ME 509 Intermediate Fluid Mechanics (3 cr.)


Prerequisites: ME 310

Textbooks: F.M. White, Viscous Fluid Flow, Third Edition, McGraw-Hill, New York, 2006

Description: 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.

Goals: To introduce concepts and analytical techniques for inviscid flows and laminar boundary layers and to teach when inviscid and boundary layer techniques may be used as simplified flow models to more complex problems. To introduce phenomena of turbulent flow, separation, drag and lift. Several homework problems are assigned throughout the course. Emphasis is placed upon good solution techniques and presentations.

Outcomes:
Topics: 1. Preliminary concepts (2 classes)
2. Fundamental equations of compressible viscous flows (4 classes)
3. Inviscid flows (4 classes)
4. Solution of the Newtonian viscous-flow equations (7 classes)
5. Laminar boundary layers (5 classes)
6. Incompressible turbulent flows (6 classes)