ME 401 Foundations of Fluid Mechanics
Fall Quarter 2015-2016

Class Date Day Topics Reading HW Set Due
Lecture 1 4 Sep F Review on COM, COLM, MEB; empirical versus analytical approach; fundamental difference between fluids and solids 1.1, 3.5 - 3.6, 3.8 in Munson,
3.3, 5.2 in
ES 201 Text
Lecture 2 7 Sep M Kinematics of fluid motion 4.1, 6.1  
Lecture 3 8 Sep T Conservation of mass - the continuity equation 6.2 1
Lab 1 9 Sep W Flow visualization    
Lecture 4 11 Sep F Conservation of linear momentum for an inviscid fluid - the Euler equation 6.3 - 6.4.1 2
Lecture 5 14 Sep M Bernoulli equation, Euler's n-equation 6.4.2, 3.3 3
Lecture 6 15 Sep T Potential flow - velocity potential & stream function 6.2.3, 6.4.5 4
Lab 2 16 Sep W Pressure measurement    
Lecture 7 18 Sep F Potential flow - the Laplace's equation 6.4.5 5
Lecture 8 21 Sep M Potential flow - complex potential function for various fundamental flows 6.5 6
Lecture 9 22 Sep T Potential flow - application of superposition 6.6 7
Lab 3 23 Sep W Problem-solving session using superposition    
Lecture 10 25 Sep F Potential flow - conformal mapping   8
Lecture 11 28 Sep M Conservation of linear momentum for a viscous fluid - the Navier-Stokes equation 6.8 9
Lecture 12 29 Sep T No-slip boundary conditions, analytical solution to the NS equation 6.9 10
Lab 4 30 Sep W Application of conformal mapping to airfoil prediction    
Lecture 13 2 Oct F More analytical solutions to the NS equation 6.9 11
Lecture 14 5 Oct M More analytical solutions to the NS equation 6.9 12
Lecture 15 6 Oct T Mid-term review   13
Lab 5 7 Oct W Mid-term exam (no lab)    
Fall Break
Lecture 16 12 Oct M Vorticity transport in a viscous flow
(Mid-Term Progress Report Due)
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Lecture 17 13 Oct T Boundary layer - physical mechanisms 1.10, 9.2.1 15
Lab 6 14 Oct W Particle image velocimetry    
Lecture 18 16 Oct F Concept of mass and momentum deficit   16
Lecture 19 19 Oct M Boundary layer - Blasius' similarity solution, scaling in streamwise and normal directions 9.2.2 17
Lecture 20 20 Oct T Boundary layer - effect of pressure gradient 9.2.6 18
Lab 7 21 Oct W Hot wire anemometry    
Lecture 21 23 Oct F Boundary layer - separation & control   19
Lecture 22 26 Oct M Boundary layer - laminar-turbulent transition, natural versus bypass 8.3.1, 9.2.4 20
Lecture 23 27 Oct T Characteristics of turbulent flows, scale disparity   21
Lab 8 28 Oct W Project time    
Lecture 24 30 Oct F Reynolds decomposition
(Final day to drop a course without penalty)
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Lecture 25 2 Nov M The closure problem of turbulence   23
Lecture 26 3 Nov T Turbulence energetics - energy exchange between mean flow & turbulence   24
Lab 9 4 Nov W Project time    
Lecture 27 6 Nov F Statistical treatment of turbulence - time spectrum of turbulence   25
Lecture 28 9 Nov M Energy cascade in a turbulent flow - vortex stretching & tilting   26
Lecture 29 10 Nov T Statistical treatment of turbulence - space-time correlation   27
Lab 10 11 Nov W Project presentation    
Lecture 30 13 Nov F Course wrap-up   28
TBD TBD Comprehensive Final Exam    
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