| Course objectives: |
| To make students familiar with advanced level fluid mechanics as well as areas not covered in previous courses; to encourage students to explore the technical literature in this field |
| Course content and structure: |
| Properties of fluid. Fundamental laws of Fluid Mechanics for viscous and inviscid fluid: equation of motion, different forms of Euler equations, Navier-Stokes equations. Equations of continuity; differential forms of continuity equations, continuity equation for a stream tube. Energy equation. Laminar and turbulent flows. Prandtl’s boundary layer (BL) theory. Integral parameters of BL theory: boundary layer thickness, displacement thickness, momentum thickness, energy thickness. Kármán’s momentum law. Application for laminar flow around a flat plate without incidence and pressure gradient; Blasius equation. The relationship between drag coefficient and momentum thickness. Shear stress distribution along a flat plate. Approximate solutions of BL equations for the flow past a flat plate. Transition to turbulence. Turbulent flow past a flat plate. Flow separation. |
| Evaluation method: |
| oral exam |
| Required reading: |
| [1] White, F.M.: Fluid Mechanics. McGraw-Hill, 4th ed., Boston, 1999.[2] Streeter, V.L. and Wylie, E.B.: Fluid Mechanics. McGraw-Hill, First SI ed., Boston, 1987.[3] Roberson, J.A. and Crowe, C.T.: Engineering Fluid Mechanics, 3rd ed., Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, 1985. |
| Suggested reading: |
| [4] Fox, R.W. and McDonald, A.T.: Introduction to Fluid Mechanics, 3rd ed., John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1985.[5] Kundu, P.K., Cohen, I.M. and Dowling, D.R.: Fluid Mechanics, 5th ed., Elsevier, Amsterdam, 2012.[6] Finnemore, E,J. and Franzini, J.B.: Fluid Mechanics with Engineering Applications, 10th ed., McGraw-Hill, Boston, 2002. |
