COURSE NO.

: SYDE 282 COURSE TITLE: Fluid Mechanics

COURSE HOMEPAGE: http://uwangel.uwaterloo.ca
TERM OFFERED: Fall 2007 PREREQUISITES:
Calculus 1, Physics 1, Calculus 2, Physics 2.
TEXTBOOKS/REQUIRED MATERIAL:
FLUID MECHANICS (6TH ED.), FRANK M. WHITE, McGraw Hill, 2007
ISBN: 978-0-07-293844-9
INSTRUCTOR: TEACHING ASSISTANTS:
Dr. John Z. Wen Adam McPhee (E3-2110D, x36142)
CPH-3375I x38362 admcphee@uwaterloo.ca
jzwen@mme.uwaterloo.ca Tim Lahey (DC-2583, x36813)
tjlahey@engmail.uwaterloo.ca
COURSE REFERENCES:
Check the section TA 357 in the library. Some examples: Fundamentals of Fluid
Mechanics, Munson, Young Okiishi; Mechanics of Fluids, Potter and Wiggert; Fluid
Mechanics and Hydraulics, Giles.
COURSE SCHEDULE: Lectures: 3 per week (E2-1303A); Tutorial: 1 per week (E2-1303A)
Lectures: Monday (12:30pm); Wednesday (9:30pm); Friday (9:30pm)
Tutorial: Monday (1:30pm)
COURSE Fundamental concepts in systems involving fluid flow. Basic treatment of statics,
DESCRIPTION kinematics and dynamics of fluids. Conservation of mass, momentum and energy for a
control volume. Dimensional analysis and similarity. Flow in pipes and channels. Brief
introduction to boundary layers, lift and drag, ideal and compressible flow.

COURSE Weekly problems requiring in-depth application of the course concepts will be assigned.
HOMEWORK Complete solutions to these problems will be posted approximately one week after the
problems are assigned. It is strongly recommended to do the problems before referring
to the solution manuals. Remember that solution manuals will not be available during the
midterm or final exams.

COURSE There is a weekly tutorial where representative problems from the lectures will be
TUTORIAL demonstrated. The assistance with assigned problems will be provided. Attendance
at the tutorial and working on the assigned problems are critical to success in the course.

COURSE In the week following the midterm there is a laboratory involving fluid measurement
LAB techniques and related calculations. The sign-up sheet is available during tutorial and
will be arranged by TAs. The laboratory will be performed in groups of three/four and a
well-organized group can finish data collection in 3 hours. The manual is available online.

COURSE The Midterm and Final exams are closed book examinations. A one page formula sheet
EXAMS (8.5x11) containing formulae and NO worked problems is allowed for both exams.
The page will be handed in with the exam. The final exam will cover all course material.

COURSE 30 % Midterm (Oct 18; 4:30pm - 6:30pm)

MARKS 10 % Laboratory Report
60 % Final Exam
COURSE Information about general student and course responsibilities can be found here:
Responsibilities http://www.eng.uwaterloo.ca/~ugoffice/html/course_responsibilities.html
 Lecture Sections Concepts Text Sections Pages
0. Course Overview
1. Introduction 1-25
1.1) What is a Fluid? 1.4
1.2) Continuum Assumption 1.5
1.3) Dimensions and Units 1.6, 1.8
2. Describe Fluid Motion 17-45
2.1) Two Systems: Eulerian and Lagrangian 1.7
2.2) Velocity Field 1.7
2.3) Acceleration Field 4.1 226-227
2.4) Viscosity 1.9
2.5) Reynolds Number: 1.9
Laminar and turbulent flows
2.6) Classification of Flows online
steady, unsteady; 1D, 2D; handouts
compressible, incompressible
2.7) Flow Visualization Lines 1.11
3. Pressure and Friction 63-107
Forces 3.1) Forces Acting on a Fluid Element 2.1
3.2) Pressure in a Fluid 2.1
3.3) Equilibrium of a Fluid Element 2.2
3.4) Pressure Variation in Fluids 2.3, 2.9
3.5) Pressure Measurements 2.3, 2.4, 2.10
3.6) Pressure Forces on Submerged Bodies 2.5-2.7
3.7) Friction Forces 1.9
3.8) Flow near Walls: Boundary Layer 4.6, 7.1
Midterm
4. Control Volume Analysis 137-192
4.1) Control Volume Formulation 3.1
4.2) Mass Conservation 3.3
4.3) The Reynolds Transport Theorem 3.2
4.4) Conservation of Linear Momentum 3.4
4.5) Approximations to C.V. Balances 3.4
4.6) C.V. Analysis: Applications / Examples 3.4
4.7) Bernoulli's Equation 3.7
4.8) Energy Conservation 3.6
5. Dimensional Analysis 287-327
and Similarity 5.1) Motivation 5.1
5.2) Buckingham Pi Theorem 5.2, 5.3
5.3) Use of Experiments
5.4) Number of Repeating Variables
5.5) Drag on Submerged Bodies 5.4
Example: Drag on a sphere 474-490
5.6) Similarity and Experiment Design 5.5
6. Viscous Flow in Pipes 341-391
6.1) Flow Regimes 6.1
6.2) Entrance Length 6.1-6.2
6.3) Losses in a Fully-Developed Flow 6.3-6.8
6.4) Minor Losses in Piping Systems 6.9
 SYDE282 LECTURE SCHEDULE FOR FALL 2007 TERM

Week # Lecture #
MON WED THURS FRI
Lec1 Lec2 Lec3
Course introduction and Introduction to Fluids Describe Fluid Motion
W1
overview (1.1, 1.2, 1.3) (2.1, 2.2 Velocity field)

Lec4 (Fluid Motion) Lec5 (Fluid Motion) Lec6 (Fluid Motion)

2.3 Acceleration field 2.4 Viscosity 2.5 Reynolds number
W2
Sept 2.6 Flow classification

Lec7 (Fluid Motion) Lec8 Lec9 (Pressure)

2.7 Flow visualization Pressure and Friction 3.3 Equilibrium of a fluid
W3 Forces element
3.1 Forces on fluid elements
3.2 Pressure
Lec10 (Pressure) Lec11 (Pressure) Lec12 (Pressure)
3.4 Pressure variation 3.4 Pressure variation 3.5 Pressure measurements
W4
(cont’d)

Lec13 (Pressure) Lec14 (Pressure)

3.6 Pressure on submerged 3.6 Pressure on submerged
W5
bodies bodies (examples)

Lec15 (Pressure) Lec16 (2nd order ODE) Lec17

3.7 Friction forces 3.8 Flow near walls Midterm Control Volume Analysis
Oct W6
4.1 Formulation

Lec18 (Control Volume) Lec19 (Control Volume) Lec20 (Control Volume)

4.2 Mass conservation 4.3 Reynolds transport 4.4 Linear Momentum
W7
theorem

Lec21 (Control Volume) Lec22(Control Volume) Lec23 (Control Volume)

4.5 Approximations 4.6 Applications of CV 4.7 Bernoulli’s equation
W8

Lec24 (Control Volume) Lec25 (Control Volume) Lec26

4.8 Bernoulli’s equation 4.9 Energy conservation 4.9 Energy conservation
W9
(cont’d) (cont’d)

Lec27 Lec28 (Dimensional) Lec29 (Dimensional)

Dimensional Analysis 5.2 Pi Theorem 5.3 Use of experiments
W10
5.1 Motivation 5.4 Repeating variables
Nov
Lec30 (Dimensional) Lec31 (Dimensional) Lec32 (Dimensional)
5.5 Drag on submerged 5.5 Drag on submerged 5.6 Similarity
W11
bodies bodies (cont’d)

Lec33 Lec34 (Pipes) Lec35 (pipes)

Viscous Flow in Pipes 6.3 Losses 6.4 Minor losses
W12
6.1 Flow regimes
6.2 Entrance length
Lec36
Course Summary
Dec W13
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SYDE282 CALENDAR FOR FALL 2007 TERM

Week
MON TUES WED THURS FRI
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10 12 14
Sept 1 Lec 1
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17 19 21
18 20 Tutorial 1
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3 25 27 Tutorial 2
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Oct 4
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Tutorial 3

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5 9 11 Tutorial 4
Holiday Lec 13 Lec 14
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6 16 SYDE282 Tutorial 5
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Midterm
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7 23 25 Tutorial 6
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29 31 2
Nov 8
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Nov 1
Lec 23
Tutorial 7

5 7 9
9 6 8 Tutorial 8
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12 14 16
10 13 15 Tutorial 9
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11 20 22 Tutorial 10
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12 27 29 Tutorial 11
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Dec 3 6
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Exams Begin
7 Tutorial 12

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