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Description:
Fluid Mechanics is the study of fluids at rest or in motion. The
following topics will be covered:
Goals:
The primary objective of this course is to help students to develop
an orderly approach to problem solving.
Upon the completion of the course, the students are expected
to be able to apply the governing equations to a variety of
problems, including those they have not encountered
previously.
The course particularly emphasizes physical concepts
throughout to help students model the variety of phenomena
that occur in real fluid flow situations.
The course emphasizes the systematic and fundamental
approach to problem solving. Students will develop confidence
in their ability to apply the material and to find that they can
reason out solutions to rather challenging problems.
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Textbook:
Assessment:
Assignments 20 %
Midterm Exam 40 %
Final Exam 40 %
Chapter 1 Introduction
Definition of a Fluid
Fluids tend to flow when we interact with them; while solid tend to
deform or bend.
A more formal and precise definition of a fluid: A fluid is a substance
that deforms continuously under the application of a shear
(tangential) stress no matter how small the shear stress may be.
Fluids can take the forms or phases of liquids and gases (or vapors).
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Note that a fluid in contact with a solid surface does not slip it has
the same velocity as that surface because of the no-slip condition, an
experimental fact.
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Thermodynamics
We mainly utilize conservation of mass and the first and
second laws of thermodynamics.
Our focus is energy.
Fluid Mechanics
We will be most interested in conservation of mass and
Newtons second law of motion.
Our focus is force and motion.
Similar to thermodynamics, we must be aware of whether
we are using a system or control volume approach!
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Methods of Description
Lagrangian method of description: It is easy to keep track of
identifiable elements of mass (e.g., in particle mechanics).
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Dimensional Consistency
Each term in an equation should be reducible to the same dimensions.
Bernoulli equation:
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Summary
How fluids are defined, and no-slip condition
System/control volume concepts
Lagrangian and Eulerian descriptions
Unites and dimensions
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