Course code: wb1220

Course name: Fluid Mechanics 2

This concerns a Course

ECTS credit points: 3

Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Marine Technology

Section of Fluid mechanics

Lecturer(s): prof.dr.ir F.T.M. Nieuwstadt

Tel.:  015 - 27 81005 / 82904

Catalog data:

Course year:

BSc 2^nd year

Course language:

Dutch

In case of Dutch: Please contact the lecturer about an English alternative, whenever needed.

Semester:

2A

Hours per week:

4

Other hours:

Assessment:

Written exam

Assessment period:

2A / 2B

(see academic calendar)

Prerequisites (course codes):

wb1127

Follow up (course codes):

wb1321

Detailed description of topics:

Based on a general integral appraoch  following topics are discussed

• The integral balances in their general form

• Dimensionless numbers, dynamic similarity

• Couette end Poiseulle flow and their application to lubrication theory

• Flow through pipes, Moody diagram, loss factors

• Momentum integral for the boundary layer, drag due to friction

• Flow around bodies, drag due to pressure, lift, instationarity

• Inviscid compressible flow, isentropic flow, shock waves

• Viscous compressible flow through pipes

• Free surface flow, hydraulic jump

• Turbomachinery, compressors

Course material:

• Fluid Mechanics (F.H. White), latest edition, McGraw-Hill (this book is available from Leeghwater and it is also used in  courses wb1127 and wb321)

References from literature:

Remarks assessment, entry requirements, etc.:

Learning goals:

Ability to solve fluid mechanics problems with help of an integral balance method in various technological applications

Computer use:

Laboratory project(s):

By means of internet home work problems are given every lecture and the final grade of this course partly depends on the scores obtained for these problems

Design content:

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