| Recommended semester: 2nd semester |
| Scope and form: Classroom lectures |
Evaluation: Written exam
written exam |
| Examination: 13-scale |
| Previous course: 91721 |
| Prerequisites: Basic Mathematics and Mechanical Physics |
| No credit points with: 91721, 28021 |
| Aim: The aim of the course is to introduce the principles and applications of fluid mechanics to engineering design and operations of equipment. |
| Contents: Fluid Statics: Pressure and pressure measurement. Pressure forces on surfaces. Surface phenomena: Surface tension, interfacial tension, pressure under curved surfaces. The continuity equation. The energy equation. The impulse equation for a steady state flow. Laminar flow: Newtonian and non-Newtonian flow. Rotation viscometers. Laminar flow in tubes: Poiseuille's equation. Kinetic energy correction factor. Dimensional analysis. Fanning's equation. Friction factors for flow in tubes. Friction losses in fittings and valves. Measurement of liquid flow: Orifices, pitot tube, rotameter etc. The centrifugal pump: Characteristic curve, NPSH, model laws, affinity laws. Axial pump. Piston, plunger and other positive pumps. Packings for pumps. Calculation of pump power requirement. Sedimentation free and hindered. Pressure loss in a particle bed. |
Remarks: Only lectured in English in the autumn.
Recommended semester: 2-4 |
| Contact: Ib La Cour Ketelsen, building 376, (+45) 4525 5465, ib_ketelsen@hotmail.com |
| Department: 028 Department of Chemical Engineering |
| Course URL: http://www.ifak.dtu.dk/kurser/t28835/ |
| Keywords: Fluid mechanics, Pumps, Flow, Particle mechanics |
| Updated: 04-05-2001 |
