GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ME 3340B
FLUID MECHANICS SUMMER 2015
(TR 2:00-3:45p, 2407 MRDC) PROFESSOR: Dr. Jeffrey L. Streator,
Rm. 4206, MRDC Bldg., 404-894-2742. Office Hours: W 2-3:30p (and by
appointment).
[email protected] TEXT: B. R. Munson, T. H.
Okiishi, and W. W. Huebsch, and A. P. Rothmayer,
Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics, 7th edition, Wiley, 2013.
HOMEWORK: Several problem sets will be assigned throughout the
term. These
problem sets will be graded and solutions for them will be made
available before the corresponding exams.
GRADE WEIGHTS: Homework 15% Exam 1 25% Exam 2 25% Final Exam 35%
GRADE SCALE: 100A85B73C60D45F MAJOR TOPICS:
1. Fluid statics 2. Fluid velocity and acceleration fields 3.
Control volume analysis: Balance laws 4. Local analysis: Derivation
of the Navier-Stokes Eqn. 5. Inviscid flow 6. Viscous flow 7.
Dimensional analysis 8. Pipe flow: laminar flow; turbulent flow 9.
Flow over immersed bodies
Date Topic Text Reading 5/12 Introduction; Review of Stress 1
5/14 Fluid Statics: Pressure Field; Measurement of Pressure
2.1-2.7
5/19 Fluid Statics: Forces on Submerged Surfaces; Buoyancy
2.8-2.13 5/21 Elementary Fluid DynamicsBernoulli Eqn. 3.1-3.8
5/26 Fluid Kinematics: Velocity and Acceleration Fields; Control
Volume; Transport Theorem 4.1-4.4 5/28 Finite Control Volume
Analysis: Balance Laws
6/2 Finite Control Volume Analysis: Balance Laws (cont.) 5.1-5.5
6/4 Review
6/9 EXAM 1 (covers through Finite Control Volume Analysis) 6/11
Differential Analysis of Fluid Flow: Balance Laws; Potential Flow
6.1-6.7
6/16 Differential Analysis of Fluid Flow: Viscous FlowThe
Navier-Stokes Equations 6.8 6/18 Differential Analysis of Fluid
Flow: Viscous FlowSimple Solutions 6.9-6.11
6/23 Dimensional Analysis: Buckingham Pi Theorem 7.1-7.7 6/25
Dimensional Analysis: Modeling and Similitude 7.8-7.11
6/30 Viscous Flow in Pipes: Laminar vs. Turbulent; Fully
Developed Flow; 8.1-8.3 7/2 Viscous Flow in Pipes: Losses 8.4
7/7 Review 7/9 EXAM 2 (covers through Viscous Flow in Pipes)
7/14 Flow over Immersed Bodies: General Concepts; Boundary
Layers 9.1-9.2 7/16 Flow over Immersed Bodies: Drag and Lift
9.3-9.4
7/21 Review 7/23 Review
7/28 Final Exam (Tuesday, 11:30am - 2:20pm) (Comprehensive)
