluid Mechanics problems in a

systematic and logical manner. [PO3, LO3,SS1]{C4,P4}.

COURSE OUTLINE
Week

Hours

Topics
1.0

INTRODUCTION
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

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 ( 9 APRIL 2015: 8.00 1.00 PM)

10 12

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 (13 MAY 2015:8.00 10.00 PM)

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

headlosses of different fittings and valves

5.7

Three types of pipe-flow problems: Find the headloss,

find the flow rate and find the pipe diameter

5.8

Flow measurement devices

REVIEW 5 & QUIZ OR ASSIGNMENT

ASSESSMENT

1. FINAL EXAMINATION

2. COURSE WORK
i. Test 1
ii. Test 2
iii. Assignments
Quizzes

RECOMMENDED TEXT

60 %

40 %
15 %
15 %
and/or
10 %
Fluid Mechanics Fundamentals and Applications,
Yunus A Cengel, John M Cimbala, Mc-Grawn Hill, 2nd
ed . SI Units, 2011

REFERENCES

1. Fluid Mechanics, F.M.White, Mc-Grawn Hill, 4th ed.,

1999. ISBN 0-07-069716-7
2. Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics, B. R. Munson,
D. F. Young and T.H. Okiishi., John Wiley and
Sons, 3rd ed. 1998. ISBD 0-471-17024-0
3. Fundamentals of Fluids Mechanics, P. M. Gerhart,
R. J. Gross and J. I. Hochstein, 2nd ed, 1992. isbn 0201-18358-7
4. Mechanics of Fluids, B. S. Massey
5. Fluid Mechanics, Douglas, Gasiorek and Swaffield