Fall Semester, 1998 

MAE 533, Fluid Mechanics

Meets 11:00AM-12:20PM, Tuesdays and Thursdays, in Room E 415, E.Q.

Instructor: S. H. (Harvey) Lam

Office: D302c, E.Q. Ext. 8-5133.

Derivation of conservation laws and constitutive relations for Newtonian fluid mechanics, including formulation of multi-component media. Review of dimensional analysis and order of magnitude estimates in terms of dimensionless parameters. One dimensional steady compressible nozzle flows, speed of sound and choking, normal and oblique shock waves, expansion waves, energy addition, frictional effects and the computation of thrust. Unsteady one-dimensional flows and two-dimensional supersonic flows, the method of characteristics. The general problem of lift and drag for subsonic aerodynamic flows, the concept of vorticity and induced drag of a finite wing.

• J. D. Anderson, Fundamentals of Aerodynamics, McGraw Hill, 1991.
• W. H. Li and S. H. Lam, Principles of Fluid Mechanics, Addison Wesley, 1976.
• Notes on Classical Sonic Boom Theory. (2001)
• Wake Thrust of Heat Addition in Flow Field. (2001)

 
• September 17;
• Introduction, overview, dimensional analysis.
• Notes #1.
• Notes #1a.
• September 21, 23,25;
• Conservation laws.
• Notes #2.
• Notes #2a.
• September 28, 30, October 2;
• Multi-component conservation laws.
• Notes #3.
• Notes #3a.
• October 5, 7, 9;
• One-dimensional nozzle flows.
• Notes #4.
• Notes #4a.(updated for typos! 10/23/98)
• Notes #4b.
• October 12, 14, 16;
• Shock waves, Heat addition and frictional effects, Applications (thrust).
• Notes #5.
• Notes #5a, Mid-Term #1.
• October 19, 21, 23;
• Oblique shocks and Expansion Waves.
• Notes #6. (updated 10/21/98)
• October 26, 28;
• Two dimensional supersonic flows, Reviews.
• Notes #7. (updated 11/9/98)
• Notes #7a.
• Fall Recess; Take home Mid-Term due after Fall Recess.
• November 9, 11, 13;
• Unsteady one-dimensional gasdynamics.
• Notes #8.
• Notes #8a.
• November 16, 18, 20;
• More on one-dimensional unsteady flows.
• Notes #9. (updated 11/20/98; major revisions)
• November 23, 25, Thanksgiving;
• Introduction to vorticity and potential flow theory.
• Notes #10.
• November 30, December 2, 4;
• Vorticity Theorems and applications.
• Notes #11. (updated 12/21/98 for more typos)
• Notes #11a. (updated 12/8/98 for minor editing)
• Notes #11b.
• December 7, 9, 11;
• Thin Airfoil Theories.
• Notes #12.
• December 14, 16, 18.
• Prandtl's Finite Wing and compressibility effects.
• Notes #13.
• Oral Final after January 18th; please call or email me to set up a private review session before January 18th so that I can answer any questions you may have. Call or email me to set up the final oral final.