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 |
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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) |
14 | |
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) |
22 | |
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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