Office hours are 4:00 - 5:00 pm MWThF,
Room 179 Fitzpatrick Hall
Textbooks
Reference material consists of the following:
The course notes. A course packet including the notes from last year
will be made available during the first week of class for those who wish
to purchase it. This year's notes will be available online.
The CD Multi-Media Fluid Mechanics available at the bookstore. This CD has some great examples of fluid flow phenomena, which should help in building your physical intuition.
R. B. Bird, W. E. Stewart and E. N. Lightfoot, Transport phenomena, New York, Wiley, 2001.
This is an update (after 40 years!) of -the- classic text on transport phenomena. Although at a high level, it provides
excellent development and applications of the microscopic equations governing transport.
Chapters 1-8 are appropriate for this course.
Course Outline
Introduction: What is Fluid Mechanics?
Fluids at Rest
Fluids in Motion: An Introduction
Conservation of Mass
Conservation of Momentum (macroscopic balances)
Conservation of Momentum (microscopic equations)
Simple Flow Problems
Dimensional Analysis
The Stream Function
Low Reynolds Number Flows
Potential Flows
Boundary Layer Theory
Turbulence
Friction Factors
Grading
There will be weekly homework assignments (15%), two hour examinations (25% each), and a final exam (35%).