Fluid Properties & Statics
- Properties of Fluids
- The Importance of Pressrue
- Ideal Gas Law Equations of State
- What is Latent Heat
- Superheated Vapour
Core chemical engineering · Years 2–3
Fluid Dynamics for chemical engineers
A study of the properties and behaviour of fluids, covering fluid statics and dynamics, laminar and turbulent flow regimes, and Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluid modelling.
- 38
- 46
- 28
- 6
Start learning free
No card needed. Every lesson is open on every plan.
The subject
What Fluid Dynamics covers
This course equips learners with the skills and knowledge relating to the properties and behaviour of fluids, starting from a fundamental understanding of fluid dynamics and fluid static systems and considering the energy types associated with both liquids and gases. Fluid flow regimes are explored in detail across both laminar and turbulent flow, with particular focus on the mechanisms and key features of each, and a range of fluids from Newtonian to non-Newtonian are examined. The modelling of various non-Newtonian fluids is covered extensively to give a comprehensive working knowledge of the methods used across a wide range of unit operations. Learners come away able to distinguish laminar from turbulent flow through their characteristics and fluid properties; understand the influence of gases and liquids on flow; analyse flow regimes across different geometries and conditions including compressibility and shearing; and distinguish and mathematically model the different types of non-Newtonian fluid.
What you’ll be able to do
- Define density as the quantity of matter contained in unit volume
- Identify friction and separation losses as the main flow resistances
- Define a Newtonian fluid by Newton's law of viscosity
- Explain why liquids are treated as incompressible while gases are not
- Relate suspension mechanism to the flow pattern obtained
- Define viscosity as the internal resistance of a fluid to motion
The lessons
Every lesson, theme by theme
38 lessons in 6 themes, pitched at Years 2–3. Your year decides what comes first, never what you can open.
Laminar, Turbulent & Head Loss
- Head Loss
- Introduction to Laminar Flow
- Introduction to Trubulance
- Turbulent Flow in Pipes
- Flow in Bounded Systems
- Modelling of Turbulance
Non-Newtonian Fluids
- Introduction to Newtonian Fluids
- Non-Newtonina FLuids
- Shear Thinning Fluids
- Modelling of Shear Thinning Fluids
- Viscoplast Fluids
- Shear Thickening Fluids
- Non-Newtonian & Power Law Fluid Flow in Pipes
- Bingham Fluid Summary
Compressible & Gas Flow
- Compressible Flow
- Recap to Compressible Flow
- Isothermal Flow of an Ideal Gas
- Non-Isothermal Flow of an Ideal Gas
- Non-isothermal & Adiabatic Flow
Suspensions
- Suspension Mechanisms
- McLeman Equation
More in Fluid Dynamics
- Effect of Fluid Viscosity
- The Ideal Gas Law
- Saturated Liquid Vapour Mixtures
- Laminar Flow Inclined Planes
- What is Fluid Sheering
- The Compressibility Factor
- Introduction to Non-Newtonian Fluids
- Types of Viscoisty Models
- Time Dependent Fluids
- In-depth Look at Turbulance
- Flow of Gas Through a Nozzle
- Isothermal Flow in a Pipe
How you’ll learn it
Fluid Dynamics, at your pace
Video lessons
38 lessons and 46 videos, each with what you’ll be able to do by the end.
Practice, marked as you go
28 practice questions, marked the moment you answer, with hints when you’re stuck. Step-by-step worked solutions come with Core.
CERA, when it doesn’t click
Ask CERA to explain any idea in Fluid Dynamics another way, or to test you on it. Every day, on every plan.
Keep exploring
See every subjectThermodynamics
A comprehensive grounding in thermodynamic principles and cycles, covering energy, efficiency, the ideal gas law and the OTTO, Diesel, Brayton, Carnot and Rankine cycles.
Heat Transfer
A comprehensive heat transfer course spanning conduction, convection and radiation, Nusselt analysis, pinch technology heat integration, nodal networks and thermal food systems.
Mass Transfer
A course on mass transfer, covering diffusion mechanisms, humidity, diffusivity prediction, convective transfer and cooling tower design.
Reactor Design
A course on reactor design, covering rate of reaction, ideal reactor modelling, non-isothermal systems, fixed bed reactors and non-ideal flow.
Ready when you are
Build a plan around exactly where you’re stuck
Tell us where you are and get a pathway with your first lesson, your first practice set and a weekly study target. You won’t need an account until you want to keep it.