MECH 341 Fluid Mechanics II Units: 3.50
A second course in fluid mechanics covering the differential form of conservation laws, boundary layer and external flows, potential and compressible flows.
(Lec: 3, Lab: 0, Tut: 0.5)
(Lec: 3, Lab: 0, Tut: 0.5)
Offering Term: W
CEAB Units:
Mathematics 11
Natural Sciences 0
Complementary Studies 0
Engineering Science 31
Engineering Design 0
Offering Faculty: Smith Engineering
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Understand the physical mechanisms responsible for aerodynamic forces.
- Apply control volume analysis to mass, momentum and energy conservation (CV for Mass, Momentum, Energy).
- Explain boundary layer flows, including the concept of various boundary layer thicknesses, shape factor, flow separation and the difference between laminar and turbulent boundary layers (Boundary Layers).
- Apply differential form of mass and momentum conservation to the concept of flow field and its properties, including Navier Stokes equations (Apply NS).
- Apply stream function and velocity potential to the analysis of two-dimensional inviscid flows, and use the superposition principle to build complex flow fields from building block ingredients (Potential Flow).
- Explain compressible flow features based on one-dimensional compressible subsonic and supersonic flows, with and without normal shock waves (Compressible Flow).
- Calculate design parameters of rotational fluid machinery, including centrifugal pumps and wind turbines (Pumps and Turbines).