Lesson plan / FLUID MECHANICS

Lesson Information

Course Credit 3.0
Course ECTS Credit 5.0
Teaching Language of Instruction Türkçe
Level of Course Bachelor's Degree, TYYÇ: Level 6, EQF-LLL: Level 6, QF-EHEA: First Cycle
Type of Course Compulsory
Mode of Delivery Distance Learning
Does the course require compulsory or optional work experience? Z
Course Coordinator Prof. Dr. AVNİ ÇAKICI
Instructor (s)
Course Assistant

Purpose and Content

The aim of the course To introduce students to fluid mechanics and its applications in food engineering operations considering the food processing, process control and instrumentation, and to emphasize fundamental concepts and problem-solving techniques.
Course Content Topics to be covered include fluid properties, fluid statics, fluid kinematics, control volume analysis, dimensional analysis, internal flows (pipe flows), power & efficiency calculations, friction losses, differential analysis (including approximations such as creeping flow, potential flow, and boundary layers).

Weekly Course Subjects

1Fluids and their applications
2Classification of fluid flows, Reynold number
3Fluid properties: density, viscosity, vapor pressure, surface tension
4Fluid properties: density, viscosity, vapor pressure, surface tension
5Pressure and fluid statics: manometry and barometry, hydrostatic forces on submerged surfaces
6Fluid dynamics
7Control volume, viscosity, steady state fluid flow
8Unsteady state fluid flow
9Midterm exam
10Conservation laws: mass, momentum, and energy equations, control volumes, Bernoulli approximation
11Pipe flow, friction losses, pump selection, power calculations
12Fluid kinematics: Shell momentum balance and velocity profile in laminar flow
13Measurement of flow of fluids
14Agitation and mixing of fluids and power requirements

Resources

1- Fluid Mechanics: Fundamentals and Applications, Y. A. Çengel and J. M. Cimbala, McGraw-Hill, New York, 2006

2- Geankoplis, C.J.; Transport Processes and Separation Process Principles, 4th Ed., 2003.