ME 305 Fluid Mechanics I Part 0 First Lecture

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A Day Full of Fluid Mechanics

You wake up in the morning and the room is comfortably warm. Free convection driven by the radiator heat the room up all night.

You wash your face. The water first passes through a flowmeter outside your house and travel inside pipes before coming to the faucet.
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You have a 9:40 class, but you feel sick. Maybe all you need is a pain reliever, but who knows...

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You have your breakfast. The coolant moving inside the tiny pipes at the back of your refrigerator, and the air circulating inside it are both fluids.

You decide to do some cleaning before heading to school. Fluid mechanics is involved in proper suction of air and filtering dust.
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You turn the TV on to get morning news. Nothing good again :-( Fluid mechanics is involved in countless military/defense applications.

www.nasa.gov

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A Day Full of Fluid Mechanics

Weather forecast says it will be a sunny day. You are lucky being far away from the hurricanes sweeping the East coast of the United States.
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Events/Current/TRCkatrina2240_G12.avi

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You get on your car. When you turn the engine on, the fuel is first pumped from the tank, mixed with air, and combustion gases do work inside the engine.

Unfortunately your plans of traveling with Ankaray all the way to METU campus should wait for at least another semester.
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Before your class you go to the PC lab and print your homework report. Inkjet printing and electronics cooling also involve fluid mechanics.

How inkjet printers work

http://computer.howstuffworks.com/inkjet-printer3.htm

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Before sleeping you watch some sports.

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You go to bed after studying for tomorrows quiz. In your dream you find yourself in the middle of the ocean, surrounded by a farm of wind turbines. Side effects of too much ME 305.

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Fluid Mechanics Applications

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Aerospace / Defense
Household Appliances Automotive

Fuel Cells

Glass
HVAC & R Marine & Offshore Nuclear Power Oil & Gas Turbomachines MEMS Sports & Athletic Equipment

Biomedical
Chemical Processes Consumer Packaged Goods

Electronics Cooling
Environmental Food and Beverage

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Fluid Mechanics Applications

(www.fluent.com , www.cfdrc.com)

Missile aerodynamics

Rotorcraft aerodynamics

Unmanned air vehicles

Micro air vehicles Chemical agent dispersion from a tank

Ejecting pilot from a fighter aircraft

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Fluid Mechanics Applications

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Windshield wiper design at high speeds

High speed train Motorcycle aerodynamics

Automobile aerodynamics

Underhood thermal design

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Fluid Mechanics Applications

(www.fluent.com , www.cfdrc.com)

Vacuum cleaner

Refrigerator

Washing machine Oven

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Fluid Mechanics Applications

(www.fluent.com , www.cfdrc.com)

Blood pump

Spinal needle

Glucose monitor

Blood flow
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Fluid Mechanics Applications

(www.fluent.com , www.cfdrc.com)

Laminar mixing

Blending and mixing

Thermoforging Blow molding of a milk container

Inkjet printer
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Fluid Mechanics Applications

(www.fluent.com , www.cfdrc.com)

Desktop PC Cooling

Heat exchanger

HVAC & R

Water purification
Heat sink
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Fluid Mechanics Applications

(www.fluent.com , www.cfdrc.com)

Pollutant dispersion over a city

Smoke from a stack

Plume dispersion from a cooling tower

Wind turbines

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Fluid Mechanics Applications

(www.fluent.com , www.cfdrc.com)

Fan Propeller Centrifugal Pump

Jet Engine Propulsion Crossflow fan

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Fluid Mechanics Applications

(www.fluent.com , www.cfdrc.com)

Ski Jumping

Golf

Swimming

Football

Cycling

Indy Car Racing

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Fluid Mechanics on the www

Google: http://directory.google.com/Top/Science/Physics/Fluid_Mechanics_and_Dynamics A General FM Site: http://www.efluids.com

Fluid Mechanics Resources: http://www.onesmartclick.com/engineering/fluid-mechanics.html

Educational Resources Related to FM: http://www.eng.vt.edu/fluids/links/edulinks.htm Gallery of FM Experiments: http://www.efluids.com/efluids/pages/gallery_exp.htm Gallery of FM Motion: http://pof.aip.org/pof/gallery Gallery of FM: http://www.galleryoffluidmechanics.com
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