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Cyprus International University
TR

FLUID MECHANICS

Course
MCLE382 - FLUID MECHANICS
Department
Mechanical Engineering - English - Master
Course Type
Scientific Preparation
Status
Required
Language
English
Credit
0
ECTS
6
T+P+L
0 + 0 + 0
Course Coordinator(s)
Asst. Prof. Dr. Ali SHEFIK
Prerequisite
-
Keywords

Course Description

Definitions, physical properties. Hydrostatic, forces on plane and curved surfaces, buoyancy, hydrostatics in moving and rotating containers. Lagrangian and Eulerian descriptions, derivatives, rate of deformation, flow lines. System and Control volume approach, Reynolds Transport Theorem, principles of conservation of mass, momentum and energy, Bernoulli equation. Dimensional analysis, Buckingham pi theorem, similitude

FLUID MECHANICS

Evaluation Tools (Active Term)

Item Type Weight (%)
Mid-Term Exam Midterm 40
Final Exam Final 60
Total 100

Course outcomes

  1. 01 develope an understanding of the broad range of engineering applications which involve fluid mechanics;
  2. 02 recall the basic principles and the use of manometers, and hydrostatic forces on submerged surfaces;
  3. 03 recall and use the Lagrangian and Eulerian descriptions of flows, flow visualization, vorticity;
  4. 04 apply the fundamental conservation laws of mass, momentum, energy and Bernoulli equations to engineering problems
  5. 05 apply the Reynolds transport theorem to linear and angular momentum using control volume analysis;
  6. 06 apply Buckingham Pi theorem of dimensional analysis and similarity;
  7. 07 Evaluate understand laminar and turbulent flow, major and minor losses, piping networks;
  8. 08 understand the differential analysis of fluid flow including the derivation and application of the continuity,

Course Syllabus

Week Topic
Week 1 Introduction, What is fluid?, No-Slip Condition, Classification of fluid flows.
Week 2 Vapour pressure, cavitation, energy, specific heats.
Week 3 Coefficient of compressibility and volume expansion, speed of sound, mach number.
Week 4 Viscosity, surface tension, capillary effect.
Week 5 Pressure and fluid statistics.
Week 6 Hydrostatic forces on submerge flat surfaces.
Week 7 Hydrostatic forces on submerge curved surfaces.
Week 8 Mid-term Exams.
Week 9 Mid-term Exams.
Week 10 Bouyancy.
Week 11 The Bernoulli equation.
Week 12 The Bernoulli equation.
Week 13 Energy analysis of steady flows.
Week 14 Energy analysis of steady flows.
Week 15 Revision.

Reference Books & Course Materials

  1. 01 Çengel, Y. A. & Cimbala, J. M. (2018). Fluid Mechanics: Fundamentals and Applications (4th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education.
  2. 02 White, F. M. (2016). Fluid Mechanics (8th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education.

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