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Me509 Schedule Fall2019

This document outlines the tentative topic schedule for an intermediate fluid mechanics course in the fall of 2019. Over 15 weeks, it will cover fundamental concepts like fluid kinematics and the governing equations, solutions to the Navier-Stokes equations like Couette and Poiseuille flow, potential flows, and boundary layers. It includes 31 lectures with topics such as conservation laws, Reynolds lubrication, low Reynolds number hydrodynamics, boundary layer equations, and micro/nanoscale fluid mechanics. Quizzes will be given in weeks 4, 8, 10, and 15.

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Me509 Schedule Fall2019

This document outlines the tentative topic schedule for an intermediate fluid mechanics course in the fall of 2019. Over 15 weeks, it will cover fundamental concepts like fluid kinematics and the governing equations, solutions to the Navier-Stokes equations like Couette and Poiseuille flow, potential flows, and boundary layers. It includes 31 lectures with topics such as conservation laws, Reynolds lubrication, low Reynolds number hydrodynamics, boundary layer equations, and micro/nanoscale fluid mechanics. Quizzes will be given in weeks 4, 8, 10, and 15.

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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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