Fluid Mechanics
- Fluid properties: Definition of fluid, fluids and continuous environment, dimension, viscosity (Newton’s Viscosity Law and viscosity coefficient), force and mass (mass density, specific volume and weight, density, pressure).
- Fluid properties: Perfect gas, Avogadro’s law, volume modulus of elasticity (bulk modulus), vapor pressure, cavitation, surface tension, capillary.
- Fluid statics: Properties of stress, pressure at one point, the main static equation of fluids, pressure measurement, pressure measuring units (Absolute pressure, Gage pressure and Vacuum) and manometers.
- Fluid statics: Hydrostatic force on horizontal flat submerged surfaces, hydrostatic force on diagonal flat submerged surfaces and hydrostatic force on curved submerged surfaces.
- Fluid statics: Pressure prism, buoyant force, center of buoyancy, buoyancy laws, stability of floating objects and hydrometer..
- Fluid flow: Fundamentals of fluid flow, flow characteristics and definitions, system and control volume; equations of continuity and energy and amount of motion.
- Fluid flow: Euler’s equation, Bernoullis equation, reversibility and irreversibility, declines, energy equations for the steady state, Euler’s equations and laws of thermodynamics.
- Fluid flow: Application of energy equation for constant in-compressible flow and applications of the equation of motion..
- Dimensional Analysis and similitude: Dimensionless groups, Dimensional Analysis, Buckingham Theorem.
- Dimensional Analysis and similitude: Dimensionless groups or parameters in fluid mechanics, similarity and study of the model.
- Viscous flow, pipes and ducts: Incompressible viscous flow through pipes, Laminar and Turbulant flow, Internal and External flows, Navier-Stokes equations, Permanent incompressible laminar flow between parallel plates.
- Viscous flow, pipes and ducts: Drop in laminar flow, Laminar flow in pipes; Shear stress in turbulent flow, turbulent flow in open and closed ducts, constant uniform flow in open channels.
- Viscous flow, pipes and ducts: Permanent incompressible flow in pipes and localized drops.
- Compressible flow: Internal energy changes and enthalpy and entropy of perfect gas, wave velocity and Mach number.
- Compressible flow: Isentropic flow (adiabatic without friction); Shock waves; Fano line and rail line; Adiabatic flow with friction in pipes.