ENSC-352 Fluid Mechanics

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Course Schedule

 

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. Tentative Course Schedule 
Class Date Topic Reading Assignment Due
1 9/3 Introductions and Properties of Fluids 9/8
2 9/5 Pressure Relations and Measurement 1.1-2.8 2.2R, 2.1, 4, 7, 22, 37 9/10
3 9/8 Pressure Forces on Planes 2.8-2.9 2.51, 52, 58, 67 9/12
4 9/10 Pressure Forces on Curved Surfaces 2.10 2.72, 79 9/15
5 9/12 Buoyancy and Stability 2.11 2.87, 88, 90 9/17
6 9/15 Rigid Body Fluid Motion 2.12 2.92, 99, 101 9/19
7 9/17 The Bernoulli Equation 3.1-3.5 3.29, 32, 39, 47, 51 9/22
8 9/19 Use of the Bernoulli Equation  3.6 3.4R, 3.5, 3.54, 68, 85 9/24
9 9/22 EGL, HGL and Limitations 3.7-3.8 3.5R, 3.74, 80 10/1
10 9/24 Kinematics of Flow and Fields 4.1-4.2 4.5R, 4.2, 15 10/3
11 9/26 Labor Day none
12 9/29 Test 1 none
13 10/1 Reynold's Transport Eq'n and Continuity 4.3-5.1 4.10R, 4.51, 58, 59 10/6
14 10/3 Analyses using Continuity 5.1 5.2R, 5.3, 6, 11 10/8
15 10/6 Momentum Equation 5.2.1-5.2.2 5.9R, 5.31, 39, 52 10/10
16 10/8 Uses of Momentum 5.2.2-5.2.3 5.13R 5.60, 66, 128 10/13
17 10/10 Energy Equation 5.3 5.22R, 5.97, 109, 115 10/15
18 10/13 Control Volume Summary Chapter 5  5.114 10/17
19 10/15 Elemental Kinematics 6.1 6.1R, 6.2, 4 10/24
20 10/17 Differential Continuity and Momentum 6.2-6.3 6.4R, 6.11, 20 10/27
21 10/20 Holiday  none
22 10/22 Test 2  none
23 10/24 Euler Eq'n , Rotation, Potential Flow 6.4 6.6R, 6.13, 14, 22 10/29
24 10/27 Potential Flow Fields 6.5 6.7R, 6.29, 34, 39 10/31
25 10/29 Uses of Superposition in Potential Flow 6.6-6.7 6.11R, 6.48, 53, 60, 66 11/3
26 10/31 Development of Navier-Stokes Eq'n 6.8 6.12R, 6.69 11/5
27 11/3 Examples of Navier Stokes in Use 6.9 6.80, 84, 91 11/7
28 11/5 Dimensional Analysis 7.1-7.7 7.3R, 7.5R, 7.5, 11 11/10
29 11/7 Similitude and Modeling 7.8 7.8R, 7.33, 37,  11/12
30 11/10 Model Design and Data Collection 7.9-7.10 7.10R, 7.64, 65, 73 11/14
31 11/12 Internal Flows, Laminar 8.1-8.2 8.2R, 8.3, 15, 19, 21 11/17
32 11/14 Turbulence, Shear and Losses 8.3-8.4 8.3R, 8.4R, 8.26, 30, 39,  11/21
33 11/17 Minor Losses and Boundary Losses 8.5 8.7R, 8.47, 53 11/24
34 11/19 Test 3 none 11/26
35 11/21 Pipe Problems 8.5 8.10R, 8.61, 89 12/3
36 11/24 Pipe and Conduit Design 8.5 8.11R, 8.82, 58, 69 12/5
37 11/26 Pipe Summary 8.6 review probs 12/5
38 11/28 Holiday none
39 12/1 Holiday none
40 12/3 External Flows and Boundary Layers 9.1-9.2 TBA 12/8
41 12/5 Surface Drag 9.3.1-9.3.2 TBA 12/10
42 12/8 Form Drag 9.3 TBA 12/12
43 12/10 Lift 9.4 TBA 12/15
44 12/12 Airfoil Performance 12.1-12.3 none 12/15
45 12/15 Fluid Machine and Pump Selection 12.4 none
46 Final