Office hours are 4:00 - 5:00 pm MTWTh,
Room 240E McCourtney Hall
Textbooks
Reference material consists of the following:
The course notes. It is highly recommended that you print them out so that you can annotate them in class. You can coil-bind the printed version using the coil binder in the CBE office.
The glossary of terms. This is an aid to understanding the "language" of fluid mechanics that we will be using this term.
R. B. Bird, W. E. Stewart and E. N. Lightfoot, Transport phenomena, New York, Wiley, 2006.
This is an update of -the- classic text on transport phenomena. Although at a high level, it provides
excellent development and applications of the microscopic equations governing transport. As the problem sets are not drawn from the text, the international version of BS&L is fine for this class.
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%). The weekly homework is designed to teach students how to approach, set up, and solve transport problems. Students are encouraged to discuss homework approaches and solution techniques with each other and with the instructors, however the final version turned in should represent individual work - no copying! "Solution files" from previous semesters are NOT to be used. Exams are closed books and notes.