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About this Course
📚 This Fluid Mechanics: Incompressible Flow course provides a comprehensive introduction to the principles of incompressible fluid flow, focusing on key concepts such as streamline dynamics, pressure behavior, and Bernoulli's equation. You will learn how to apply these fundamental principles to solve real-world engineering problems in fluid systems, enabling you to optimize designs and improve efficiency in chemical, mechanical, and process engineering applications.
Key topics covered include:
- Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics
- Streamline Flow and Flow Patterns
- Bernoulli’s Equation and Its Applications
- Continuity and Energy Equations
- Pressure Distribution in Fluid Systems
- Flow in Pipes, Channels, and Open Systems
👨🏫 Designed for
Chemical engineers, mechanical engineers, process engineers, and students who want to master the principles of fluid mechanics and their applications to incompressible flow systems.
📚 Course Approach
The course emphasizes practical applications, with detailed theoretical lessons followed by problem-solving exercises. Real-world case studies and examples are incorporated to demonstrate how to apply fluid mechanics principles to engineering systems.
🎯 By the end of the course, you will be able to:
- Understand the fundamental principles of incompressible fluid flow
- Apply Bernoulli’s equation and continuity equation to analyze fluid systems
- Evaluate pressure distribution and flow behavior in different systems
- Solve fluid flow problems in pipes, open channels, and other fluid systems
- Use fluid mechanics principles to design and optimize fluid-based engineering systems
🚀 Recommended for
Students and professionals in chemical, mechanical, and process engineering fields who want to develop a strong understanding of incompressible fluid flow and its applications in industrial systems.
✅ You’ll learn to:
- Apply Bernoulli’s equation to analyze and solve flow problems
- Calculate pressure drops and flow rates in various fluid systems
- Understand the behavior of incompressible fluids in pipelines and open channels
- Use the continuity and energy equations to optimize flow systems
- Analyze flow characteristics and solve related engineering problems
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Evaluations, Quizzes
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Curriculum
- What is Mechanical Energy? (1:37)
- The Mechanical Energy Equation - Applications to Piping Systems, Pumps & More! (5:31)
- More on the Mechanical Energy Equation: Systems, Surroundings, etc... (14:24)
- Important Notes Regarding the Mechanical Energy Equation (20:58)
- Kinetic Energy in MEE (2:55)
- More on the Kinetic Energy (7:50)
- Potential Energy & The M.E.E. (3:31)
- More on Potential Energy in the MEE (4:30)
- Pressure Head, Pressure Loss & Work & The M.E.E. (1:16)
- More on Pressure, Pressure Head and Relating to Energy (5:21)
- Introduction to Inlet & Outlet Work (3:18)
- Inlet and Outlet Work (Input vs. Output) (9:17)
- A Brief Introduction to Friction Losses (2:30)
- Friction Loss - It's Nature, Type of frictions, Theoretical Concept (9:18)
- Friciton Loss Exercise (7:07)
- Read this FIRST! Check out other courses on pumping, piping, fittings, valves (1:30)
- Application of M.E.E. to Gases... Foot for thought (2:40)
- Closure to Section 1 (1:29)
- Evaluation Section 1 (Part 1)
- Introduction of Applications of the MEE to Incompressible Flow (2:18)
- Applying the Mechanical Energy Equation - Important Notes (4:22)
- Bernoulli's Law: Theory + Exercises (9:42)
- Torricelli's Law - Theory & Exercises (7:20)
- Ex. 0 - Emptying a Tank - Torricelli's Law (8:35)
- Ex.1 Time Calculations for Tank Depletion - Torricelli's Law (7:09)
- Ex.2 Velocity of a Jet Stream while Emptying a Tank - Torricelli's Law (4:48)
- Ex.3 Maximum Height for a Jet Stream - Torricelli's Law (2:57)
- Ex.4 Height Calculation for a Pressurized Stream - Torricelli's Law (5:17)
- Notes on Torricell's Law (0:40)
- Ex.5 Pipe Reduction Effecst - Bernoulli's Law (10:27)
- Ex.6 Applying Bernoulli's Principle to a Cone - Bernoulli's Law (4:36)
- Ex.7 Pressure Drop in Pipeline Expansion - Bernoulli's Law (5:09)
- Ex.8 Emptying a Pressurized Tank - Bernoulli's Law (4:12)
- Ex.9 Emptying a Depressurized (Vacuum) Tank - Bernoulli's Law (4:40)
- Ex.10 Changes in Pressure and Velocity in a Pipeline - Bernoulli's Law (4:27)
- Ex.11 Pressure Drop due to changes in Velocity - Bernoulli's Law (3:59)
- Notes on Bernoulli's Law (0:48)
- A Brief Introduction to the "General Case" of the M.E.E. (0:53)
- The "General" Application of the Mechanical Energy Equation (16:38)
- Ex.12 Pumping Requirements for a given System (MEE Application - No Friction) (18:11)
- Ex.13 Minimum Height Requirement for a Pump (MEE Application - No Friction) (11:04)
- Ex.14 Pump Requirements vs. Turbine Production (MEE Application - No Friction) (11:59)
- Closure to Section 2 (1:02)
- Evaluation Section 2
- Introduction to Advanced Applications of the MEE to Engineering (0:53)
- IMPORTANT NOTE! About Friction Loss Calculations (2:19)
- About Series Flow (Piping Systems) (1:53)
- Series Flow: Common Type of Problems (6:27)
- Type I Problems - Theory & Solved Example (7:05)
- Ex.15 Power Requirements for a Fan Blower (Type I) (8:59)
- Ex. 16 Effects of Pressure vs Diameter Changes (Type I + Friction Loss) (11:06)
- Ex.17 Pumping Cost Calculations (Type I + Friction Loss) (12:34)
- Ex.18 Pump Requirements for a Non-Cylindrical Duct (Type I + Deq + Friction Loss) (4:16)
- Ex.19 Pumping Costs from Reservoir A to B (Type I + Friction Loss) (20:46)
- Ex.20 Piping Investment vs. Pumping Costs (Type I + Friction Loss) (33:09)
- Ex.21 Flow through Non-Cylindrical Channel (Type I + Friction Loss) (14:05)
- Ex.22 Pressure Changes due to Petroleum Production Drilling (Type I + Friction Loss) (13:08)
- Ex.23 Friction Loss in a Long Pipe (Type I + Friction Loss) (7:25)
- Ex.24 Pump Requirements for Fluid Transport (Type I + Friction Loss) (15:14)
- Ex.25 Pressure Reading in a Manometer (Type I + Friction Loss) (7:28)
- Ex.26 Pressure Drop in an Inclined Pipe (Type I + Friction Loss) (8:20)
- Type II Problems - Theory & Solved Example (11:22)
- Ex.27 Finding Volumetric Flow Rate for a Given System (Type II + Friction Loss) (17:50)
- Ex.28 Calculating Volumetric Flow of a Tank losing Liquid (Type II + Friction Loss) (13:01)
- Ex.29 Maximum Volumetric Flow Rate given a Discharge Pressure (Type II + Friction Loss) (11:46)
- Ex.30 Max. Flow Rate given Friction Loss of a System (Type II + Friction Loss) (15:25)
- Type III Problems - Theory & Solved Example (15:34)
- Ex.31 Proposal of Internal Diameter for a System (Type III + Friction Loss) (20:09)
- Ex.32 Proposing the Nominal Diameter given a Pressure Drop (Type III + Friction Loss) (21:01)
- Ex.33 Optimal Nominal Diameter given Pressure Drops (Type III + Friction Loss) (14:33)
- Ex.34 More Advanced Diameter Proposal (Type III + Friction Loss) (19:40)
- About Parallel & Branched Flow Problems (Piping Systems) (0:32)
- Parallel Flow - An Introduction (9:04)
- Parallel Flow: Case 1 vs Case 2 (10:33)
- Ex.35 Parallel Flow and Pressure Drop (Parallel Flow) (27:21)
- Ex.36 Flow through Frictious and Free Paths (Parallel Flow) (21:01)
- Ex.37 Flow Patterns: Low Velocity vs High Velocity (Parallel Flow) (25:25)
- Ex.38A Parallel Pipes Systems: Defining the System (13:30)
- Ex.38B Parallel Pipes Systems Solved in Excel (Parallel Flow) (22:03)
- Branch Flow: Case Study (4:11)
- Complex Piping: Solving with Software (5:06)
- Closure to Section 3 (0:57)
- Evaluation Section 3
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