Mechanical Engineering: Fundamentals of Fluid Flow exam

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MILWAUKEE COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING & APPLIED SCIENCE

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING PROGRAM

Course Name: MechEng 721 Fundamentals of Fluid Flow

Class Meeting Times and Location: Th 5:00 – 7:40 pm; KIRC 1150

Course Instructor:

Office Hours and Location: Th 3:00 – 5:00 pm (Physics B60) & after class

Course Description: 3 Cr. G., Inviscid, viscous and compressible flow; potential flow in

aerodynamics; analytical solutions of Navier-Stokes equation; laminar and turbulent boundary

layers, jets, wakes, and separating flows; applications. Prereq: grad st; Mecheng 320(P).

Course Objectives: This course surveys the principal concepts and methods of fluid dynamics.

Topics include mass conservation, momentum, and energy equations for continua, the

NavierStokes equation for viscous flows, lubrication theory, boundary layers and separation, and

compressible flows.

Textbook:

J.A. Fay, Introduction to Fluid Mechanics, MIT Press, 1994. ISBN-10: 0262061651.

F.M. White, Viscous Fluid Flow, McGraw-Hill Education, 2005.

Additional references:

Y.A. Cengel and J. Cimbala, Fluid Mechanics: Fundamentals and Applications, McGraw-Hill

Education, 2013. ISBN-10: 1259696537.

G.M. Homsy, Multimedia Fluid Mechanics, Cambridge University Press, 2008. ISBN-10:

0521721695.

H. Schlichting, Boundary-layer theory, Springer, 2000. ISBN-10: 3540662707.

P. Davidson, Turbulence: An Introduction for Scientists and Engineers, Oxford University Press,

2015. ISBN-10: 0198722591.

Grading Scheme:

The total score will be curved, and a final letter grade will be assigned as follows:

Homework assignments: 30%

Two midterm exams: 40% (20% each)

Final exam: 30%

Total: 100%

Plus or minus grades may be given to the scores near the dividing lines.

Course Outline:

Week Topic

1 (9/6) Fluid statics

2 (9/13) Inviscid flow (integral approach)

3 (9/20) Inviscid flow (integral approach)

4 (9/27) Inviscid flow (differential approach)

5 (10/4) Midterm exam I & solution

6 (10/11) Inviscid flow (differential approach)

7 (10/18) Viscous fluid flow (I)

8 (10/25) Viscous fluid flow (II)

9 (11/1) Boundary layer theory (I)

10 (11/8) Midterm exam II & solution

11 (11/15) Boundary layer theory (II)

12 (11/22) Thanksgiving

13 (11/29) Stability and turbulence

14 (12/6) Compressible flow

15 (12/13) Review

16 (12/20) Final exam (take-home)

Course Web Page: http://d2l.uwm.edu

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