FLUID MECHANICS 1 ME 251

Lecture 1 Course Policy and Introductory Lecture

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Lecturer
D. A. Quansah, MSc, MSpe

Teaching Assistant/Demonstrator
to be introduced later

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Course Outline
Fluid and its properties, Fluid Statics, Kinematics and Dynamics of fluid flow, Introduction to steady incompressible flow in pipes, Ducts and open channels.

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Useful References Books
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Cengel, Y. A., & Turner, R. A. (2001). Fundamentals of Thermal-Fluid Sciences. New York: McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. Crowe, C., & Elger, D. (2009). Engineering Fluid Mechanics. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Fox, R. W., McDonald, A. T., & Pritchard, P. J. (2004). Introduction to Fluid Mechanics (Sixth Edition ed.). Bogota: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. NAKAYAMA, Y. (2000). Introduction to Fluid Mechanics. Tokyo: Yokendo Co. Ltd.

Course Policy Office Hours By appointment!!! Correspondence

Correspondences shall be by email, and sent to

daquansah.coe@knust.edu.gh

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Course Assessment Class attendance (over 80% attendance) 5 marks Class assignments and quizzes 10 marks Mid-semester examinations 15 marks End-of-Semester examination 70 marks

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Class Attendance
Class attendance is compulsory !!! A student shall be deemed absent if he/she reports 20 mins into the class

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General Comportment
decent conduct (both in dressing and demeanour) The lecturer reserves the right to use appropriate sanctions when necessary.

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Time watch
August 22
Lectures begin

October 17 21
Mid Semester exams

November 28
End of Semester exams

Lecture 1 Fluid and its properties

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What is a fluid?
A fluid is a substance that deforms continuously under the application of a shear (tangential) stress no matter how small the shear stress may be.

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Hydraulics

Hydrology

Aerodynamics

Bio-fluid mechanics

etc

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Units and Dimensions
A dimension is a category that represents a physical quantity such as mass, length, time, momentum, force, acceleration, and energy. Dimension
Length Mass Time Temperature Electric current Amount of light Amount of matter

Symbol Unit (SI) Symbol Unit (SI)

L M T i C N meter (m) kilogram (kg) second (s) kelvin (K) ampere (A) (cd) mole (mol)

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primary and Secondary dimensions
Primary dimensions are the most fundamental dimensions from which all other dimensions are defined

E.g.

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Units

While a dimension expresses a specific type of physical quantity, a unit assigns a number so that the dimension can be measured. For example, measurement of volume (a dimension) can be expressed using units of liters.

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Unit Systems The system in which length, mass and time are adopted as the basic quantities, and from which the units of other quantities are derived, is called the absolute system of units
Other systems chose as basic quantities: Force [F], length [L], time [t], temperature [T]. Force [F], mass [M], length [L], time [t], temperature [T]

See notes for some examples

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Dimensional Homogeneity When the primary dimensions on each term of an equation are the same, the equation is dimensionally homogeneous.

How? Why?

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Density

The mass per unit volume of material is called the density, which is generally expressed by the symbol .

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Specific Gravity

The ratio of the density of a material to the density of water w, is called the specific gravity, which is expressed by the symbol s

Unit?

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Specific Volume

The reciprocal of density, i.e. the volume per unit mass, is called the specific volume, which is generally expressed by the symbol v

Unit?