ENGG*6020 Advanced Fluid Mechanics

Winter 2016

School of Engineering
(Revision 1: Dec. 3, 2015)

1 INSTRUCTOR
1.1

Instructor

Instructor:
Office:
Email:
Office hours:

William David Lubitz, Ph.D., P.Eng.

THRN 1340, ext. 54387
wlubitz@uoguelph.ca
TBA on Courselink or by appointment

2 LEARNING RESOURCES
2.1

Course Website

Course material, news, announcements, and grades will be regularly posted to the ENGG*6020
Courselink site. You are responsible for checking the site regularly.

2.2

Required Resources

Course notes and supporting materials will be posted on Courselink.

The course will also draw on material in several electronic text books that are available at no additional
cost to students through the University of Guelph library. We will specifically use the following e-books.
Note that many other e-books are available and can be downloaded through the library, both in the field
of fluid mechanics and in many other fields.
1. Kundu, P. K., Cohen, I. M. Fluid mechanics. 4th ed. Publisher: Elsevier. This is a good
comprehensive book for graduate study. Note that this book is viewable online, but not as easily

downloaded as other e-books. Students who plan to focus in fluid mechanics are encouraged to
purchase this book for their personal library.
2. Computational fluid dynamics an introduction. 3rd ed. Wendt, John F., 1936-; Anderson, John D.,
Jr. (John David); Von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics. Berlin : Springer 2009

2.3

Additional Resources

Lecture Information: Lecture notes will be posted on Courselink. These notes are not guaranteed to be a
comprehensive reflection of the lectures and discussions that occur in class.
Assignments: Assignments and some supporting materials will be posted on Courselink.
Text books: This course will also draw on material from the following (non-electronic) text:
Tennekes, H., Lumley, J. L. A first course in turbulence. Cambridge, Mass., USA. MIT Press.
1972.
Students may also wish to consult:
White, F. M. Fluid Mechanics. Multiple editions. Widely used undergraduate text including at
Guelph. Good introductions to some topics.

3 ASSESSMENT
3.1

Course Mark Distribution

CFD Assignment

5%

Test 1
Test 2

25%
25%

Project

3.2

Proposal

10%

Preliminary Results
Peer Review

10%
5%

Final Report

15%

Poster Presentation

5%

Deliverable Due Dates and Test Dates

Deliverable / Test
Project Proposal

Due Date and Conditions

Jan. 25 at start of class. Submit PDF files of proposal plus copies
of relevant source documents (in PDF format) electronically via
Courselink Dropbox.

CFD Assignment: Laminar CFD simulation

Feb. 8 at start of class. Submit PDF file containing required

information electronically via Courselink Dropbox

Test 1

Feb. 22 during the lecture period. Test is closed book. Students

may bring one page of notes.

Preliminary Project Results

Feb. 29 at start of class. Submit PDF file containing required

information electronically via Courselink Dropbox

Draft Project Report for Peer Review

Mar. 21 at start of class. Submit a single Microsoft Word format

file to the PEAR system.
Mar. 28 at start of class. Submit files containing your reviews to
the PEAR system.

Peer Reviews returned to authors

Test 2

Apr. 6 during the lecture period. Test is closed book. Students

may bring one page of notes.

Poster session

Apr. 13 during regular lecture time. Bring poster material for

display.

Final Report

Apr. 13 at start of poster session. Submit a single PDF file

containing your report to the Courselink Dropbox.

3.3

CFD Assignment

Each student will complete an individual assignment using CFD software to complete a given simulation and
analyze the results.

3.4

Tests

The tests will be comprehensive written tests on the course material. They will be closed book (acknowledging
that we are using electronic textbooks and resources) but students will be allowed to bring one sheet (8.5 by 11
inch) of hand written notes, which will be submitted with the completed test. (The test and notes will be returned
to students after the test is marked).

3.5

Project

Each student will complete an independent research project related to the analysis and simulation of a twodimensional, steady state fluid phenomenon. The first phase of the project will be to submit a project proposal
outlining the fluid phenomenon to be investigated, including reference to appropriate literature, and the analysis
and CFD approach that will be used to investigate the phenomenon. A list of potential project topics will be
provided, or an alternative topic may be determined in consultation with the instructor. After approval of a
proposed topics, each student will conduct initial simulations and analysis and report these results. A draft of the
final project report, documenting final solutions and results, will be submitted and peer reviewed by other
students in the course. We will use the University of Guelphs online PEAR system to facilitate the peer review.
A final version of the report will be submitted incorporating peer review, and a poster will be presented
summarizing the problem and findings. There are several deliverables for the research project, each of which is
due at the time, and in the format, indicated in Section 3.2.

3.6

Course Grading Policies

When You Cannot Meet a Course Requirement: When you find yourself unable to meet an in-course
requirement because of illness or compassionate reasons, please advise the course instructor in
writing, with your name, id#, and e-mail contact. See the graduate calendar for information on
regulations and procedures for Academic Consideration:
http://www.uoguelph.ca/registrar/calendars/graduate/current/genreg/sec_d0e1400.shtml
Accommodation of Religious Obligations: If you are unable to meet an in-course requirement due to
religious obligations, please email the course instructor within two weeks of the start of the
semester to make alternate arrangements. See the undergraduate calendar for information on
regulations and procedures for Academic Accommodation of Religious Obligations:
http://www.uoguelph.ca/registrar/calendars/undergraduate/current/c08/c08-accomrelig.shtml
Late Assignments and Project Deliverables: Assignments and project deliverables will be due at
specified dates and times. Late submissions will be assessed a 20% mark penalty if submitted
within 48 hours of the due date and time. Assignments and project deliverables will not be accepted
more than 48 hours after the date and time they are due.
Minimum Quality of Written Deliverables (Assignments and Projects): All written deliverables
(assignments and project deliverables) must be written clearly in grammatically correct English.
Deliverables that do not meet a minimum writing quality will be returned unmarked, and the
student will be required to rewrite and resubmit the deliverable by a specified date. If the student
does not resubmit the deliverable, or the resubmission is also poorly written, the student will
receive a mark of zero for the deliverable. The final mark for a rewritten deliverable will be
reduced by 30% as a late penalty.
Submission of Original Work: Student submissions may be analyzed using TurnItIn software, or other
tools to identify non-original work. All students must submit their own, original writing.

4 AIMS & OBJECTIVES

4.1

Calendar Description

Laminar and turbulent flow. Turbulence and turbulence modelling. Boundary-layer flow. Compressible
flow. Potential flow.

4.2

Course Aims

This course aims to provide students with foundational knowledge in the field of fluid mechanics to support
students conducting scholarly research in the field. The momentum and continuity equations will be derived and
then solved for a range of applications at low and high Reynolds numbers. Turbulence fundamentals will be
reviewed and mixing length and k-epsilon models will be derived. Successful students will gain a knowledge base
to support further study in the field.

4.3

Learning Objectives

At the successful completion of this course, the student will have demonstrated the ability to:
1. Understand the governing principles of fluid motion.
2. Integrate prior knowledge of fluid mechanics, and develop a foundational understanding of
important aspects of fluid mechanics.
3. Apply the Navier-Stokes and continuity equations to a range of problems and develop
practical solutions or insights from this process that will support solving practical problems.
4. Critically evaluate models of fluid mechanics used in research and determine appropriate
fluid mechanics modeling approaches to use for solving specific research problems.
5. Abstract real flows or problems into appropriate models that include the most relevant
physical processes while also being practically solvable.
6. Concisely and articulately communicate the results of a fluid mechanics analysis or design
process to an engineering audience.

4.4

Instructors Role and Responsibility to Students

The instructors role is to develop and deliver course material in ways that facilitate learning for a variety
of students. Selected lecture notes will be made available to students on Courselink/D2L but these are not
intended to be stand-alone course notes and may not be a comprehensive record of in-class discussions.
Scheduled classes will be the principal venue to provide information and feedback for tests and the
project.

4.5

Students Learning Responsibilities

Students are expected to take advantage of the learning opportunities provided during lectures. Students,
especially those having difficulty with the course content, should also make use of other resources
recommended by the instructor. Students who do (or may) fall behind due to illness, work, or extra-

curricular activities are advised to keep the instructor informed. This will allow the instructor to
recommend extra resources in a timely manner and/or provide consideration if appropriate.
E-mail Communication: As per university regulations, all students are required to check their
<uoguelph.ca> e-mail account regularly: e-mail is the official route of communication between the
University and its students.
Recording of Materials: Presentations which are made in relation to course workincluding lectures
cannot be recorded in any electronic media without the permission of the presenter, whether the
instructor, a classmate or guest lecturer.

4.6

Relationships with other Courses

Previous Courses: This course builds on fundamental engineering concepts in mechanics, energy, fluid
mechanics and mechanics. Students will be expected to have undergraduate preparation in these areas.
Follow-on Courses: Students interested in fluid mechanics and related fields may wish to consider the
following courses:
ENGG*4440: Computational Fluid Dynamics (senior undergraduate course)
ENGG*6000: Advanced Heat and Mass Transfer
ENGG*6050: Finite Element Methods
ENGG*6090 ST: Flow-induced Vibrations (Hassan)
ENGG*6090 ST: Heat Transfer in Porous Media (Mahmud)
ENGG*6090 ST: Multiphase flow (Ahmed)
ENGG*6740: Groundwater Modelling
ENGG*6790*01 ST: Combustion: Energy & Emissions (Stiver)
ENGG*6840 Open Channel Hydraulics
Note that some of the courses listed above have been offered as special topics courses recently, and
course numbers may change in future offerings.

5 TEACHING AND LEARNING ACTIVITIES

5.1

Timetable

Lectures:
Mondays and Wednesdays, 1:00 pm to 2:20 pm. Thornbrough 3527

5.2

Course Topics and Schedule

Week
1
Jan. 11/13
2
Jan. 18/20
3
Jan. 25/27

4
Feb. 1/3
5
Feb. 8/10
6
Feb. 15/17
7
Feb. 22/24
8
Feb. 29/Mar. 2
9
Mar. 7/9
10
Mar. 14/16
11
Mar. 21/23
12
Mar. 28/30
13
Apr. 4/6
14
Apr. 11/13
(Exam period)

Planned Lecture Topics

Kinematics: reference frames, material derivative,
strain rates, vorticity.

Assignments and Deliverables

Derivation of Navier-Stokes equations.

Finite difference / finite volume approximations of
Navier-Stokes and continuity. Introduction to
numerical solutions.
Laminar flow. Hele-Shaw flow. Fluid continuum
assumption.
Potential Flow

Project Proposal Due Jan. 25

CFD Assignment due Feb. 8.

Winter Break

Test 1 (Feb. 22).

Boundary layer concepts.
Preliminary Project Results due Feb.
29

Laminar boundary layers

Turbulence general concepts (length scales,
turbulence cascade and spectra, mixing length)
Turbulence turbulent kinetic energy
Turbulence models - focus on k-epsilon and
variants. Applications in RANS CFD.
Airfoil theory (lift, drag, post-separation behaviour,
circulation and Kutta-Jukowski condition) OR
Geophysical flows (Ekman spiral)
Overview of stability and instability.
Test 2 (Apr. 6)

Draft Project Report for Peer Review

due Mar. 21
Peer Reviews returned to authors due.
Mar. 28.

Test 2 returned (Apr. 11)

Poster session (Apr. 13)

Poster session Apr. 13

Final Report due Apr. 13

5.3

Other Important Dates

Drop Date: The last date to drop one-semester courses without academic penalty is Friday, March 11,
2016. Refer to the Graduate Calendar for the schedule of dates:
http://www.uoguelph.ca/registrar/calendars/index.cfm?index

6 LAB SAFETY
Safety is critically important to the School and is the responsibility of all members of the School: faculty,
staff and students. As a student in a lab course you are responsible for taking all reasonable safety
precautions and following the lab safety rules specific to the lab you are working in. In addition, you are
responsible for reporting all safety issues to the laboratory supervisor, GTA or faculty responsible.

7 RECORDING OF MATERIALS
Presentations which are made in relation to course workincluding lecturescannot be recorded or
copied without the permission of the presenter, whether the instructor, classmate or guest lecturer.
Material recorded with permission is restricted to use for that course unless further permission is granted.

8 ACADEMIC MISCONDUCT
The University of Guelph is committed to upholding the highest standards of academic integrity and it is
the responsibility of all members of the University community faculty, staff, and students to be aware
of what constitutes academic misconduct and to do as much as possible to prevent academic offences
from occurring. University of Guelph students have the responsibility of abiding by the University's
policy on academic misconduct regardless of their location of study; faculty, staff and students have the
responsibility of supporting an environment that discourages misconduct. Students need to remain aware
that instructors have access to and the right to use electronic and other means of detection. The
Academic Misconduct Policy is detailed in the Graduate Calendar:
http://www.uoguelph.ca/registrar/calendars/graduate/current/genreg/sec_d0e1687.shtml

8.1

Resources

A tutorial on Academic Misconduct produced by the Learning Commons can be found at:
http://www.academicintegrity.uoguelph.ca/

The School of Engineering has adopted a Code of Ethics that can be found at:
http://www.uoguelph.ca/engineering/undergrad-counselling-ethics
The Graduate Calendar is the source of information about the University of Guelphs procedures, policies
and regulations which apply to graduate programs:
http://www.uoguelph.ca/registrar/calendars/graduate/current/