Fluid Mechanics (II)
- Internal Flows:
Including the concept of entrance region, fully-developed flows, introduction to turbulence, friction factors, calculating the head loss, introduction to piping systems
- External flows:
including the basic concepts of the boundary layer theory, the momentum-integral approximation, von-Karman theory, displacement thickness, pressure gradient effects, drag-force calculation
- Potential flows:
Reviewing the concepts of velocity potential, stream-function, and vorticity, elementary plane flows and superposition, calculating the lift force and the Kutta-Joukowski lift theorem, introduction to airfoil theory, introduction to finite-difference methods
- Compressible flows:
including the review of Thermodynamics, speed of sound, steady isentropic flows, chocking and normal shocks, Converging--Diverging ducts, Fanno and Rayleigh flows, oblique shocks, Prandtl-Meyer expansion
- Open-channel flows:
including 1D flow approximation, flow classification with depth variation, Froude number and surface wave speed, specific energy of flow, critical depth, and hydraulic jump