8/25
Introduction to chapter 1, sections 1.1-1.3
Description of the course
Definition of a fluid
Statistical vs continuum methods
Eulerian and Lagrangian coordinate systems
08/27
Sections 1.4-1.6
Control Volumes
Conservation mass, momentum, and energy expressed in a Lagrangian frame
Reynolds transport theorem
Application of the transport theorem to the conservation laws
09/01
Sections 1.7
Conservation of mass in an Eulerian frame
Viscous and pressure forces
surface stress tensor
Conservation of momentum in a Lagrangian frame using the surface stress
tensor
Conservation of momentum in an Eulerian frame
09/03
Sections 1.8-1.9
Conservation of energy in a Lagrangian frame using the surface stress tensor
Conservation of energy in an Eulerian frame
Separate conservation laws for kinetic and internal energy
Review of the conservation laws - vector vs component equations
09/08
Sections 1.10-1.12
Fluid deformation - rotation and the rate of shear
Description of viscous forces in fluids - analogy with solid mechanics
General form of a linear viscous force model
Specific form of the viscous stress via symmerty and isotropy arguments
Viscosity coefficients
09/10
Sections 1.13-1.16
Fourier's linear model for heat conduction
Coefficient of thermal conduction
Momentum and energy equations using the viscous stress and thermal conduction
models
Conversion of kinetic energy to heat via viscous forces (viscous
dissipation)
Compressible vs incompressible flow
Boundary conditions
09/15
Introduction to chapter 2, sections 2.1-2.3
Streamlines, pathlines, and streaklines
Circulation and vorticity
Stream tubes and vortex tubes
09/17
Section 2.4, introduction to chapter 3, sections 3.1-3.2
Kinematics of vortex lines
Kelvin's theorem
The Bernoulli equation
09/22
Sections 3.3-3.4, Introduction to part II
Crocco's equation
The vorticity equation
Idealized fluid flow - incompressible and inviscid
09/24
Introduction to chapter 4, sections 4.1-4.4
Governing equation for ideal fluid flow - the velocity potential and
potential flow theory
2D flow and the use of the streamfunction
Complex variable representation for 2D potential flow
Elementary flow solutions and the superposition principle
Uniform flow
Source, sink, and vortex flows
09/29
Midterm exam 1
10/1
Sections 4.7-4.11
Doublet flow
Circular cylinder with and without circulation
Blasius Integral laws
Forces and moments on a circular cylinder
10/6
Sections 4.12-4.13,4.18
Conformal transformations
The Joukowski airfoil
10/8
Sections 4.19-4.22
Schwarz-Christoffel transformation
Attached vs separated flow past a vertical plate
10/13
Introduction to part III, introduction to chapter 7, sections 7.1-7.2
Governing equations for incompressible viscous flow
Couette flow
Poiseuille flow
10/15
Sections 7.3-7.5
Circular Couette flow
Impusively started flat plate
Oscillating flat plate
10/20
Sections 7.6-7.7,7.9
Pulsatile Poiseuille flow
Stagnation point flow
Flow in convergent and divergent channels
Flow over a porous wall
10/22
Introduction to chapter 8, Sections 8.1-8.5,8.7-8.8
Governing equations for very low Reynolds number flows - creeping flow
Analogy with potential flow
Creeping flow past a sphere
Creeping flow past a circular cylinder
10/27
Introduction to chapter 9, sections 9.1-9.2
The boundary layer concept
Scaling analysis for boundary layers
The boundary layer equations
Advantage of the boundary layer equations
10/29
Sections 9.3
The Blasius boundary layer solution
11/3
Midterm exam 2
11/5
Sections 9.4-9.5,9.7
Falkner-Skan solutions
Viscous flow over a wedge
Viscous flow in a convergent channel
11/10
Sections 9.8-9.9
Approximate solutions to the boundary layer equations
Solution for a simple 2nd order polynomial
The general momentum integral
11/12
Sections 9.10
Solution for a 4th order polynomial
The effects of a pressure gradient
11/17
Sections 9.11
Boundary layer separation
The effects of boundary layer separation on drag
Examples of separated flow - forces on cylinders and spheres, aircraft stall
11/19
Sections 9.12
Boundary layer stability
Linear stability theory
Effects of wall roughness and large external disturbances
11/24
Fall break - no class
11/26
Fall break - no class
12/3
Introduction to chapter 10, sections 10.1-10.2
The effects of buoyancy
The Boussinesq approximation
Convective stability and instability
Thermal convection
12/1
External source to be announced
Atmospheric stability
Moist processes and convective instability
Shear instability
12/8
External source to be announced
Introduction to turbulent flows
The Reynolds averaged equations
The turbulence closure problem
12/10
External source to be announced
The need for turbulence modeling
Overview of modeling approaches
simple algebraic models
12/14
Final exam