ME 509 – Intermediate Fluid Mechanics – Fall 2019

Tentative Topic Schedule (updated August 9, 2019)

Week Lect. Date Topic

1 1 Tu 20 Aug Introduction: course logistics; continuum vs. statistical approach; definition of a fluid
2 Th 22 Aug Fluid Kinematics: streamlines, streaklines, and pathlines; Lagrangian and Eulerian viewpoints; Lagrangian derivative; Reynolds’
Transport Theorem

2 3 Tu 27 Aug Governing Equations (Integral Approach): conservation of mass

4 Th 29 Aug Governing Equations (Integral Approach): conservation of linear momentum

3 5 Tu 3 Sep Governing Equations (Integral Approach): conservation of linear momentum

6 Th 5 Sep Index Notation

4 7 Tu 10 Sep Governing Equations (Differential Approach): conservation of mass (continuity equation)

8 Th 12 Sep Quiz 1

5 9 Tu 17 Sep Governing Equations (Differential Approach): conservation of mass, momentum; Newtonian fluid; Navier-Stokes equations
10 Th 19 Sep Governing Equations (Differential Approach): vorticity; conservation of angular momentum (vorticity transport equation)

6 11 Tu 24 Sep Governing Equations (Differential Approach): conservation of energy

12 Th 26 Sep Solutions to the Navier-Stokes Equations: Couette flow

7 13 Tu 1 Oct Solutions to the Navier-Stokes Equations: Poiseuille flow

14 Th 3 Oct Kinematics revisited

8 Tu 8 Oct Fall Break – no class

15 Th 10 Oct Solutions to the Navier-Stokes Equations: similarity solutions, Stokes and Rayleigh problems

9 16 Tu 15 Oct Solutions to the Navier-Stokes Equations: similarity solutions, Stokes and Rayleigh problems
17 Th 17 Oct Nondimensionalization, Reynolds lubrication equation

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 ME 509 – Intermediate Fluid Mechanics – Fall 2019
Tentative Topic Schedule (updated August 9, 2019)

Week Lect. Date Topic

10 18 Tu 22 Oct Quiz 2
19 Th 24 Oct Reynolds lubrication equation

11 20 Tu 29 Oct Low Reynolds number hydrodynamics: flow around a sphere/cylinder

21 Th 31 Oct Low Reynolds number hydrodynamics: flow around a sphere/cylinder

12 22 Tu 5 Nov Low Reynolds number hydrodynamics: flow around a sphere/cylinder; Stokes’ paradox
23 Th 7 Nov Potential Flows; stream function, potential function; “building block” potential functions

13 24 Tu 12 Nov Potential Flows: complex potential; superposition; doublet

25 Th 14 Nov Potential Flows; introduction to boundary layers

14 26 Tu 19 Nov Boundary Layers: derivation of the boundary layer equations and boundary conditions
27 Th 21 Nov Boundary Layers: boundary layer thickness definitions; Blasius solution

15 28 Tu 26 Nov Quiz 3
Th 28 Nov Thanksgiving Break – no classes

16 29 Tu 3 Dec Boundary Layers: approximate methods; Karman momentum integral equation

30 Th 5 Dec Micro/Nanoscale Fluid Mechanics; advanced topics

31 TBD Final Exam (Location TBD)

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