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Course Specifications<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Textbook: Fluid Mechanics, 3rd, or 4th Eds., Cengel and Cimbala, 2014. (ISBN-978-0-07-338032-2)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instructor: Goodarz Ahmadi<\/a> (CAMP 267, 268-2322)
Office Hours: Monday and Wednesday 12:30 – 3:30 p.m. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Teaching Assistant: Seyi Oluwadare<\/a>,<\/strong> Office Hours: Friday 1:00-2:30 pm CAMP 275<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Prerequisites:<\/strong> ES330, MA 212<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Course Learning Objectives<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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  • Students to learn the fundamentals of viscous incompressible flows. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Students to learn the basics of non-viscous potential flows.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Students to learn the fundamentals of computational fluid mechanics.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Students to learn the fundamentals of compressible flows.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Course Learning Outcomes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    Objective 1:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    • Students will be able to formulate and solve incompressible laminar flows for simple parallel flows in Cartesian and polar coordinates. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Students will be able to analyze boundary layer flows over a flat plate. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Students will be able to estimate drag forces in laminar and turbulent flows for different immersed bodies. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      Objective 2:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      • Students will become familiar with the stream function, potential functions, and elementary potential flows. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Students will be able to handle simple potential flow by the method of superposition. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

        Objective 3:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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        • Students will become familiar with computational fluid mechanics. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Students will demonstrate using the FLUENT Code for solving two-dimensional laminar and turbulent flows. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

          Objective 4:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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          • Students will be able to analyze one-dimensional isentropic compressible flows. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Students will be able to handle one-dimensional flows with shock waves. <\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Students will be able to handle one-dimensional compressible flows with friction.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
            Dates<\/strong><\/td>Text Section<\/strong>s<\/td>Topic<\/strong><\/td>Homework<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
            1. Jan. 9- 10<\/td>4.1<\/td>Application<\/a>, Review of ES330<\/a><\/td>—<\/td><\/tr>
            2. Jan. 13-17<\/td>9.1,2,3<\/td>Review of Differential Eqs<\/a>., Balance Laws<\/a>, Viscous Flows<\/a><\/td>HW-1 4.19, 9.28, 30, 31, 34, 36, 38<\/td><\/tr>
            3. Jan. 20-24<\/td>9.4,5,6<\/td>Navier Stokes Equation<\/a>, Viscous Parallel flows<\/a><\/td>HW-2 9.86, 87, 89, 91, 95<\/td><\/tr>
            4. Jan. 27-31<\/td>9.6<\/td>Exact Solutions<\/a>, Approximate Solutions<\/a><\/td>HW-3 9.96, 101, 102, 103, 104<\/td><\/tr>
            5. Feb. 3-7<\/td>10.6<\/td>Boundary Layer<\/a>, Introduction to CFD<\/td>HW-4 10.99, 100, 102, 114, 115, 116<\/td><\/tr>
            6. Feb. 10-14<\/td>10.6, 11.1-4<\/td>Boundary-Layer<\/a>, Turbulent Boundary Layer<\/a>, Introduction to CFD<\/td>HW-5 11.51, 65, 99, 106<\/td><\/tr>
            7. Feb. 17-19<\/td>11.1-4<\/td> Immersed Bodies, Drag forces<\/a><\/td>—–<\/td><\/tr>
            Feb. 20-21<\/td><\/td> February Recess<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
            8. Feb. 24-28<\/td>9.3, 10.2-4<\/td>Stream Function, Inviscid Flows<\/a><\/td>HW-6 10.56, 59, 60, 66, 71<\/td><\/tr>
            Friday, Feb. 28<\/strong><\/td>Exam 1<\/strong><\/td>CAMP177, 178 (4:00-5:15 pm)<\/strong><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
            9. Mar. 3-7<\/td>10.5<\/td>Inviscid Irrotational Flows<\/a><\/td>HW-7. Assigned Problems<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
            10. Mar. 10-14<\/td>12.1-3 <\/td> Acoustic Waves, Isentropic Flows<\/a> <\/td> HW-8. 12.7, 9, 25, 26, 27 <\/td><\/tr>
            11. Mar. 17-21<\/td><\/td> Spring Recess <\/td><\/td><\/tr>
            12. Mar. 24-28<\/td>12.3<\/td>Isentropic Flows<\/a>, CFD<\/td>HW-9. 12.38, 40, 45, 48, 50<\/td><\/tr>
            Friday,
            Mar. 28<\/strong><\/td>            		Exam 2<\/strong><\/td>CAMP 177, 178 (4:00-5:15 pm)<\/strong><\/td><\/td><\/tr>
            13. Mar. 31-Apr. 4<\/td>12.4<\/td>Normal Shock, Nozzles<\/a>, CFD<\/td>HW-10. 12.62, 63, 65, 66, 69, 70<\/td><\/tr>
            14. Apr. 7-11<\/td>12.5,6<\/td>Flows with Heat Transfer<\/a>
            Flows with Friction<\/a> <\/td>            		HW-11.
            12.87,88,93, 95<\/td><\/tr>
            15. Apr. 14-18<\/td>12.6<\/td>Flows with Friction<\/a><\/td>HW-12.
            12.105, 106, 107, 109, 114<\/td><\/tr>
            16. Apr. 21-25<\/td><\/td>Review<\/td><\/td><\/tr>
            <\/td><\/td><\/td>—-<\/td><\/tr>
            Final Week, <\/strong><\/td>Final Exam <\/strong><\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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            Evaluation Methods<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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            • Homework and quizzes 10% <\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • Exam 1 25% Friday, February 28, CAMP 177, 178, 4:00-5:15 pm<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • Exam 2 20% Friday, March 28, CAMP 177, 178, 4:00-5:15 pm<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • Final Exam 30%<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • Projects 15%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

              Course Description<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

              ME 326 Intermediate Fluid Mechanics R-3, C-3.
              \nPrerequisites: ES 330 (Fluid Mechanics), ES 340 (Thermodynamics), MA 232 (Differential Equations).
              \nA continuation of ES 330. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

              Topics include: deformation and stress in fluids; basic conservation laws; kinematics of fluid flow; theory of potential flow; introduction to compressible flows; isentropic flows and shock waves; compressible flows with friction and heat transfer; Navier-Stokes equation and theory of viscous flow; low Reynolds number flows with applications to hydrodynamic lubrication; laminar boundary layer theory and von Karman momentum integral method; introduction to computational fluid dynamics; applications of fluid mechanics to engineering problems including turbomachinery. Introduction to design concepts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

              Exam & Homework Policies<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

              Exam Policy<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

              The Hourly Exams will be closed-book, and formula sheets will be provided in the hourly exam sheets. The final exam will be open-book. Students are permitted to bring their textbooks to the final exam. Notes and homework solutions are not allowed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

              Homework Policy<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

              Homework must be submitted in pdf form to Moodle by the due date. Homework will be graded and posted on Moodle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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              Course Specifications Textbook: Fluid Mechanics, 3rd, or 4th Eds., Cengel and Cimbala, 2014. (ISBN-978-0-07-338032-2) Instructor: Goodarz Ahmadi (CAMP 267, 268-2322) Office Hours: Monday and Wednesday 12:30 – 3:30 p.m. Teaching Assistant: Seyi Oluwadare, Office Hours: Friday 1:00-2:30 pm CAMP 275 Prerequisites: ES330, MA 212 Course Learning Objectives Course Learning Outcomes Objective 1: Objective 2: Objective […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":9,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/right-sidebarpage.php","meta":{"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-35","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"coauthors":[],"author_meta":{"author_link":"https:\/\/sites.clarkson.edu\/gahmadi\/author\/moeler\/","display_name":"moeler"},"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 6 years ago","modified":"Updated 1 year ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on November 14, 2019","modified":"Updated on January 4, 2025"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on November 14, 2019 7:43 pm","modified":"Updated on January 4, 2025 6:14 am"},"featured_img_caption":"","featured_img":false,"series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.clarkson.edu\/gahmadi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.clarkson.edu\/gahmadi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.clarkson.edu\/gahmadi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.clarkson.edu\/gahmadi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.clarkson.edu\/gahmadi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sites.clarkson.edu\/gahmadi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1264,"href":"https:\/\/sites.clarkson.edu\/gahmadi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/35\/revisions\/1264"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.clarkson.edu\/gahmadi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.clarkson.edu\/gahmadi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}