Intermediate Fluid Mechanics
ME 50900/ 3 Cr.
Fluid properties, basic laws for a control volume, kinematics of fluid flow, dynamics of frictionless incompressible flow, basic hydrodynamics, equations of motion of viscous flow, viscous flow applications, boundary layer theory, wall turbulence, and lift and drag of immersed bodies.
Primary Track: Fluid & Thermal Sciences, Energy
- Available Online: No
- Credit by Exam: No
- Laptop Required: No
Prerequisites/Co-requisites:
Prerequisite: ME 31002 or EEN 31000.
Outcomes
- Derive partial differential equations of continuity, momentum, and energy for compressible and incompressible flows
- Apply control volume theory for solution of inviscid and viscous flows
- Solve partial differential equations of selected external and internal flow problems
- Compare and use different levels of flow approximations use simplified models when necessary
- Solve external and internal flow problems
- Solve boundary layer, laminar, and turbulent flow problems
- Solve similarity transformation equations numerically using Runge-Kutta methods
- Compute lift, drag, and separation for viscous flows
- Make use of numerical and/or empirical methods when analytical methods fail
Topics
- Preliminary concepts fluid mechanics
- Fundamental equations of compressible viscous flows
- Inviscid flows
- Solution of the Newtonian viscous-flow equations
- Laminar boundary layers
- Incompressible turbulent flows