Course code: wb1127wb/mt

Course name: Fluid Mechanics 1

This concerns a Course

ECTS credit points: 2

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 1^st year

Course language:

Dutch

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

Semester:

1B

Hours per week:

2

Other hours:

Assessment:

Written exam

Assessment period:

2B / August

(see academic calendar)

Prerequisites (course codes):

Follow up (course codes):

wb1220, wb1321

Detailed description of topics:

In the course an introduction is given to fluid mechanics based on the following topics

     - Definition of a fluid

     - Fluid in rest (statics)

     - Forces on bodies in a fluid in rest

     - Integral balance

     - The mass, momentum and energy balance for a one-dimensional flow

     - The law of Bernouilli as an integral of the energy balance

     - Dimensional analysis and Buckingham's Pi theorem

During the lectures several demonstrations will be given

Course material:

• Fluid Mechanics (F.H. White), latest edition, McGraw-Hill (this book is available at Leeghwater and it wille be also used in  courses wb1220 and wb321)

References from literature:

Remarks assessment, entry requirements, etc.:

Learning goals:

Computer use:

Laboratory project(s):

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

Design content:

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