Class

Date

Day

Topics

Reading

HW Set Due

1

5 Mar

M

Hydrostatics: governing equations, manometry

2.1 - 2.6

2

7 Mar

W

Hydrostatics: Conservation of linear momentum on submerged surfaces, centroid

2.8 - 2.9

3

9 Mar

F

Hydrostatics: Conservation of angular momentum on submerged surfaces, center of pressure

2.8 - 2.9

1

4

12 Mar

M

Hydrostatics: Buoyancy

2.11

2

Week 2:  Lab 1 (Hydrostatics)

5

14 Mar

W

Bernoulli: Pressure variation due to acceleration/deceleration in an inviscid fluid

3.2, 3.4

3

6

16 Mar

F

Bernoulli: Pitot-static tube, static versus stagnation pressure, combined effect of acceleration/deceleration and elevation change

3.5 – 3.6, 3.8

4

7

19 Mar

M

Bernoulli: More applications of the Bernoulli equation

3.5 – 3.6, 3.8

5

Week 3:  Lab 2 (Bernoulli)

8

21 Mar

W

Euler’s n-equation: Pressure variation across streamlines

3.3

6

9

23 Mar

F

Fundamentals of Dimensional Analysis: Buckingham Pi Theorem

7.1 – 7.5

7

10

26 Mar

M

Applications of Dimensional Analysis: prediction based on established data

7.6 – 7.9 

8

Week 4: Lab 3 (Friction Factor in Pipe Flow)

11

28 Mar

W

Fundamentals of Dimensional Analysis: dynamic similarity

7.6 – 7.9

9

12

30 Mar

F

Mechanical Energy Balance: effect of viscous losses

5.3.1 – 5.4

10

13

2 Apr

M

Pressure variation in a viscous internal flow: major loss, Moody diagram

8.4.1

11

14

4 Apr

W

Pressure variation in a viscous internal flow: examples of major loss

8.4.1

12

15

6 Apr

F

Exam 1

Spring Break

16

16 Apr

M

Pressure variation in a viscous internal flow: due to change in flow direction, minor loss

8.4.2

13

Week 6:  Lab 4 (Head Loss in Venturi & Orifice)

17

18 Apr

W

Pressure variation in a viscous internal flow: iterative design problems

8.5.1

14

18

20 Apr

F

Pressure variation in a viscous internal flow: pipe network problems

8.5.2

16

19

23 Apr

M

Skin friction on external surface: boundary layer, empirical estimation of layer thickness and skin friction

9.1, 9.2.1, 9.2.2, 9.3.1

17

20

25 Apr

W

Conservation of linear momentum on a boundary layer: concept of mass & momentum deficit

9.2

18

21

27 Apr

F

Conservation of linear momentum on a channel/pipe flow: the developing region

8.1.2 – 8.1.3

19

22

30 Apr

M

Conservation of linear momentum on a channel/pipe flow: the fully developed region

8.2 – 8.3

20

Week 8:  Lab 5 (Pressure Measurement over Cylinders, Airfoils)

23

2 May

W

Lift & drag profile: slender bodies; skin friction and pressure components

9.2.6, 9.3.1, 9.3.3

21

24

4 May

F

Lift & drag profile: blunt bodies; phenomenon of flow separation under adverse pressure gradient

9.2.6, 9.3.2, 9.3.3

22

25

7 May

M

Exam 2

26

9 May

W

Speed of sound in a compressible medium, Mach number, stagnation state

11.1 – 11.4

23

27

11 May

F

Pressure variation in a compressible fluid: converging nozzle

11.6.1, 11.6.2, 11.7.1 – 11.7.3

24

28

14 May

M

Pressure variation in a compressible fluid: converging-diverging nozzle

11.7.4

26

29

16 May

W

Effect of back pressure on nozzle flow: phenomenon of choking

11.7.4

27

30

18 May

F

Course wrap-up

28

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