ESO212 Course Policies

July-November 2011

Course Textbooks: (1) Fluid Mechanics and its Applications, V. Gupta and S. K. Gupta, New Age International Publishers, 2^nd edition, 2010, (2) Elements of Heat and Mass Transfer, V. Gupta, New Age International Publishers, 1995.

Equivalent Textbooks for Fluid Mechanics:

While the tutorial problems will be assigned from the course texts above, my lectures will include material from a variety of textbooks, in order to convey concepts as clearly and precisely as possible. The following textbooks could be equivalently used for the fluid mechanics part of the course:

1. Fluid Mechanics, Sixth Edition, F. M. White

2. Fluid Mechanics by Fox and McDonald

   
   
   The text-books are kept in the reserve section of the Library.

There are about 39 lectures in the semester, excluding the days reserved for mid-semester exams. About 24 lectures are for the first part of the course on fluid mechanics. The remaining 15 lectures are for the second part on heat and mass transfer.

Tutorial: You are advised to have your own personal copies of both books for tutorials and discussion hours. The Institute library has multiple copies of these books in the reserve section. A list of problems from the course text book will be emailed to you every week. Hence, you are advised to check your emails as well as the course website on a regular basis. You must attempt to solve them before each tutorial, and clarify doubts during the tutorial.

Discussion Hour: Will be held in the respective tutorial rooms by the tutors. This hour is meant for one-to-one interaction with the tutors. The students are encouraged to clarify their doubts with the tutors during the discussion hours.

Grading Scheme:

Mid-sem exam (2 hour duration) : 30%

Quiz (3 nos; 30 mins each): 15%
(date & time will be announced before.)

Class & Tutorial Attendance: 10%

End-sem exam (3 hour duration): 45%

Grading will be relative.

Exams: All quizzes and examinations including the end semester examination will be conducted closed book, closed notes. Tables and other data, if required, will be provided. You are advised to bring your (non-programmable) calculators to all the exams, quizzes, and tutorial hours. Sharing of calculators is not allowed during the exams. Model solutions will be sent to you by email or will be put up in the website. The exact dates for quizzes will be announced during the lectures.

Re-grading: You can return the test/central quiz copies on the day the answer books are returned (in a tutorial/disc hour) for re-grading, after writing detailed comments on the top of the answer-scripts. Re-grading of the entire question will be done even if a part regrading is requested for, and may lead to a lowering or increase or marks.

Attendance: is mandatory, both in the lectures and in the tutorials. There could be surprise quizzes in the lecture hour as well as in the tutorials. Attendance will be taken in the lectures randomly without prior announcement. The attendance record in the lectures and tutorials will be used to assign 10% of the total marks.

Make-up Exams: Make-up exams will be held only for students with a valid reason, and the student must produce (1) a genuine medical certificate from the Institute Health Center and/or (2) a letter sanctioning leave from SUGC Chairman, as necessary. In case you miss a quiz or the mid-semester exam, you must contact the Instructor immediately with the necessary documents supporting your absence.

The level of the make-up exams will be significantly tougher than the regular exams.

If you miss an announced quiz for a valid reason: No make-up will be conducted; Marks from two quizzes will be pro-rated for the missed quiz.
If you miss the mid-sem exam for a valid reason: One make-up exam will be conducted around one week before the end-sem exam. Date and time will be announced later.
If you miss the end-sem exam for a valid reason: You need to apply to DOAA office with relevant documents, and the make-up will be conducted as per DOAA timetable.

Note:

• Misconduct of any kind (such as proxy in attendance or adopting unfair means during examinations) will be duly reported to Institute authorities.

• Mobile phones must be switched off during lectures, tutorials etc.

• You must arrive at the right time for the lectures and tutorials.

• Do not talk among yourselves during the lectures and tutorials.