Fluid Mechanics (Mechanical) 4 (U01202)

? Credit Points : 10 ? SCQF Level : 10 ? Acronym : EEL-4-MEFLD

This course introduces concepts that go beyond the 'one-dimensional' treatment of flows in ME2 Fluid Mechanics. The linking theme is the generation of fluid forces on the surfaces of structures, typified by the lift and drag forces on an aerofoil.

Entry Requirements

none

Subject Areas

Home subject area

Mechanical, (School of Engineering and Electronics, Schedule M)

Delivery Information

? Normal year taken : 4th year

? Delivery Period : Semester 1 (Blocks 1-2)

? Contact Teaching Time : 3 hour(s) per week for 11 weeks

First Class Information

Date	Start	End	Room	Area	Additional Information
20/09/2007	09:00	09:50	Lecture Theatre 1, Eng Sanderson Building	KB

All of the following classes

Type	Day	Start	End	Area
Lecture	Thursday	09:00	09:50	KB
Tutorial	Thursday	11:10	12:00	KB
Lecture	Friday	10:00	10:50	KB
Tutorial	Friday	11:10	12:00	KB

Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes

On completion of the course, students should be able to:

1. describe the flowfield round a typical body immersed in a flow

2. explain how lift and drag forces arise from the interaction the body and flow

3. define and explain the practical significance of circulation, vorticity, transition, separation

4. analyse simple potential flow models

5. describe analytical models of turbulence, and derive the simpler solutions based on the mixing-length model

6. explain the concept of the boundary layer, and why it is useful

7. define the various forms of boundary layer thickness, explain their significance, and derive their values from given velocity profiles

8. use the von Karman equation to obtain quantitative solutions for laminar and turbulent boundary layers with uniform external flows

9. describe boundary layer behaviour with non-uniform external flows, and explain how it might be predicted

10. describe methods of boundary layer control in low drag and high lift applications.