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The main textbook for this course is:
Young, Donald F., Bruce R. Munson, and Theodore H. Okiishi. A Brief Introduction to Fluid Mechanics. 3rd ed. New York, NY: Wiley, 2003. ISBN: 0471457574.
Supplemental texts for the course are:
Control Volume Notes (PDF)
A Few Hints on Problem Solving (PDF)#
Readings assignments in the main textbook are shown in this table.
Course readings.
| SES # |
TOPICS |
READINGS |
| L1 |
Subject Outline, Fluid Concepts, The Continuum Hypothesis |
1.1-1.6 |
| R1 |
Review of Hydrostatics and Dimensional Analysis |
|
| L2 |
Description of Fluid Flow, Conservation Laws |
1.7-1.9, 4.1-4.2 |
| L3 |
Hydrostatics, Forces on Plane and Curved Surfaces |
2.1-2.3, 2.8-2.10 |
| R2 |
Stability of Floating Bodies |
|
| L4 |
Manometry, Stability of Dams and Gates |
2.4-2.7, 2.11-2.12 |
| L5 |
Mass and Volume Conservation |
5.1, 6.1-6.2 |
| L6 |
Stream Function, Velocity Potential, Flownet Construction |
6.4, 6.5-6.5.1 |
| L7 |
The Bernoulli Equation for Ideal Fluids |
3.1-3.4 |
| R3 |
Flownet and Streamline Construction |
|
| L8 |
Application of Mass Conservation and Bernoulli |
3.5-3.6 |
| L9 |
Conservation Laws for Finite Control Volumes, Reynolds Transport Theorem |
4.3-4.4 |
| L10 |
Conservation of Momentum for Finite Control Volumes |
5.2.1 |
| R4 |
Bernoulli Experiment |
|
| L11 |
Applications of Momentum |
5.2.2 |
| L12 |
The Bernoulli Equation from Energy Considerations |
5.3-5.3.1 |
| L13 |
Special Forms and Interpretations of the Bernoulli Equation |
3.7-3.8, 5.3.2-5.3.4 |
| E1 |
Hour Exam 1 (Covering Material through Ses #L11) |
|
| L14 |
Laminar Flow, Shear Stresses in Fluids |
1.6, 8.1 |
| L15 |
Velocity Distribution in Laminar Flows, Turbulence, The Reynolds Number |
6.9, 8.2-8.3 |
| R5 |
Application of Conservation Principles for Finite Control |
|
| L16 |
Pipe Friction Losses, Moody Diagram, Minor Losses |
8.4 |
| L17 |
Pipe Flow Analysis |
8.5-8.6 |
| L18 |
Pump Specification and Requirements |
11.1-11.4 |
| R6 |
Pipe Flow Demonstration and Analysis |
|
| L19 |
Turbines and Windmills |
11.6-11.8 |
| L20 |
Drag Forces on Immersed Bodies |
9.1-9.3 |
| L21 |
Lift Forces on Immersed Bodies |
9.4 |
| R7 |
Dynamic Response of a Floating Body |
|
| L22 |
Fluid Mechanics of Pitching |
10.1, 10.4-10.4.2 |
| L23 |
Uniform Open Channel Flow |
10.4.3 |
| L24 |
Uniform Open Channel Flow Computations |
10.2
Class notes |
| E2 |
Hour Exam 2 (Covering Material through Ses #L23) |
|
| R8 |
Open Channel Flow Computations |
|
| L25 |
Bernoulli Principle in Open Channel Flow, Specific Head-Depth Diagram |
10.3 |
| L26 |
Application of Specific Head in Open Channel Flow, Super- and Sub-critical Flows |
10.6.2-10.6.4 |
| L27 |
Momentum Principle in Open Channel Flow |
10.6.1
Class notes |
| L28 |
Application of Momentum Principle in Open Channel Flow |
Class notes |
| R9 |
Application of Energy and Momentum Principles in Open Channel Flows |
|
| L29 |
Gradually Varied Open Channel Flow |
10.5 |
| L30 |
Gradually Varied Flow Profiles |
Class notes |
| L31 |
Discharge From Lakes and Under Gates |
Class notes |
| R10 |
Determination of Gradually Varied Flow Profiles |
|
| L32 |
Further Examples of Gradually Varied Flow |
Class notes |
| L33 |
Unsteady Flow in Open Channels, Kinematic Waves |
Class notes |
| L34 |
Flood Routing |
6.3, 6.8 |
| E3 |
Hour Exam 3 (Covering Material through Ses #L34) |
|
| L35-L36 |
Differential Analysis of Fluid Flow, Navier-Stokes Equations |
8.3
Class notes |
| E4 |
Final Exam (3 Hours) |
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