Fluid Mechanics
- The Concept of a Fluid
- Fluid as a Continuum:
Thermodynamic Properties of a Fluid.
Stress and Viscosity.
Characteristic Parameters.
Reynolds Number Influence.
Compressibility: Mach Number, Cavitation, and Flow Regimes.
- Flow Patterns: Streamlines, Stream tubes, Streaklines, Pathlines, and Timelines.
- Forces on a Fluid Element:
Forces in a Pressure Gradient Field.
Forces in a Gravity Field.
Forces due to Viscous Stresses.
Hydrostatic Pressure Distribution.
Standard Atmosphere Model.
Hydrostatic Forces on Plane and Curved Surfaces.
- Physical Laws of Fluid Mechanics:
Control Volume vs. Control Mass.
Reynolds’ Transport Theorem.
Conservation of Mass.
The Linear Momentum Equation.
The Energy Equation.
Hydraulic Jump.
Bernoul
- Differential Form of the Conservation Equations:
Derivation of Conservation of mass in differential form.
Derivation of Conservation of momentum in differential form.
Substantial or Total Derivative.
Kinematics of Flow Field.
- Pipe’s Flow:
Darcy-Weisbach Equation.
Moody’s Chart and Minor Losses.
- Drag on A Flat Plate:
Self-Similarity of velocity profiles.
Local Wall Shear Stress.
Laminar Flow and Blasius Solution.
Structure of a Turbulent Boundary Layer.
Tripping of Laminar Boundary Layer.
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