MECH3315 - Fluid Mechanics

MECH 3315 Fluid Mechanics (3 semester credit hours) Lecture course. In this course, we will study the physics governing the motion of fluids at an introductory level. We will familiarize ourselves with basic concepts in fluid mechanics, such as continuum, velocity field, and vorticity. We will apply the principle of mass conservation and Newton's law to describe the motion of fluids and solve basic engineering problems. After studying simple cases of fluid motion for in-viscid fluids, we will consider viscosity for internal flows (e.g. pipe flows), external flows (airfoils and bluff bodies), and flows with a free surface. Dimensional analysis will also be presented. Prerequisites: MECH 2330 and ENGR 3300. Prerequisite or Corequisite: MECH 3310. (3-0) S