Undergraduate ME 1072

Applied Fluid dynamics

(3 units)

Description: Control volume approach, dimensional analysis, Navier-Stokes equations, Inviscid flows, internal flows and applications, advanced topics such as lab-on-a-chip system (microfluidics)

Prerequisites: ME 0051

Textbook: Fluid Mechanics, 1st edition, by Cengel & Cimbala, McGraw-Hill.

Course Objectives: This course is designed to give second-term juniors:

• An insight into applying fluid mechanics fundamentals to more complex situations.
• An introduction to practical uses of fluid mechanics in engineering situations.

Topics Covered:

1. Basic equations in integral forms (control volume)
2. Mass conservation, stream function, kinematics of fluid particle
3. Flow visualization
4. Momentum equation
5. Dimensional analysis and similitude
6. Incompressible inviscid flow
7. Internal incompressible viscous flow (laminar and turbulent)
8. Advanced topics: lab on a chip
9. Design project: submission of report on assigned design problem

Class/Laboratory Schedule: Three 50-minute periods of lecture per week

Professional component Contributions: Engineering science and design

Relationship to Program Objectives: 1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b

Prepared by: Sung Kwon Cho

Date Prepared: March 28, 2005