Fluid Mechanics

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Module Title: Fluid Mechanics

Hours per Week: 1h 30m course, 3 hours TP, 1h 30m TD

Prerequisite knowledge: The properties of gases (The perfect and Real gases)

Purpose of the Module:

- Determine the dimensions and units of physical quantities in fluid mechanics.

- Determine the pressure at various locations in a fluid at rest.

- Determine the streamline pattern and acceleration field given a velocity field.

- Use the Bernoulli equation to solve simple flow problems.

(Stand-alone or in combination with the continuity equation)

- Identify and understand various characteristics of the flow in pipes.

- Discuss the main properties of laminar and turbulent pipe flow and appreciate

their differences.

Syllabus:

Chapter One: Units and Dimensions, Properties of fluids

Chapter Two: Fluid Statics

Chapter Three: Fluid Kinematics

Chapter Four: Fluid Dynamics

Chapter Five: Viscous Flow in Pipes

Fluid mechanics is the study of fluids either in motion (fluid dynamics, fluid kinematics) or at rest (fluid statics). Both gases and liquids are classified as fluids, and the number of fluids mechanics applications is enormous: breathing, blood flow, swimming, pumps, fans, turbines, airplanes, ships, rivers, windmills, pipes, missiles, icebergs, engines, filters, jets.

In the laboratory you will take measurements and draw various graphs according to the details on the laboratory sheets. These graphs can be compared with those obtained from theoretical analysis.

Thus experimentation provides a natural and easy complement to the theory.

You should keep in mind that theory and experiment should go hand in hand in all studies of fluid mechanics.