| Course Objectives: |
Gaining detailed knowledge and experience on:
• fundamental fluid properties for different fluids and flows
• forces on objects submerged in both static and flowing fluids
• pressures in both static and flowing fluids, and the velocities associated with different flows
• forces in complicated momentum balance problems
• energy loss and the flow rates associated with different flow networks in channels and pipes
• dimensionless numbers important for design of experiments and practical engineering work
• numerical solutions for simple fluid flow problems using Matlab
• properties of a boundary layer, both turbulent and laminar
• water depth variation for flows in rivers and channels |
| Course Content: |
Hydrostatics, kinematics of flow, continuity equation, Euler’s and Bernoulli’s equations, viscous flow equations, head loss in ducts and piping systems, momentum theorems, dimensional analysis and similitude, potential flow, circulation and vorticity. |
| Week |
Subject |
Related Preparation |
| 1) |
Identify Fluid Mechanics Curriculum |
|
| 2) |
Identify scope of fluid mechanics, basic equations, system and control volume, the dimensions and units |
|
| 3) |
Identify Fluid as Continuum,Velocity and Stress Field,Problem Solving Techniques, vector addition and product |
|
| 4) |
Identify the importance of viscosity, the classification of fluid motions, the types of flows, differential equations |
|
| 5) |
Identify the basic equations of fluid statics, the forces, the pressure knowledge, integration |
|
| 6) |
Identify Hydraulic Systems, describe Hydrostatic Force on Submerged Surfaces |
|
| 7) |
Identify Hydrostatic Force on Submerged Surfaces, Describe the Buoyancy and Stability |
|
| 8) |
Recognize the Basic Laws for System, Conservation of Mass, the Relation of System Derivatives |
|
| 9) |
Evaluate students via midterm exam |
|
| 10) |
Demonstrate the Momentum Equation for Inertial Control Volume, Momentum Equation for Control Volume with Rectilinear Acceleration, Angular Momentum Principle,First and the Second Law of Thermodynamics, Identify the Term Project Presentations |
|
| 11) |
Identify the Differential Analysis of Fluid Motion in Different Coordinate Systems , Kinematics |
|
| 12) |
Identify the Differential Analysis of Fluid Motion, the Momentum Equation |
|
| 13) |
Identify the Incompressible Inviscid Flow, Euler’s Equation, Bernoulli Equation, Term Presentations |
|
| 14) |
Identify the Relation of Thermodynamics and Bernoulli, Unsteady Bernoulli Equation, Stream and Potential Function |
|
| 15) |
Evaluate students via final exam |
|
| Course Notes / Textbooks: |
R.W. Fox, A.T. McDonald, “Introduction to Fluid Mechanics”, John Wiley
Specific handouts |
| References: |
Y. A. Çengel, J. M. Cimbala, “Fluid Mechanics, Fundamentals and Applications”, McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math, 2004)
F.M. White, “Fluid Mechanics”, 4th Ed., McGraw-Hill Higher Education, 1998
|
ISTANBUL OKAN UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE / COURSE CATALOGUE
