Course Description
Analysis of both internal and external viscous incompressible flows. Specific examples include pipe flow, flow between parallel plates, restriction flow meters, boundary layer flow, the Blasius equation, drag force, and lift force. An introduction to computational fluid dynamics, with application to the course topics, is also covered.
Additional Requirements for Graduate Students:
Students will be required to finish a CFD-related course
project. Undergraduates will be paired together to work on
their project, with one student responsible for preparing the
model and related output data (e.g., pressure, shear stress),
and the other student responsible for preparing a short report
and giving an oral presentation. The pairing provides
opportunities for student-to-student engagement and practice of
teaching-learning scenarios. Graduate students will work
individually and give oral presentations on their projects.
Athena Title
Fluid Mechanics II
Prerequisite
(ENGR 3160 or ENGR 3160E) and (ENGR 3140 or ENGR 3140E or MCHE 3140)
Semester Course Offered
Offered every year.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
By the end of this course, students will have • learned distinctions between developing and fully developed flow • learned the underlying physics of practical fluid mechanics applications, including common laboratory devices (orifice plate, flow nozzle, venture, laminar flow element) • gained the ability to apply fundamental engineering principles of mass conservation and momentum to practical fluid flows • understood the strengths and weaknesses of different analytical approximations made in the solution of fluid dynamics problems • developed the ability to identify characteristics of internal and external flows, including transition from laminar to turbulent • gained hands-on experience with computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modeling • developed teaching-learning skills through the CFD-based course project
Topical Outline
Students will also get basic training in analytical techniques needed for the laboratory experiments. Examples of topics that will be covered in this course include: • Fully developed laminar flow (parallel plates, pipes) • Flow in pipes and ducts (shear stress, head loss) • Flow measurement (direct methods, restriction flow meters) • Boundary layer concept • Boundary layer thickness • Boundary layer development • Pressure gradients in boundary layers and boundary layer separation • Momentum-integral equation • Fluid flow over immersed bodies (plates, spheres, cylinders) • Introduction to CFD software