ME 333 Fluid Mechanics

http://depts.washington.edu/mengr333
Class time: MTWF 9:30-10:20 MEB 248




Instructor:

Professor Alberto Aliseda
office: MEB 306
tel: 543-4910
email: aaliseda@u.washington.edu
office hours: TuWTh 11:30-12:30 or by appointment


Course description Teaching Assistants
Syllabus Lab Session
Homework Class Notes
Exams
Textbook Grading


Course Description

The material in this course will provide the student with a fundamental background in the statics and dynamics of fluids. The basic conservation laws of mass, momentum and energy are analyzed in control volume and differential form. The student will learn how to choose the right formulation, integral vs differential, for fluid flow problems. The student will also learn how to work with different frames  of reference and use them to simplify problems. Real life applications of these fundamental concepts will be introduced, with an emphasis on critical analysis of the limitations of hte model used in solving the problem. Interpretation of results from experiments and numerical simulation of fluid flows will also be emphasized.

Teaching Assistants

    Cheryn Engenbrecht                                              Daniel Bolleddula 
    email: cheryn@u.washington.edu                         
email: dabolla@u.washington.edu           
    office Hours: MW 2-3 
                                           office Hours: TTh 4-5
    office: G44                                                              office: G44


Class Schedule


Lecture
          MTWF 9:30- 10:20 in MEB248

Recitations    Wed 1:30-3:20 in RAI 121

                
Thu  1:30-3:20 in THO 211

Lab Session    WTh 1:30 -3:20 in G40 (Second half of the quarter)
                            All students should sign up for a two hour lab session that will take place
                            during the 7th, 8th and 9th weeks of the quarter.
                            Sign up sheets will be available in MEB306 on the second week of class.
                            A group report on the lab activities will be due on the last day of class, June 6th.

Syllabus

Week 1:          Chapter 1. Introduction.
                        Dimensions. Thermodynamics: density, pressure, temperature, ...
                        Fluid Properties: viscosity, surface tension, compressibility, ...


Week 2:          Chapter 2. Fluid Statics.

                        Pressure. Basic Equations. Standard Atmosphere. Forces.

Week 3:          Chapter 4. Kinematics.

                        Eulerian/Lagragian. Streamlines. Material derivative.
                        Control Volume. Reynolds transport theorem.


Week 4 & 5:   Chapter 5. Conservation Laws.
                        Conservation of Mass. Conservation of Momentum (Newton's second law).
                        Conservation of Energy.

Midterm

Week 6 & 7:   Chapter 6. Differential Analysis of the Conservation Laws.
                        Conservation of Mass (continuity). Conservation of Momentum (Navier-Stokes).
                        Conservation of Energy. Euler/Bernouilli equation.


Week 8:          Chapter 7. Dimensional Analysis.
                       

Week 9:          Chapter 8. Internal Flows. Flow in Pipes. Laminar vs. turbulent.

Week 10:        Chapter 9. External Flows.
                        Boundary Layer. Lift and Drag.


Final




Homework   /   Homework solutions

                  Homeworks will be assigned every Friday and will be due in class on Friday of the following week. Solutions will be posted in this webpage on that same
                  day. Thus, no late submissions will be accepted.


Class Notes

                  Class notes are available for download in pdf format.



Textbook

Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics, 5th Edition, by Munson, Young and Okiishi, John Wiley & Sons, NY. 2006

Recommended Reading Material:
           Fluid Mechanics, 6th Edition, by Frank M. White. McGraw Hill, NY. 2008
                     Introduction to Fluid Mechanics, 6th Edition, by Fox. McDonald, Pritchard, John Wiley & Sons, NY. 2005
Useful fun stuff:
           An Album of Fluid Motion by Milton van Dyke, Parabolic Press.
                     Multi-Media Fluid Mechanics (CD-ROM), by G. M. Homsy et al., Cambridge University Press.
Recommended links:
           http://www.efluids.com
                    

Grading

Homeworks:   20%
Lab report:     10%
Midterm:         25%
Final:              45%

Exams

         Midterm: during class, on or around Friday May 9, 2008.
              
       Final:       Wednesday June 11, 2008 8:30-10:20 a.m.  in MEB248
                       It will be comprehensive, covering all material in the course.

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