ME 35600 Fluid Mechanics
Basic concepts in fluid mechanics. Hydrostatics. Control volume formulation of the basic laws of conservation of mass and momentum. Differential analysis of fluid motion: continuity and Euler's equations. Bernoulli's equations. Dimensional analysis and similitude. Incompressible viscous pipe flow. Introduction to boundary layer theory. Drag and lift.
Prerequisite
MATH 39100 (min. C grade), PHYS 20800 (min. C grade); pre- or coreq.: Math 39200.
Contact Hours
3 hr./wk.