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ME 326: Intermediate Fluid Mechanics

Syllabus

 

 

 

Course Specifications

 

 

 

 

 

Textbook: Fluid Mechanics, 5rd Ed., F.M. White, McGraw-Hill, 2003.

 

Instructor (sec. 1): Goodarz Ahmadi (CAMP 267, 268-2322) 
Office Hours: MTW 2:20 - 4:00 p.m. 

 

Teaching Assistant: Arthur Michalek  (CAMP 211)
Office Hours:  TF 1:00-3:30

 

Course Site: http://www.clarkson.edu/fluidflow/courses/me326/ 

 

Prerequisites: ES330, MA 212 

 

 

 


   

Course Learning Objectives

 

 

 

  1. Students to learn the fundamentals of viscous incompressible flows. 
  2. Students to learn the basics of non-viscous potential flows.
  3. Students to learn the fundamentals of computational fluid mechanics.
  4. Students to learn the fundamentals of compressible flows.

 

 

 

Course Learning Outcomes

 

 

 

Objective 1:

 

  1. Students will be able to formulate and solve incompressible laminar flows for simple parallel flows in Cartesian and polar coordinates. 
  2. Students will be able to analyze boundary layer flows over a flat plate. 
  3. Students will be able to estimate drag forces in laminar and turbulent flows for different immersed bodies. 

 

Objective 2:

 

  1. Students will become familiar with the stream function, potential functions and elementary potential flows. 
  2. Students will be able to handle simple potential flow by the method of superposition. 

 

Objective 3:

 

  1. Students will become familiar with computational fluid mechanics. 
  2. Students will demonstrate using the FLUENT Code for solving two-dimensional laminar and turbulent flows. 

 

Objective 4:

 

  1. Students will be able to analyze one-dimensional isentropic compressible flows. 
  2. Students will be able to handle one-dimensional flows with shock waves. 
  3. Students will be able to handle one-dimensional compressible flows with friction. 

 


 

Course Outline

 

 

 

 

Dates

Text Sections

Topic

Homework

1. Jan. 8-16

4.1-4

Introduction, Applications, Differential Eq. ES 330, Balance laws

4.2,7,35,36 

2. Jan. 19-23

4.4,4.6,4.11

Viscous parallel flows

4.37,83,84,88

3. Jan. 26-33

7.1-3

Immersed Bodies, Boundary layer,

 

7.1,9,10,12

4. Feb. 2-6

7.4,7.6

Turbulent Boundary layer, Drag

7.14,16,30,33,39,46

5. Feb. 12-14

7.6

Drag forces, Intro. to CFD

7.56,62,66,84,88,92

Feb. 16, 17

Feb. Recess

 

6. Feb. 18-20

4.7-10,8.1

Stream function,  Intro. to CFD

4.47,48,54,56,63,68

Friday, Feb. 20

Exam 1

CAMP 177

 

7. Feb. 23-27

8.1-4

Inviscid flows Intro. to CFD

8.5,6,9,14,23,26,28

8. Mar. 1-5

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Computational fluid mechanics

Projects will  be assigned

9.Mar. 8-12

9.1-3

Acoustic waves,  Isentropic flow

9.11,12,19,20

10. Mar. 17-21

Spring Recess

 

11. Mar. 22-26

9.4

Isentropic flow, CFD

9.26,31,40,45, 52,53

Wednesday, March 24

Exam 2

CAMP 177

 

12. Mar. 29-Apr. 2

9.5-6

Normal shock, Nozzles, CFD

9.55,57,62,63,  68,78,82,84

13. Apr. 5-9

9.7-8

Flows with friction and heat transfer

9.86,90,91, 102,106, 109,112,113,115

14. Apr. 12-16

 9.8

Flows with heat transfer

15. Apr. 19-23

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Review

Final Week

Exam 3




Evaluation Methods

 

  • Homework 10% 
  • Exam 1 25%   Thursday February 20 - CAMP 177, 8:30-9:30
  • Exam 2 20%   Thursday March 27 - CAMP 177, 8:30-9:30
  • Final Exam 30%
  • Projects 15% 


Course Description

 

ME 326 Intermediate Fluid Mechanics R-3, C-3. 
Prerequisites: ES 330 (Fluid Mechanics), ES 340 (Thermodynamics), MA 232 (Differential Equations). 
A continuation of ES 330. 

Topics include: deformation and stress in fluids; basic conservation laws; kinematics of fluid flow; theory of potential flow; introduction to compressible flows; isentropic flows and shock waves; compressible flows with friction and heat transfer; Navier-Stokes equation and theory of viscous flow; low Reynolds number flows with applications to hydrodynamic lubrication; laminar boundary layer theory and von Karman momentum integral method; introduction to computational fluid dynamics; applications of fluid mechanics to engineering problems including turbomachinery. Introduction to design concepts. 


Exam & Homework Policies

 

 

 

Exam Policy

Hourly Exams will be closed book and formula sheet will be provided in the hourly exam sheets.  The final exam will be open book. The students are permitted to bring their textbook to the final exam. Notes and homework solutions are not allowed. 

Homework Policy

Homework will be collected every Wednesday.  Homework will be graded and returned to the students. 

 


 


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