530.327 Introduction to Fluid Mechanics (fall 2007) MTW 10-11 am, Hodson 311 Problem session Th 10-11, location TBA (course schedule) Instructor: Prof. Lester Su, Latrobe 229, 6-8637, lsu: jhu.edu Office hours: T 3-4, F 10-11 TAs: Woody Pfitsch, Maryland 305, dwp: jhu.edu Office hours: M 2-3   Greg Rodebaugh, Maryland 307, 6-0435, rodebaugh: jhu.edu Office hours: M 4-5 This course equips students with the fundamental mathematical tools and physical insight necessary to approach realistic fluid flow problems in engineering systems. Areas covered include physical properties of fluids; fluid statics; control volumes; fluid kinematics; conservation principles; Bernoulli's equation; dimensional analysis; the Navier-Stokes equations; laminar and turbulent viscous flows; and external flows, lift and drag. Laboratory assignments provide physical examples to complement the analytical treatment in lectures and homework assignments. (syllabus)   Course schedule (fall 2007) Date Subjects Reading Assignments 10 Sept Introduction; fluid properties Ch. 1 11 Sept Fluid properties Ch. 1, 2.1, 2.2 12 Sept Stresses; viscosity Ch. 2.3, 2.4 Quiz 1   17 Sept Flow classification; fluid statics Ch. 2.6, 3.1; notes 18 Sept Fluid statics Ch. 3.1, 3.3 HW 1 due 19 Sept Hydrostatic forces Ch. 3.5 Quiz 2   24 Sept Hydrostatic forces; buoyancy Ch. 3.5, 3.6; notes 25 Sept Control volumes Ch. 4.1, 4.2 HW 2 due 26 Sept Conservation of mass Ch. 4.3 Quiz 3   1 Oct Momentum equation Ch. 4.4; notes 2 Oct Momentum equation: moving reference frames Ch. 4.4, 4.5; notes HW 3 due 3 Oct Moving reference frames; angular momentum equation Ch. 4.5, 4.7 Quiz 4   8 Oct Angular momentum equation; differential forms: Euler's equation Ch. 4.7, 4.4, 6.1-6.2 9 Oct Differential forms: Euler's equation Ch. 6.2 HW 4 due 10 Oct First exam   15 Oct (No class) 16 Oct Bernoulli's equation; lab intro. Ch. 6.3 17 Oct Bernoulli's equation: examples, static and stagnation pressures Ch. 6.3 HW 5 due; Lab 1 (lab procedure 1, lab procedure 2, report directions)   22 Oct Bernoulli's equation: examples and d'Alembert's paradox Ch. 6.3 23 Oct D'Alembert's paradox; Dimensional analysis: Pi-theorem Ch. 6.3, 7.2-7.4, 7.5 HW 6 due 24 Oct Dimensional analysis: Pi-theorem, examples Ch. 7.4 Quiz 5   29 Oct Non-dimensional numbers in fluids; flow similarity Ch. 7.5, 7.6 30 Oct Flow similarity; differential forms: continuity equation Ch. 7.5, 7.6, 5.1, 5.4; notes HW 7 due 31 Oct Continuity and Navier-Stokes equations Ch. 5.1, 5.4; notes Quiz 6   5 Nov Navier-Stokes equations: examples; pipe flow Ch. 8.2, 8.3, 4.8 6 Nov Pipe flow: conservation of energy, head loss, and turbulence Ch. 4.8, 8.3, 8.6 HW 8 due (hw08-data.xls) 7 Nov Pipe flow: head loss, turbulence Ch. 8.4-6 Quiz 7; Lab 2   12 Nov Pipe flow: head loss; major losses Ch. 8.7 13 Nov Pipe flow: major losses, Moody diagram Ch. 8.7, 8.8 14 Nov Pipe flow: minor losses, nozzles/diffusers Ch. 8.7, 8.8 HW 9 (due 11/16)   19 Nov Second exam 20 Nov External flows; boundary layers: thickness definitions Ch. 2.6, 9.1, 9.2 21 Nov Boundary layers: momentum integral eq. Ch. 9.4   26 Nov Boundary layers: momentum integral eq.; growth rates Ch. 9.5 27 Nov Boundary layers: friction drag Ch. 9.5, 9.7 28 Nov Boundary layers: friction drag; effect of pressure gradients; pressure drag Ch. 9.5-9.7; notes Lab 3   3 Dec Drag: streamlining; example problems Ch. 9.6, 9.7 4 Dec Drag: examples; Lift: airfoils Ch. 9.7, 9.8 HW 10 due 5 Dec Lift: airfoils Ch. 9.8 Quiz 8   10 Dec (Final day of class) Lift: airfoils; Magnus effect Ch. 9.8 HW 11 due   14 Dec Final exam (9 am - 12 pm)   All course materials © 2007 by Lester K. Su. home  research  people  courses       Dept. of Mechanical Engineering