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Fluid Mechanics

MEE1004
Jayaprakash Narayan M. Contact details:
Asst. Prof. (Senior) GDN 110-E
Dept. of Thermal & Energy Engg. jayaprakash.n@vit.ac.in
SMEC Phone: 81054 19267
Model Analysis
• Non-dimensional numbers
• Model laws
• Distorted models
• Modelling
• Similitude
Model and Prototype
A model is a representation of a physical system that may be used to predict the
behavior of the system in some desired respect.
The physical system for which the predictions are to be made is called the
prototype
Model
Similitude
Dimensionless Groups
Dimensionless Groups
c
Model Law
References
• Yunus Cengel and John M. Cimbala, Fluid Mechanics Fundamentals and Applications

• Frank M. White, Fluid Mechanics

• R. K. Bansal, A textbook of Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulic Machines

• B.R. Munson, A.P. Rothmayer, T.H. Okiishi, W.W. Huebsch - Fundamentals of fluid mechanics

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