CLASS SCHEDULE 2009 FALL
 

Class #
or Lab #

Date

Important Concepts
(Section # in Text Reading and Example)
or Lab Activities

Problems Assigned,
due next class: by 5:00 pm

1

Aug 24

Definition fluid; continuum hypothesis; fluid properties
(Text 1.1 - 1.5), Example: ideal gas equation (1.26)

 

2

26

Viscosity, shear stress and rate of strain; compressibility;  vapor pressure/cavitation;
 surface tension and capillary effects; flow classification
 (Text 1.6-1.11), Example: shear stress (1.59)

 

3, L1

28

Fluid Mechanics: 
AFD, EFD, and CFD

 

4

31

Pressure definition, force, and transmission; absolute/gage/vacuum;
pressure variation with elevation liquids/gases;
pressure measurement (barometer, piezometer, manometers)
 (Text 2.1-2.7), Example: effects of surface tension

 

5, L2

Sep 2

Experimental  Methodology and Uncertainty Assessment Procedures: EFD Pre-test

 

6

4

Hydrostatic forces on plane surfaces
(Text 2.8-2.9), Example: manometer (2.29)

Concepts of EFD Lab 1

 
  7 Labor Day: No Class  

L3

8

EFD Lab1  (1)

 

7

9

Continued, Example: plane surface (2.57)

 

L3

10

EFD Lab1  (2)

 

8

11

Hydrostatic forces curved surfaces (horizontal and vertical components); buoyancy; hydrometer
(Text 2.10-2.11), Example: plane surface (2.58); Example: curved surface (1); Example: curved surface (2.75)

 

9

14

Stability immersed and floating bodies; rigid body translation and rotation
(Text 2.12-2.13), Example: buoyancy (2.87)

 

L3

15

EFD Lab1  (3)

 

10

16

Continued
Example: stability

Example1: translation, Example2: translation
Example3: rotation, Example4: rotation

 

L3

17

EFD Lab1  (4)

 

11

18

Continued, Example: translation

 

12

21

Newton's 2nd Law for a Fluid, Steamline Coordinates, Bernoulli equation
(Text 3.1-3.4), Example1: Bernoulli equation (along streamline) (3.2)

Example2: Bernoulli equation (normal to streamline) (3.12)

 

L4

22

EFD Lab2  (1)

 

13

23

Static Dynamic and total pressure, applications Bernoulli equation, Flow Rate
Concepts of EFD Lab 2 & CFD Lab 1
(Text 3.5-3.6), Example1: Bernoulli equation (Q) (3.32)

Example2: Bernoulli equation (along streamline)

 

L4

24

EFD Lab2  (2)

 

14

25

Limitations Bernoulli equation
(Text
3.7-3.9), Example1: Bernoulli equation (Sluice gate) (3.95)

Example2: Bernoulli equation (along streamline)

Fluid kinematics, velocity, acceleration (Text 4.1 - 4.2)

 

15

28

Continued, fluid kinematics, velocity, acceleration

Example: velocity (4.3)

 

L4

29

EFD Lab2  (3)

 

16

30

Flow classification

Example1: acceleration (4.27)
Example2: acceleration

 

L4

Oct 1

EFD Lab2  (4)

 

17

2

Review 1

 

18

5

 

EXAM 1

 

 

19, L5

7

Introduction to Computational Fluid Dynamics: CFD Pre-test

 

20

9

Control volume approach and RTT (Text 4.3-4.5)

Example1 (4.60); Example 2 (4.61)

Control Volume Analysis, continuity equation (Text 5.1): Example (5.8)

 

21

12

Continued, continuity equation

Example1: Steady flow continuity (5.13)

Example2: Unsteady flow continuity (5.23); falling cylinder

 

L6

13

CFD PreLab1  (1)

 

22

14

Momentum Equation (Text 5.2)

Example1: momentum, bend (5.31)
Example2: momentum, nozzle (5.36)

 

L6

15

CFD PreLab1  (2)

 

23

16

Continued, momentum equation

Example1: bend (5.48)

Example2: vane (5.62)

Example3: jet (5.65)

 

24

19

Energy equation  (Text 5.3-5.5)

 Example: head loss (5.90)

Example: moving vane

 

L7

20

CFD Lab1  (1)

 

25

21

Concept of Hydraulic and Energy Grade Lines
Example1: energy, pump (5.107)

Example2: energy, turbine (5.119)

 

L7

22

CFD Lab1  (2)

 

26

23

Application of the Energy, Momentum, and
Continuity Equations in Combination

Example: bend (5.103)

Example: sluice gate

 

27

26

Differential Analysis, relative motion, vorticity,
 continuity, and stream function  (Text 6.1-6.2)
 Example1: fluid kinematics and vorticity (6.4)

Example2: continuity (6.20)

 

L8

27

EFD Lab3  (1)

 

28

28

Momentum equation and differential analysis of fluid flow
(Text 6.3, 6.8-6.11)
Example1: Cotinuity (6.21)

Example2: Exact solutions of NS (Couette flow) (6.81)

Concepts of EFD Lab 3 & CFD Lab 2

 

L8

29

EFD Lab3  (2)

 

29

30

Continued
Example1: Exact solutions of NS (Rotating cylinder) (6.94)

Example2: Exact solutions of NS (Poiseuille flow) (6.77)

 

30

Nov 2

Dimensional homogeneity;  dimensional analysis; Pi theorem;
Important non-dimensional parameters (Text 7.1-7.7)
Example1: Pi parameters (7.13)

Example2: Pi parameters (7.19)

 

L8

3

EFD Lab3  (3)

 

31

4

Similarity and model testing

Example1: Re similarity (7.47)
Example2: Fr similarity (7.46)

 

EFD Lab3 concepts: drag calculation (Text 7.8-7.11)

Example1: Re similarity
Example2: Fr similarity

 

L8

5

EFD Lab3  (4)

 

32

6

Review 2

 

33

9

 

EXAM 2

 

 

L9

10

CFD PreLab2  (1)

 

34

11

Viscous Flow in Pipes, entrance and developing flow, laminar flow, friction factor(Text 8.1-8.2)

Example 1: 8.17

Example 2: 8.19

 

L9

12

CFD PreLab2  (2)

 

35

13

Turbulent flow (Text 8.3)

Example 1: 8.25

Example 2: 8.33

 

36

16

roughness, application pipe systems (Text 8.4-8.7),
Example1: friction factor

Example2: friction factor (8.38)

Example 3: 8.36

Example 4: 8.39

 

L10

17

CFD Lab2  (1)

 

37

18

 Continued,
Example1: head loss (8.35)

Example2: flow rate
Example3: pipe diameter
Example4: pipe diameter

Example 5: 8.81 (diameter)

 

L10

19

CFD Lab2  (2)

 

38

20

Minor losses,
Example1: minor losses

Example2: minor losses
Example3: minor losses
Example4: minor losses (8.85)

Example 5: 8.72

Example 6: 8.77

 
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Thanksgiving Recess

 
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39

30


Flow over immersed bodies, lift and drag, boundary layer theory (Text 9.1-9.2),
Example1: laminar BL

Example2: laminar BL

 

Summary of EFD and CFD study for the flow around Clark-Y airfoil

 

40

Dec 2

Laminar boundary layer, continued
Example1: laminar BL drag (9.28)

Example2: laminar BL drag (9.29)

 

41

4

Turbulent boundary layer
Example1: turbulent BL velocity profile

Example2: turbulent BL velocity profile

 

42

7

Bluff body drag (Text 9.3), Lift (Text 9.4-9.5),
Example1: turbulent BL drag

Example2: turbulent BL drag

 

43

9

Continued,
Example1: Stokes flow            
 Example2: drag (9.48)

Example3: drag and lift (9.86)

 

44

11

Post-test, Post-survey

 

 

 

 

Final Exam: TBD