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.

 
• September 17;
• Introduction, overview, dimensional analysis.
• Notes #1.
• Notes #1a.
• September 22, 24;
• Conservation laws.
• Notes #2.
• Notes #2a.
• September 29, October 1;
• Multi-component conservation laws.
• October 6, 8;
• One-dimensional nozzle flows.
• October 13, 15;
• Shock waves, Expansion waves, Applications (thrust).
• October 20, 22;
• Heat addition and frictional effects.
• October 27, 29;
• Two dimensional supersonic flows, Reviews.
• Fall Recess
• November 10, 12;
• Unsteady one-dimensional gasdynamics.
• November 17, 19;
• More on one-dimensional unsteady flows.
• November 24, Thanksgiving;
• Introduction to vorticity and potential flow theory.
• December 1, 3;
• Vorticity Theorems and applications.
• December 8, 10;
• Joukowski Lift Law.
• December 15, 17.
• Prandtl's Finite Wing.