Courses Detail Information
ME3200J – Fluid Mechanics
Instructors:
Lipo Wang; Zijie Qu;Chien-pin Chen
Credits:
3
Pre-requisites:
ME2350J, ME2400J, and MATH2160J/2560J/2860J
Description:
Fluid statics; Reynolds transport theorem, conservation of mass, momentum and energy in fixed and moving control volumes, governing equations; steady and unsteady Bernoulli’s equation; kinematics; applications of the Reynolds transport theorem, dimensional analysis and similitude; laminar and turbulent flow; boundary layers; lift and drag; compressible flows.
Course Topics:
1. Fluid properties, fluid forces, and flow regimes.
2. Fluid statics.
3. Flow kinematics.
4. Reynolds transport theorem and derivation of conservation laws of mass, momentum and energy in fixed, deforming, and moving control volumes, applications of the Reynolds transport theorem.
5. The steady and unsteady Bernoulli equation along and normal to a streamline.
6. Similitude, dimensional analysis.
7. Viscous flow in pipes and channels (laminar and turbulent flow regimes, the Moody chart, head loss equation), exact and approximate solutions.
8. External flow, boundary layer concept, lift and drag, pressure and friction drag, streamlining and drag reduction.
9. Basic introduction of the compressible flow