ME 509 Intermediate Fluid Mechanics Fall 2017

Tentative Topic Schedule (updated August 22, 17)

Week Lect. Date Topic

1 1 Tu 22 Aug Introduction: course logistics; continuum vs. statistical approach; definition of a fluid
2 Th 24 Aug Fluid Kinematics: streamlines, streaklines, and pathlines; Lagrangian and Eulerian viewpoints; Lagrangian derivative; Reynolds
Transport Theorem

2 3 Tu 29 Aug Governing Equations (Integral Approach): conservation of mass

4 Th 31 Aug Governing Equations (Integral Approach): conservation of linear momentum

3 5 Tu 5 Sep Governing Equations (Integral Approach): conservation of linear momentum

6 Th 7 Sep Index Notation

4 7 Tu 12 Sep Quiz 1
8 Th 14 Sep Governing Equations (Differential Approach): conservation of mass (continuity equation)

5 9 Tu 19 Sep Governing Equations (Differential Approach): conservation of mass, momentum; Newtonian fluid; Navier-Stokes equations
10 Th 21 Sep Governing Equations (Differential Approach): vorticity; conservation of angular momentum (vorticity transport equation)

6 11 Tu 26 Sep Governing Equations (Differential Approach): conservation of energy

12 Th 28 Sep Solutions to the Navier-Stokes Equations: Couette flow

7 13 Tu 3 Oct Solutions to the Navier-Stokes Equations: Poiseuille flow

14 Th 5 Oct Quiz 2

8 Tu 10 Oct Fall Break no class

15 Th 12 Oct Kinematics revisited

9 16 Tu 17 Oct Solutions to the Navier-Stokes Equations: similarity solutions, Stokes and Rayleigh problems
17 Th 19 Oct Solutions to the Navier-Stokes Equations: similarity solutions, Stokes and Rayleigh problems

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 ME 509 Intermediate Fluid Mechanics Fall 2017
Tentative Topic Schedule (updated August 22, 17)

Week Lect. Date Topic

10 18 Tu 24 Oct Nondimensionalization, Reynolds lubrication equation
19 Th 26 Oct Reynolds lubrication equation

11 20 Tu 31 Oct Quiz 3
21 Th 2 Nov Low Reynolds number hydrodynamics: flow around a sphere/cylinder

12 22 Tu 7 Nov Low Reynolds number hydrodynamics: flow around a sphere/cylinder

23 Th 9 Nov Low Reynolds number hydrodynamics: flow around a sphere/cylinder; Stokes paradox

13 24 Tu 14 Nov Potential Flows; stream function, potential function; building block potential functions
25 Th 16 Nov Potential Flows: complex potential; superposition; doublet

14 26 Tu 21 Nov Quiz
27 Th 23 Nov Thanksgiving Break no classes

15 28 Tu 28 Nov Boundary Layers: derivation of the boundary layer equations and boundary conditions
Th 30 Nov Boundary Layers: boundary layer thickness definitions; Blasius solution

16 29 Tu 5 Dec Boundary Layers: approximate methods; Karman momentum integral equation

30 Th 7 Dec Micro/Nanoscale Fluid Mechanics

31 TBA Final Exam (TBA)

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