ABET Criteria 2000 Course Description
by M. Kostic
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Class/HW/Lab/Exam Policies; Office Info
Catalog Description: MEE 340. FLUID MECHANICS (3). Introduction and fundamentals of fluid statics, integral form and control volume analysis, differential analysis and potential flow, incompressible viscous internal and external flow, and compressible flow. PRQ: MEE 211 and MATH 336.
Textbooks: FLUID MECHANICS by Y.A. Çengel AND J.M. Cimbala, McGraw-Hill,
Supplemental references:
In addition to numerous references given in the Textbook, other references will be given during the lectures along with handouts and additional materials when appropriate (Homework - HW and supplemental materials).
Instructor: Dr. Milivoje Kostic, P.E., Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Tel: 753-9975, email: kostic@niu.edu ; Web www.kostic.niu.edu
Office and Class/Lab hours: See Web posted schedule at: Office Hours and Info. Office: EB 208.
Teaching Assistant:
Shaofeng Fan, email: fanshaofeng@yahoo.com.cn; Office hours: TBA
Coverage of and Objectives with relationship to ABET Outcomes:
A-math/sci./eng., c-design, d-teams, E- prb.solv., f-ethics, h-gen.ed., i-life-ed., j-contemp., K-modn.tools:
(capital letters: high and medium coverage, small letters: low coverage; see ABET Instruction Notes for more information)
1. Introduction to the course, including importance of professional ethics, engineering design, communications and teamwork, use of modern tools and life-long learning (Outcome A, c, d, E, f, h, I, j, K).
2. First, the students are made aware of some fundamental aspects of fluid motion, including important fluid properties, regimes of flow, pressure variations in fluids at rest and in motion, fluid kinematics, and methods of flow description and analysis (Outcome A, E, K).
3. The Bernoulli equation is introduced early to draw attention to some of the interesting effects of fluid motion on the distribution of pressure in a flow field. We believe that this timely consideration of elementary fluid dynamics will increase student enthusiasm for the more complicated material that follows (Outcome A, c, d, E, I, K).
4. Then, essential elements of kinematics are conveyed, including Eulerian and Lagrangian mathematical descriptions of flow phenomena, and the vital relationship between the two views (Outcome A, E, K).
5. Lectures expand on the basic analysis methods generally used to solve or to begin solving fluid mechanics problems. Emphasis is placed on understanding how flow phenomena are described mathematically and on when and how to use infinitesimal and finite control volumes. The effects of fluid friction on pressure and velocity distributions are considered in some detail (Outcome A, E, K).
6. Owing to the importance of numerical techniques in fluid mechanics, introductory material on this subject are included (Outcome A, c, E, I, j, K).
7. The advantages of using dimensional analysis and similitude for organizing test data and for planning experiments and the basic techniques involved, are presented (Outcome A, c, E, K).
8. Where appropriate, additional important notions such as boundary layers, transition from laminar to turbulent flow, turbulence modeling, chaos, and flow separation are introduced (Outcome A, E, K).
9. Practical concerns such as pipe flow, open-channel flow, flow measurement, drag and lift, the effects of compressibility, and the fluid mechanics fundamentals associated with turbomachines are covered (Outcome A, c, E, f, I, j, K).
Prerequisites by topic:
1. MEE 211 for topics No. 2, 3, and 5.
2. MATH 336 for topic No. 2, 6, and 7.
Topics (and estimate hours): To HW
1. Introduction and fluids properties (4.5 hours, wk1,2).
2. Fluid statics (4.5 hours, wk2,3).
3. Fluid kinematics (3 hours, wk4).
4. Review and Midterm (3 hours, wk5).
5. Elementary fluid dynamics and Bernoulli equation (3 hours, wk6).
6. Finite control volume analysis (6 hours, wk7,8).
7. Similitude, dimensional analysis, and modeling (3 hours, wk9).
8. Review and Midterm (3 hours, wk10).
9. Internal viscous flow in pipes (4.5 hours, wk11,12).
10. Differential analysis of fluid flow (4.5 hours, wk12,13).
11. External flow over immersed bodies (3 hours, wk14).
12. Compressible flow (3 hours, wk15).
13. Review and Final Examination (5 hours, wk16).
Computer Usage:
Students are expected to use engineering/math calculation software, like MathCAD or MATLAB (or FORTRAN, BASIC, or C programs, etc.) to solve some homework problems and projects, which may require computational programming and graphing.
Laboratory Projects:
Not planed, but may be introduced if time and schedule allows.
Grading:
Homework 15%; Projects 10%; Midterms and Quizzes 30%; Final exam 45%. If any item is not required/graded for the whole class, the other items are prorated proportionally. Final Exam is comprehensive and its passing grade is required to pass the course (see Class/HW/Lab/Exam Policies).