Curriculum Map

Course: Fluid Flow / Momentum Transfer

Description
This curriculum map provides a mapping of content from Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook, Marks' Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers and Schaum's Outline of Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics to standard Fluid Flow/Momentum Transfer course topics.  The authors carefully selected relevant examples, videos, tables and figures which they felt would be valuable supplements to any standard Fluids textbook. You can easily incorporate the content into your course by using our copy link functionality to paste a direct link into your school's LMS.

Authors
Don W. Green, Editor-in-Chief, Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook, 8th Edition, and Emeritus Distinguished Professor of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Kansas
Marylee Southard, Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering, University of Kansas
Ali Sadegh, Editor, Marks' Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers, 11th Edition

Course Topics

Fundamentals of Fluid Dynamics

Relevant Material Type Description Source
Fundamentals of Fluid Dynamics Text   Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook
Nomenclature and Units Table   Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook
Nature of Fluids Text Shear vs. shear-rate behavior Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook
Kinematics of Fluid Flow Text Basic definitions Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook
Conservation Equations Text Summary of conservation equations Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook
Macroscopic material balance Text   Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook
Momentum balance Text   Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook
Total energy balance Text   Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook
Mechanical energy balance Text Bernoulli equation Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook
Force exerted on a reducing bend Example Example 1, calculation of force components Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook
Simplified injector Example Example 2, pressure rise calculated Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook
Venturi flowmeter Example Example 3, flow rate vs. pressure change Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook
Plane Poiseuille flow Example Example 4, determination of velocity profile Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook
Microscopic material balance Text Continuity equationn, Navier-Stokes Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook
Mechanics of Fluids Text   Marks' Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers
Values of Flow Area A and Hydraulic Radius Rh Table Table 3.3.6, for Various Cross Sections Marks' Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers
Compressible fluid in a duct Example   Marks' Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers
Water flow through a nozzle Example   Marks' Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers
Incompressible flow through a reducing bend Example   Marks' Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers
Forces on blades and deflectors Example   Marks' Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers
Dimensionless parameters Example   Marks' Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers
Incompressible flow Example   Marks' Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers
Compressible flow Example   Marks' Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers
Centrifugal machinery Example   Marks' Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers
Liquid Surfaces Example   Marks' Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers
Lord Rayleigh's method Example   Marks' Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers
The Buckingham II theorem Example   Marks' Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers
Flow around a cylinder Figure Figure 3.3.22 Marks' Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers
Fundamentals of Fluid Flow Text   Schaum's Outline of Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics
Solved problems and examples of fundamental fluid flow Example Solved problems Schaum's Outline of Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics
Problem 7-56: Gas Flow Through a Conduit Video This problem illustrates the calculation of mass flow rate for the flow of a gas through a variable area conduit.
 Schaum's Outline of Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics
Problem 7-71: Water Flow Through a Variable Area Conduit Video This video illustrates the combined use of conservation of mass and the energy equation for the determination of unknown quantities such as pressure and velocity.
 Schaum's Outline of Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics
Forces developed by moving fluids Text   Schaum's Outline of Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics
Solved problems and examples of fluid forces Example Solved problems Schaum's Outline of Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics
Problem 13-64: Oil Jet on a Flat Plate Video This video demonstrates how to calculate the force on a flat plate resulting from the impingement of a jet of oil using a macroscopic momentum balance.
 Schaum's Outline of Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics
Problem 13-81: Lift and Drag on a Flate Plate Video This video demonstrates how to determine the forces acting on the signboard at parallel and at a right angle to the wind direction.
 Schaum's Outline of Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics

Fluid Properties

Relevant Material Type Description Source
Fluid Properties Text   Marks' Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers
Density of Liquids at Atmospheric Pressure Table Table 3.3.1 Marks' Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers
Bulk Modulus of Elasticity Table Table 3.3.2, ratio of specific heats of liquids and velocity of sound at one Atmosphere and 688F (208C) Marks' Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers
Dynamic Viscosity of Liquids at Atmospheric Pressure Table Table 3.3.3 Marks' Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers
Dynamic Viscosity of Gases at One Atmosphere Table Table 3.3.4 Marks' Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers
Capillarity in Circular Glass Tubes. Figure Fig. 3.3.3 Marks' Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers
Surface Tension of Liquids Table Table 3.3.5 Marks' Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers
Example Example   Marks' Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers
Properties of Fluids Text
Schaum's Outline of Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics
Solved Problems and Examples of Fluid Properties Example Solved problems Schaum's Outline of Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics
Problem 1-28: Shear Stress, Force, and Viscosity Video This video illustrates the conceptual interpretation of viscosity via the calculation of shear stress and force.
 Schaum's Outline of Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics
Problem 1-29: Surface Tension Video This video demonstrates how to calculate the lift force needed to overcome surface tension acting on a thin ring.
 Schaum's Outline of Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics

Incompressible Flow

Relevant Material Type Description Source
Incompressible Flow in Pipes & Channels Text   Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook
Incompressible Flow in Pipes and Channels Calculator This Excel workbook streamlines pipe flow calculations by automating the calculation of the friction factor using the Colebrook equation. It can be used with either the Fanning or Moody Friction Factor.  It calculates frictional pressure drop, flow rate and minimum required diameter.
Mechanical Energy Balance Text   Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook
Friction Factor, Reynolds Number Text   Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook
Fanning friction factor Figure Figure 6-9 Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook
Surface roughness - various materials Table Table 6-1 Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook
Laminar & Turbulent Flow Text   Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook
Velocity Profiles Text   Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook
Entrance & Exit Effects Text   Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook
Residence Time Distributions Text   Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook
Noncircular Channels Text Hydraulic and equivalent diameters Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook
Nonisothermal Flow Text   Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook
Open Channel Flow Text   Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook
Uniform Open Channel Flow (Manning Equation) Calculator This Excel workbook automates the iterative solution for normal depth required by the Manning equation. It also calculates flow rate and velocity, or required channel slope for specified values of the other open channel flow parameters. The user may select rectangular, trapezoidal, or triangular as the channel cross-sectional shape. The workbook calculates the hydraulic radius and uses the Manning equation in each case.
Values of n for Manning Formula Table Table 6-2 Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook
Non-Newtonian Flow Text   Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook
Fanning friction factors Figure Figure 6-11 Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook
Drag Reduction Text   Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook
Economic Pipe Diameter, Turb. Flow Text   Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook
Economic Pipe Diameter, Laminar Flow Text   Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook
Special Flow Cases Text Vacuum, molecular and slip flows Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook
Frictional Losses in Pipeline Elements Text Fittings, valves, bends,etc. Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook
Entrance loss Example Example 5,flow from vessel to pipe Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook
Losses with fittings & valves Example Example 6,liq. level req. for spec. flow Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook
Additional frictional loss-fittings & valves Table Tables 6-4, 6-5 Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook
Loss coefficient for bends & curved pipe Figure Figure 6-14 Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook
Flow Through Orifices Text Flow-pressure change relationship Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook
Flow in Pipes Text   Marks' Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers
Friction factors for flow in pipes Figure Fig. 3.3.24 Marks' Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers
Values of Absolute Roughness, New Clean Commercial Pipes Table Table 3.3.9 Marks' Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers
Laminar flow Example   Marks' Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers
Turbulent flow: case 1 Example   Marks' Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers
Turbulent flow: case 2 Example   Marks' Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers
Turbulent flow: case 3 Example   Marks' Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers
Isothermal flow Example   Marks' Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers
Representative values of resistance coefficient K Table Table 3.3.10 Marks' Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers
Series systems Example   Marks' Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers
Parallel systems Example   Marks' Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers
Branch flow Example   Marks' Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers
Siphons Example   Marks' Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers
Venturi tubes Example   Marks' Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers
Flow nozzles Example   Marks' Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers
ASME coefficients for venturi tubes Table Table 3.3.12 Marks' Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers
Expansion factors and critical pressure ratios for venturi tubes and flow nozzles Table Table 3.3.13 Marks' Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers
Compressible flow - venturi tubes and flow nozzles Example   Marks' Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers
Relative-pressure changes due to flow through an orifice Figure Fig. 3.3.28 Marks' Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers
Values of Co and C for use in orifice coefficient equation Table Table 3.3.14 Marks' Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers
Compressible flow through ASME orifices Example   Marks' Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers
Rectangular Weirs Example   Marks' Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers
Triangular Weirs Example   Marks' Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers
Values of C and L for use in Rectangular-Weir Equation Table Table 3.3.15 Marks' Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers
Values of C and h for use in Triangular-Weir Equation Table Table 3.3.16 Marks' Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers
Values of roughness factor n for use in Manning Equation Table Table 3.3.17, roughness factor in open channel flow Marks' Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers
Open Channel Flow Example   Marks' Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers
Open Channel Flow Example   Marks' Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers
Nominal coefficients of orifices Figure Fig. 3.3.36 Marks' Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers
Flow of liquids from tank openings Example   Marks' Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers
Water hammer Example   Marks' Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers
Flow in Closed Conduits Text   Schaum's Outline of Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics
Solved problems and examples of closed conduits Example Solved Problems Schaum's Outline of Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics
Problem 8-50: Oil Flow Between Two Tanks Video This video demonstrates how to calculate the required elevation difference between two tanks required to deliver a given flow rate of oil. The determination of head loss by calculating friction factor is illustrated.
 Schaum's Outline of Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics
Flow in Open Channels Text   Schaum's Outline of Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics
Solved problems and examples of flow in open channels Example Solved Problems Schaum's Outline of Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics

Compressible Flow

Relevant Material Type Description Source
Compressible Flow Text   Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook
Compressible (Fanno Flow) of Air in a Pipe Calculator This excel workbook automates the iterative calculation of the friction factor and the overlaying iterative solution of the Fanno Flow equation. Worksheets using a Fanno Flow calculator calculate the frictional pressure drop, flow rate, or required diameter based on input of the other pipe flow parameters and inlet air temperature and pressure.
Mach No. & Speed of Sound Text   Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook
Isothermal Gas Flow Text   Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook
Adiabatic Gas Flow Text   Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook
Flow through frictionless nozzle Example Example 7, discharge to atmosphere Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook
Friction losses in discharge pipe Example Example 8 Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook
Design charts Figure Figure 6-21, pipe length, discharge rate Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook
Convergent/divergent nozzles Text   Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook
Pitot Tubes Text   Marks' Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers
Compressible flow Example   Marks' Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers
Flow of Compressible fluids Text   Schaum's Outline of Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics
Solved problems and examples of compressible fluids Example Solved problems Schaum's Outline of Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics
Problem 11-9: Compressible Flow of Air in a Constant Area Conduit Video This video illustrates the calculation of pressure drop for compressible flow through a constant area conduit.
 Schaum's Outline of Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics
Problem 11-12: Compressible Flow Through a Nozzle Video This video demonstrates how to calculate the flow rate of air through a nozzle.
 Schaum's Outline of Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics

Multiphase Flow

Relevant Material Type Description Source
Multiphase Flow Text   Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook
Flow pattern regions, horz flow Figure Figure 6-25, liquid-gas flow,horizontal pipe Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook
Flow pattern regions, vert flow Figure Figure 6-28, sketch of patterns, vertical pipe Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook
Flow pattern regions, vert flow Figure Figure 6-29, liquid-gas flow, vertical pipe Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook
Liquid-volume fraction Figure Figure 6-27, liquid-gas flow, horizontal pipe Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook
Friction factor,condensing liquid/gas Figure Figure 6-31, condensing liquid, vertical pipe Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook
Flow pattern regions and pressure gradients, slurry flow Figure Figure 6-32, horizontal slurry flow Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook

Fluid Distribution

Relevant Material Type Description Source
Fluid Distribution Text   Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook
Perforated Pipe Distributors Text   Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook
Pipe distributor Example Example 9, calculation of hole size Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook
Miscellaneous Other Distributors Text Slots, perforated plates, beds of solids Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook

Fluid Mixing

Relevant Material Type Description Source
Fluid Mixing Text   Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook
Stirred tank mixing configurations Figure Figure 6-39 Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook
Dimensionless power number Figure Figure 6-40 Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook

Tube Banks

Relevant Material Type Description Source
Tube Banks Text Pressure drop calculations Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook
Tube bank configurations Figure Figure 6-41 Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook
Friction factors,staggered tube banks Figure Figure 6-41 Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook
Complex Pipeline Systems Text   Schaum's Outline of Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics
Solved problems and examples of flow in pipelines Example Solved Problems Schaum's Outline of Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics
Problem 9-30: Water Flow Between Two Tanks Video This problem illustrates the calculation of mass flow rate for the flow of a gas through a variable area conduit.
 Schaum's Outline of Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics

Measurement of Flow

Relevant Material Type Description Source
Measurement of Flow Text Various flow-measurement techniques Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook
Various Types of Flowmeters Text Descriptions & applications Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook
Classification of Flowmeters Text   Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook
Comparison of flowmeter technologies Table Table 10-4 Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook
Discharge coefficients for orifices Figure Figure 10-16, square edged circular Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook
Discharge coefficients for orifices Table Table 10-6, quadrant edge Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook
Measurement of Flow of Fluids Text   Schaum's Outline of Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics
Solved problems and examples of flow measurements Example Solved problems Schaum's Outline of Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics
Problem 12-52: Velocity Measurement via a Pitot Static Tube Video In this problem the velocity of water through a conduit is calculated from knowledge of pressure difference as measured by a Pitot static tube.
 Schaum's Outline of Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics

Pumps and Compressors

Relevant Material Type Description Source
Pumps and Compressors Text   Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook
Terminology Text   Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook
Pump Selection Text   Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook
Classification of pumps Figure Figure 10-23 Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook
Different Pump Types Text Descriptions including schematics Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook
Pump problems Table Table 10-15, causes & corrective actions Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook
Compressors Text Schematics of different compressors Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook
Principal types of compressors Figure Figure 10-61 Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook
Performance characteristics Table Table 10-16 Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook
Vacuum Systems Text   Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook
Required vacuum levels Figure Figure 10-102, levels required for manufacturing processes Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook
Centrifugal Compresor Problems Text   Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook
Fans, Pumps and Compressors     Marks' Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers
Displacement Pumps Text   Marks' Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers
Centrifugal Pumps Text   Marks' Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers
Single-stage single-suction overhung pump with volute casing Video This video describes the inner workings of a centrifugal pump and impeller using Figure 14.2.1. Marks' Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers
Centrifugal pump: typical characteristic curves at constant speed Video This video explains the position of the graphed lines along with the calculations and/or measured data in Figure 14.2.17 for centrifugal pumps. Marks' Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers
Compressors Text   Marks' Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers
High-Vacuum Pumps Text   Marks' Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers

Fluid Machinery

Relevant Material Type Description Source
Fluid Machinery Text   Schaum's Outline of Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics
Solved problems and examples of fluid machinery Example Solved problems Schaum's Outline of Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics
Problem 14-33: Variable Operating Conditions for a Turbine Video This video illustrates the use of expressions stemming from dimensional analysis for the calculation for new operating conditions for a turbine.
 Schaum's Outline of Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics