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ME 326: Intermediate Fluid Mechanics

Syllabus

 

 

 

Course Specifications

 

 

 

 

 

Textbook: Fluid Mechanics, 3rd and 4th Eds., Cengel and Cimbala, (ISBN-978-0-07-338032-2)

 

Instructor: Goodarz Ahmadi (CAMP 267, 268-2322) 
Office Hours: Monday and Wednesday 12:30 - 3:30 p.m. 

 

Teaching Assistant: Abbas Khanmohamdi khanmoa@clarkson.edu  (CAMP 275) Office Hours:  Friday 1:00-2:30
Teaching Assistant: Seyi Oluwadare oluwadsr@clarkson.edu

 

Course Site: http://webspace.clarkson.edu/projects/fluidflow/courses/me326/index.html

https://sites.clarkson.edu/gahmadi/courses/me-326-intermediate-fluid-mechanics/

 

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. 11-12

4.1

Applications, Review of ES 330

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2. Jan. 15-19

9.1,2,4

Review of Differential Eqs., Balance Laws, Viscous Flows

HW-1. 4.19, 9.28,30,31,34,36,38

3. Jan. 22-26

9.4,5,6

Navier Stokes Equation, Viscous Parallel flows

HW-2. 9.86,87,89,91,95

4. Jan. 29-

Feb. 2

9.6

Exact Solutions, Aproximate Solutions

HW-3. 9.96,101,102, 103,104

5. Feb. 5-9

10.6

Boundary Layer, Introduction to CFD

HW-4. 10.99,100,102, 114,115,116

6. Feb. 12-16

10.6, 11.1-4

Boundary Layer, Turbulent Boundary Layer, Introduction to CFD

HW-5. 11.51,65,99,106

7. Feb. 19-21

11.1-4

Immersed Bodies, Drag forces

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Feb. 22-23

Feb. Recess

8. Feb. 26-

Mar. 1

9.3, 10.2-4

Stream Function, Inviscid Flows

HW-6. 10.56,59,60,66,71

Friday, Mar. 1

Exam 1

CAMP 177, 178 (4:00-5:15 pm)

 

9. Mar. 4-8

10.5

Inviscid Irrotational Flows

HW-7. Assigned Problems

10. Mar. 11-15

12.1-3

Acoustic Waves,  Isentropic Flows

HW-8. 12.7,9,25,26,27 

11. Mar. 18-22

Spring Recess

12. Mar. 25-29

12.3

Isentropic Flows, CFD

HW-9. 12.38,40,45,48,50

Friday, Mar. 29

Exam 2

CAMP 177, 178 (4:00-5:15 pm)

 

13. Apr. 1-5

12.4

Normal Shock, Nozzles, CFD

HW-10. 12.62,63,65,66,  69,70

14. Apr. 8-12

12.5,6

Flows with Heat Transfer

HW-11.

12.87,88,93, 95

15. Apr. 15-19

12.6

Flows with Friction

HW-12. 12.105,106,107, 109,114

16. Apr. 22-26

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Review

     

Final Week

Final Exam

 

 




Evaluation Methods

 

  • Homework and quizzes 10% 
  • Exam 1 25%   Friday, March 1, CAMP 177, 178, 4:00-5:15 pm
  • Exam 2 20%   Friday, March 29, CAMP 177, 178, 4:00-5:15 pm
  • 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 sheets will be provided in the hourly exam sheets.  The final exam will be an open book. The students are permitted to bring their textbook to the final exam. Notes and homework solutions are not allowed. 

Homework Policy

Homework must be submitted in pdf form to Moodle on due date.  Homework will be graded and posted on Moodle. 

 


 


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