ME 383 Fluid Mechanics

Course objectives and learning outcomes:
Objectives

1. Dimensions and units;
2. Fundamental concepts in fluids;
3. Fluid statics;
4. Control volume; Conservation of mass and momentum equations; Differential form of equations; Stream function and velocity potential; Euler's equations; Bernoulli's equation;
5. Dimensional analysis and model studies;
6. Internal incompressible viscous flow; External viscous flow.

Outcomes

1. An ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering to mechanical engineering problems
2. An ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems
3. An ability to apply advanced mathematics through multivariate calculus and differential equations.

Topics to be covered

1. Fundamental Concepts (Fluid, Stress, laminar/turbulent flow, compressible/incompressible flow, viscous/inviscid)
2. Fluid Statics (forces in a fluid at rest, hydrostatic forces acting on walls)
3. Basic Equations in Integral form for a control volume
4. Differential form of basic equations
5. Incompressible inviscid flow
6. Dimensional analysis and similitude (Identify the most important parameters for a given flow problem)
7. Internal incompressible viscous flow (use the basic equations to analyze flow in pipes and ducts)
8. External incompressible viscous flow (use basic equations to analyze flow problems over simple objects)

Textbook

• Robert W. Fox, Alan T. McDonald, Philip J. Pritchard. Introduction to Fluid Mechanics. s.l. : Wiley, 2009. ISBN: 978-0-470-23450-1.

Other useful books

• Bruce R. Munson, Alric P. Rothmayer, Theodore H. Okiishi, Wade W. Huebsch. Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics. s.l. : Wiley, 2012. ISBN: 978-1118116135.
• White, Frank. Viscous Fluid Flow. s.l. : McGraw Hill, 2005. ISBN: 978-0072402315.