Fluid Mechanics          2008 Spring (Feb 25-July12, 2008)

Text book: Fluid Mechanics, 5th edition, Frank M. White

McGraw Hill, Tsinghua University Press

Lecturer N. Gao

       Mid-term 1    15%       ;

       Mid-term 2    15%      

       Project          10%      

       Assignments  10%       , Assignment is due on every Monday, late assignment will not be accepted

       Final              50%      

 

Week

Date

Section

Content

1

25-Feb

Chap 1

introductions, dimensions and units, viscosity, surface tension

1

27-Feb

Chap 1

 

2

3-Mar

Chap 2

pressure, hydrostatic force

2

5-Mar

Chap 2

 

3

10-Mar

3.1-3.3

Basic law, conservation of mass

3

12-Mar

3.4-3.5

Linear momentum equation, angular momentum equation

4

17-Mar

3.6-3.7

Energy equation and Bernoulli equation

4

19-Mar

chap 3

Problem solving using integral method

5

24-Mar

 

Mid-term 1

5

26-Mar

4.1-4.2

Acceleration, differential equation of mass conservation

6

31-Mar

4.3

differential equation of linear momentum

6

2-Apr

4.4 4.6

differential equation of angular momentum, boundary condition

7

7-Apr

4.7-4.9

stream functions, velocity potentials

7

9-Apr

chap 4

examples, problem solving using differential equations

8

14-Apr

Chap 5

dimensional analysis

8

16-Apr

Chap 5

 

9

21-Apr

6.1-6.3

Reynolds number, head loss

9

23-Apr

6.4-6.6

Laminar and turbulent flow

10

28-Apr

6.6-6.7

Three types of problems

10

30-Apr

6.8,6.9

Minor losses

11

5-May

6.11,6.12

diffusers, flow meters

11

7-May

 

Mid-term 2

12

12-May

7.1-7.2

External flow

12

14-May

7.3-7.5

Boundary layer equation

13

19-May

7.6

Drag and Lift, how aircrafts fly

13

21-May

 

Special topic: Race car aerodynamics

14

26-May

8.1-8.7

Potential flow theory

14

28-May

8.9

Computational flow dynamics (project)

15

2-Jun

10.1-10.2

Open channel flow, Chezy and Manning

15

4-Jun

10.3-10.4

Efficiency, specific energy, critical depth

16

9-Jun

 

Duan-wu-jie break

16

11-Jun

10.5-10.6

Hydraulic jump, gradually varied flow

17

16-Jun

 

Project presentation, group 1 to 8

17

18-Jun

 

Project presentation, group 9 to 16

18

23-Jun

Chap 11

Pump and fans

18

25-Jun

Chap 11

Other fluid machineries

19

30-Jun

 

 

19

2-Jul

 

 

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